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Acculturation and consumption of foodstuffs among the main indigenous people in Chile

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  • Berta Schnettler
  • Horacio Miranda
  • Marcos Mora
  • German Lobos
  • Jean-Laurent Viviani

    (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • José Sepulveda
  • Ligia Orellana
  • Marianela Denegri

Abstract

Despite interest in studying food purchasing behaviour of ethnic minorities, there is little research on the purchasing habits of indigenous peoples. The objectives of the present study were to determine differences in food consumption habits in non-Mapuche (Chileans), and people of Mapuche origin (the largest aboriginal group in Chile) who vary in their acculturation orientations, and to evaluate the effect of socio-demographic variables on the acculturation of Mapuche individuals. A personal questionnaire was administered to a sample of 400 people in the Araucanía Region and 400 in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, stratified by ethnic group. The frequency of consumption of fish and seafood, fruit, "mate" (a typical herbal infusion), soft drinks, and meals in restaurants differed between non-Mapuche and Mapuche with differing acculturation orientations. Acculturation was significantly associated with the consumption of fish and seafood, mate, and meals in restaurants, and with the consumption of ethnic foods. Using the socio-demographic information, a binomial logit model was proposed for unordered (nominal) data, which proved significant as a whole (P

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  • Berta Schnettler & Horacio Miranda & Marcos Mora & German Lobos & Jean-Laurent Viviani & José Sepulveda & Ligia Orellana & Marianela Denegri, 2013. "Acculturation and consumption of foodstuffs among the main indigenous people in Chile," Post-Print halshs-00816112, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00816112
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.08.003
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    1. Piya, L. & Joshi, N.P., 2018. "Food basket of a highly marginalized indigenous community in the mid-hills of Nepal: Transition and responsible factors," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277071, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Elvis Parraguez-Vergara & Jonathan R. Barton & Gabriela Raposo-Quintana, 2016. "Impacts of Climate Change in the Andean Foothills of Chile: Economic and Cultural Vulnerability of Indigenous Mapuche Livelihoods," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 32(4), pages 454-483, December.

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