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09/30/2013
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Number of workers in 2012 reached 39.8 million , according to the IBGE
Women now account for 42.3 % of the workforce in the country the total of 93.9 million people with some kind of work are 39.8 million workers.
This is one of the results of the PNAD ( National Household Survey ) released on Friday ( 27 ) by the IBGE ( Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ) . Data are for the year 2012.
The survey also showed that the population ( people who perform some type of work , which may be formal or informal ) increased by 1.6 % last year , compared to 2011 , and surpassed 93 million .
According to PNAD , in 2012 , 25.6 % of the employed were between 30 and 39 years , 22 % between 40 and 49 years and 14.6 % between 50 and 59 years.
Services , industry and trade
Most of the workers are in the service sector , which accounted for 45.2 % of the employed in 2012 . From 2011 to 2012 , 909,000 people entered this segment . Growth of 2.2 % in both years.
Trade and repair ranked second as the most recruiting , accounting for 17.8 % of the employed .
The segment of agricultural activities had a falling occupancy of 5.4 % in 2012 . The index means a reduction of 756,000 workers compared to 2011 .
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The industry showed signs of recovery share of the employed population . The rise was 0.5 percentage point and represented an increase of 724 thousand workers in this activity in 2012 , compared to 2011 . The construction sector accounted for 8.7 % of people with some kind of work last year .
PNAD 2012 data show that the occupied population consisted of 58.3 million employees , 19.5 million self-employed , 6.4 million who perform household activities and 3.6 million employers .
The survey was conducted between 23th and 29th September 2012. 362 451 people were heard in all states .
Source : R7
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