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11/01/2013
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According to the survey, the number nearly doubled from 33% to 65% in ten years
DAY
Rio - The percentage of slum dwellers that are Brazilian middle class has doubled in 10 years. This is shown by research conducted by the Data Popular in partnership with CUFA (Central Unica das Favelas). According to the survey, 65% of the 11.7 million slum dwellers in Brazil are middle class - almost double the 33% recorded in 2013.
In Brazil as a whole, the population is divided into 22% upper class, 54% middle class and 24% lower class. The percentage of residents who are low class fell from 65% to 32%, while the upper class had a slight increase of 2% to 3%.
Two thousand people were interviewed in 63 slums in all regions of Brazil and the margin of error is 2.24 percentage points. We also used data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD), IBGE Census and Household Budget Survey (HBS).
Research shows that there was an increase in the percentage of residents in employment (49% in 2003 to 54% in 2013. Annual income of slum dwellers reached the sum of total household consumption of Paraguay and Bolivia.
Consumption increased: 99% of slum dwellers in Brazil have refrigerator, 91% have an iron and 69% have a washing machine. 20% own a car and 13% have a bike. Buying a car next year is on the horizon 1.1 million Brazilians living in slums.
Source: The Day - Online
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