Multidimensionality in Gender and Poverty analysis in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.

Authors

  • Izete Pengo Bagolin Pontif¡cia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Osmar Tomaz de Souza PUCRS
  • Flavio V. Comim UFRGS e University of Cambridge

Abstract

This paper aims to emphasize the importance of different dimensions in poverty studies in Porto Alegre and, to identify spatial and gender disparities among its regions. The paper was based in a dataset from a survey conduced during 2007 by a partnership among two Universities and the Municipal Administration of Porto Alegre and sponsored by REDE URB-AL. In a two stages methodology, 16386 people living in poverty condition were interviewed. The results allow the researchers to highlight the importance of dimensions such as habitation, health, education to allow people have a “dignifying live”. It is also possible to conclude that the deprivations between women and man and those differences are heterogeneous also among Porto Alegre Regions. Such results show more clearly the actual conditions of the population living in poverty.

Author Biographies

  • Izete Pengo Bagolin, Pontif¡cia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul
    Dra. Em Economia. Prof. do Departamento de Economia da PUCRS e Coordenadora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia do Desenvolvimento
  • Osmar Tomaz de Souza, PUCRS
    Dr. Em Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento. Prof. do Departamento de Economia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia da PUCRS.
  • Flavio V. Comim, UFRGS e University of Cambridge
    Dr. Em Economia, Prof. da UFRGS, Consultor do PNUD e Fellow na University of Cambridge, UK

Published

2012-04-01

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2012)

Section

Articles

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