Table 3 Association between number of black ascendants and observed or self-assigned skin colour
From: Reliability of race assessment based on the race of the ascendants: a cross-sectional study
Number of black ascendants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skin colour | 0 | 1 | 2 | ≥ 3 | p |
Self-assigned | <0.0001 | ||||
White | 90% | 5% | 5% | 0% | |
Light mulatto | 67% | 33% | 0% | 0% | |
Mixed | 50% | 17% | 17% | 16% | |
Dark mulatto | 38% | 38% | 12% | 12% | |
Black | 0% | 0% | 20% | 80% | |
Observed | <0.0001 | ||||
White | 81% | 15% | 4% | 0% | |
Mixed | 46% | 15% | 15% | 24% | |
Black | 0% | 10% | 20% | 70% | |