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PNAD 2005: income rises for the first time in 9 years September 15, 2006

In 2005, about 20% of the population 10 years of age or over in Brazil accessed the Internet, and, for the first time, there were more mobile...

IBGE releases municipal population estimates for 2006 August 31, 2006

IBGE has released today, August 31, 2006, the estimates for the resident population in the Brazilian municipalities. This estimate is released annually...

Unemployment rate was 10.7% in July August 24, 2006

The average real income (R$1,028,50) fell by 0.7% in relation to June and increased by 3.4% over the figure for July 2005. The unemployment rate...

Unemployment rate was 10.4% and income increased by 0.5% in July July 27, 2006

The unemployment rate in the six metropolitan areas investigated by the Monthly Employment Survey (Recife, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro,...

The participation of the population 50 years old or more increases in the labor market July 20, 2006

In May 2006, workers in this age group amounted to 18.1% of the employed population in the six metropolitan areas investigated by the Monthly...

In April, rate of unemployment was stable and income increased by 0.4% May 25, 2006

In the series without seasonal adjustment, there was increase in relation to December 2005. The accumulated industrial production was 2.8%, versus...

IBGE releases previously unseen profile of Food Security in Brazil May 17, 2006

In 65.2% of the 51,8 million private Brazilian households there was food security. Among the 18 million with food insecurity, 3, 4 million were...

IBGE shows profile of domestic workers April 26, 2006

According to IBGE’s Monthly Employment Survey, the estimated number of domestic workers in the six main metropolitan areas in Brazil is 1.6 million...

Unemployment rate in March was 10.4% April 20, 2006

In March, the unemployment rate calculated by the PME (Monthly Employment Survey) was estimated in 10.4%, being stable in relation to February...

Increase of feminine scholarship reduces fertility and infant mortality April 12, 2006

The Summary of Social Indicators elaborated by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), showed that the increase in the feminine...

IBGE’s survey shows, for the first time, the conditions of sports activities promoted by Brazilian municipalities March 24, 2006

The Sports Supplement of IBGE’s Basic Municipal Information (MUNIC) shows that, although 93.6% of Brazilian municipalities host sports events organized...

Unemployment reaches 10.1% and income increases by 1.1% in February March 23, 2006

In February, a month characterized by increase of unemployment due to the reduction of temporary jobs offers in contrast with a great number of persons...

IBGE releases economic profile of members of households receiving money from government social programs March 22, 2006

In 2004, 15.6% of the households in the country had at least one member receiving money from government social programs; in the Northeast region...

Education supplement of IBGE investigates, for the first time, supply and consumption of school lunch March 22, 2006

Less than 14% of children from 0 to 3 years old were in nursery school; school enrollment of women was higher than that of men; as the monthly...

In January, unemployment was 9.2% and income fell by 1.2% compared to December 2005 February 23, 2006

In the beginning of 2006, the estimated unemployment rate was 9.2%, versus 8.3% in December 2005. This result was a consequence of the reduction...

In December, unemployment was 8.3% January 26, 2006

After being constant for six months, the unemployment rate in December fell to its lower level since March 2002 and, for the first time, the number...

Increase of the employed population, which is also older and more educated, shown after three years of PME releases January 26, 2006

Between 2004 and 2005, according to the new series of IBGE’s Monthly Employment Survey, the employed population of the main metropolitan areas in...

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