Pobreza intergeracional no município de Sobral – Ceará: uma análise de suas condicionantes

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the factors that condition intergenerational poverty in the municipality of Sobral. From this, a database with primary data obtained through the application of a questionnaire to former students of Elementary School I in the public school system of Sobral between the years 2004 and 2008 was used. After collecting the data, the intergenerational poverty indicator (IPI) was created for the intergenerational poor and then the Logit model was estimated followed by its odds ratios. It was found that, based on the statistical significance of these variations, intergenerational poverty in Sobral is influenced by factors such as race, marital status, family income, work, parental occupation and mother's education. Black individuals, single, unemployed and those with low-education mothers are more likely to remain in the cycle of poverty. Therefore, it is clear that there is a need for welfare policies to be directed at what is in fact casual and that they aim not only at transferring income, but also to integrate them with access to quality education and the job market