Juventudes em destaque: aspectos demográficos e socioeconômicos do jovem indígena Pataxó da Bahia

Abstract

As one of the results of the Pataxó Youth Advance Project: Social Formation and Professional Qualification of Indigenous Peoples of the Pataxó Ethnicity of the Costa do Descobrimento Identity Territory this article aims to outline the public policies aimed at youth and to present demographic and socioeconomic aspects of the Young Pataxó of Bahia based on qualitative research with the application of a semistructured questionnaire conducted with 345 young people from 12 (twelve) indigenous villages. The analysis of the results reveals that the challengeof constructing, perfecting and implementing new projects andactions aimed at improving the quality of life of the population under study and their social formation and professional qualification among other aspects means the elaboration of difficult proposals which imply social, cultural and values changes.