Renda e acesso a bens de consumo nos domicílios rurais: uma análise a partir das atividades pluriativas e não agropecuárias

Abstract

Access to durable consumer goods is still limited in rural areas, especially in the Northeast. In view of this reality, the present article aims to analyze whether the greater income earned by pluriactive and non-agricultural activities is materialized in greater access to durable goods. Data were collected from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD/IBGE), the families studied were agricultural, pluriactive and non-agricultural, from the Northeast and South regions, from 2002 to 2015. The methodology used was tabular analysis, rates growth of the time series and Kruskal-Wallis test. The results showed that, in general, non-agricultural families guaranteed the greatest access to consumer goods, however, rural families (regardless of the additivity practiced) give priority to more essential items, such as refrigerator, stove and television. The comparison between the Northeast and the South showed that the socioeconomic conditions of the region greatly influence these accesses with better results for the South. It is believed that to overcome this precarious situation that the rural still faces, action is necessary energy in the form of public policies to encourage non-agricultural activities.