Dynamics Between Multidimensional and Monetary Poverty in Brazil: From Deprivation to Freedom

Abstract

Poverty is a global problem associated with deprivation; it is marked by the lack of access to the minimum social needs for people’s integration and well-being. This work aims to measure the relationships between multidimensional poverty and unidimensional poverty in Brazil from 2016 to 2022. The research methodology used microdata from the Continuous National Household Sample Survey of the IBGE, multidimensional and unidimensional poverty measures, and multinomial logit regression. The results show a reduction in poverty in its different approaches. However, in 2022, 2.5% of the Brazilian population still lived in chronic poverty, 0.8% in structural poverty, and 25.7% in situational poverty, while the rest enjoyed their basic freedoms. Women, children and young people, non-whites, those with less education, and those living in the North and Northeast regions are more vulnerable. Based on the research results, it is recommended to enhance public policies to housing, education, employment inclusion, and food stability.