{"id":6913,"date":"2013-02-23T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=6913"},"modified":"2015-04-28T16:20:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T19:20:33","slug":"united-favelas-would-form-brazils-5th-largest-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=6913","title":{"rendered":"United, Favelas Would form Brazil’s 5th Largest State"},"content":{"rendered":"

For original article in Portuguese in Carta Capital click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brazil currently has 12 million people living in favelas. They are responsible for generating R$38.6 billion per year in commercial activity, which is equivalent, for example, to the GDP of Bolivia. If they were a state, they would form the fifth most populous Brazilian state; Rio de Janeiro’s favelas alone would comprise, together, the ninth largest city in the country.<\/p>\n

\"\"The figures, released on Wednesday February 20th, are the result of\u00a0DataFavela<\/em>, a study conducted by the Data Popular institute in partnership with Celso Athayde, former head of the Central \u00danica de Favelas (CUFA), and is based on a projection that crossed IBGE and national census (PNAD) data.<\/p>\n

The study showed that most of these communities are concentrated in large cities, but the North region has the highest percentage of population living in favelas, about 10% of their total population.<\/p>\n

The average age of favela residents is 30 years, 3 years younger than indicated by the last study. The self-reported ethnicity remains predominantly black, but showing an increase from 61% to 67% of the total favela population. The percentage of blacks in communities on the urban periphery is higher than in the general population: 67% versus the 52% national average.<\/p>\n

In 2001, 60% of favela residents belonged to the lower class and 37% to the middle class. Today 32% are in the lower class and 65% in the middle class. There was also a rise in educational level, the number of illiterates falling from 51% to 33%.<\/p>\n

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Favela residents are proud of where they live, according to the study: 85% like the place where they live, 80% are proud of where they live and 70% would continue to live in their communities, even if their income doubled. In a testimonial reported in the parallel study Gera\u00e7\u00e3o C \u2013 Especial Comunidades Cariocas<\/em><\/em>, 18-year-old Paula, married, the mother of a 2-year-old girl, and a resident of a favela in Rio de Janeiro expresses the general feeling: “What I think is bad in the community is the shootings and trafficking, but I have always lived here and I want to stay here because my whole family is close by. Here, everybody helps each other.”<\/p>\n

The infrastructure has improved significantly over the past 10 years, according to the study. In 2002, only 6 out of 10 people had access to piped water, whereas now the number has increased to 9 out of 10, an increase of 50%. The percentage of people who benefit from collective garbage collection reached 80%, while in 2002 only 40% of their waste was collected and was done so indirectly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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