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the changing proportion of Maya Indian and Ladino in the population of Guatemala, 1945–1969 1
Author(s) -
EARLY JOHN D.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1975.2.2.02a00050
Subject(s) - maya , acculturation , population , demography , factor (programming language) , history , geography , sociology , archaeology , immigration , computer science , programming language
Revised Maya Indian and Ladino population figures give a new look at the changing proportion of these two groups in the national population of Guatemala. The Maya have decreased 10.3 percent (57.3percent to 47 percent) in a twenty‐eight year period. The acculturation of Maya to Ladino is the primary factor for this changing proportion, and the greater Indian death rate is the secondary factor.