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45% of Children in Brazil Live below The Poverty Line
With a reduction in emergency aid, the index shoots up in 2021 and hits a record
Sep.28.2022 12:34PM
Child poverty reached record levels in Brazil in 2021, in a scenario of social crisis intensified by the pandemic.
This is what a publication by researchers from PUCRS Data Social, a study laboratory launched by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, indicates.
The rate of children up to six years old who lived in households below the poverty line reached 44.7% in the country last year, the highest level in a decade, according to the survey.
The increase was 8.6 percentage points compared to 2020 when the index had fallen to 36.1%, the lowest in the series, under the impact of more robust payments of emergency aid.
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2022/09/45-of-children-in-brazil-live-below-the-poverty-line.shtml
