Factors associated with the perception of resentment towards the Chinese in Latin America during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Mejia C.R.; Ascarza G.; Alvarez-Risco A.; Misayauri J.; Arias-Chavez D.; Vilela-Estrada M.A.; Serna-Alarcón V.; Requena T.; Ubillus M.; Del-Aguila-Arcentales S.; Davies N.M.; Yáñez J.A. · BMC Public Health (2024) · DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20568-9

Resumen

Introduction: Resentment towards the Chinese population was perceived during the first months of the pandemic because the pandemic/disease started in that country. Objective: To determine the factors associated with the perception of resentment towards the Chinese in Latin America during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: Analytical cross-sectional study conducted during the second semester of the pandemic in more than a dozen countries. Four questions were asked about the perception of resentment towards the Chinese (Cronbach's Alpha: 0.88); those with the highest scores on the sum of the four questions were considered to have "more resentment towards the Chinese," and descriptive and analytical statistics were obtained. Results: Of the 7721 respondents, in the multivariate analysis, it was found that there was a difference according to the country; compared to Peru, those who had more resentment towards the Chinese were those residing in Paraguay (aPR: 1.29; 95%CI: 1.17–1.42; p-value < 0.001) and Bolivia (aPR: 1.52; 95%CI: 1.37–1.68; p-value < 0.001), while Chile (aPR: 0.78; 95%CI: 0.69–0.88; p-value < 0.001) had less resentment: 0.69–0.88; p-value < 0.001), Mexico (aPR: 0.68; 95%CI: 0.57–0.80; p-value < 0.001), Panama (aPR: 0.71; 95%CI: 0.59–0.86; p-value < 0.001) and Costa Rica (aPR: 0.64; 95%CI: 0.49–0.85; p-value = 0.002). Discussion: There was a significant difference in resentment for each country. © The Author(s) 2024.

Instituciones: Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego; Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola; Universidad Tecnológica del Perú; Universidad Continental; Universidad de Huánuco; Universidad César Vallejo