Estimates
Neither official census data nor statistically significant studies exist on the precise amount or percentage of Argentines of European descent today. The Argentine government recognizes the different communities, but Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) does not conduct ethnic/racial censuses, nor includes questions about ethnicity. The Census conducted on 27 October 2010, did include questions on Indigenous peoples (complementing the survey performed in 2005) and on Afro-descendants.
A detailed study on the ethnic composition of Latin America, written by Mexican UAEM scholar Francisco Lizcano Fernández, and Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook, written by David Levinson, provide an estimate of 85% for people of Europeans origin in Argentina. The CIA World Factbook estimates Argentinians of European origin at 97%.
Read more about this topic: Argentine People Of European Descent
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