Gerson Luiz Marinho

Classificação dos domicílios "indígenas" no Censo Demográfico 2000: subsídios para a análise de condições de saúde

Census data can say a lot about the living conditions of a population and are widely used in the formulation and implementation of public social policies. The higher the quality of census data, the more reliable will be the picture of the reality of the population. Based on microdata from the 2000 Demographic Census, this study describes the frequency of households whose heads self-classified as indigenous and which were classified as collective or improvised by the enumerators in rural municipalities. For households in these categories, additional data are not collected to characterize the households with respect to such aspects as socioeconomic profile and sanitation. In the analysis of color and race categories, indigenous people were those with the highest frequency of households classified as collective (4.4%) compared to non-indigenous people (0.1%). Classification as a collective was more frequent in the Central-West macro-region, specifically in the state of Mato Grosso (over 40% of households classified as collective nationally occurred in only five municipalities of MT). The number of indigenous households classified as improvised (3.5%) was also higher than for non-Indigenous households (1.3%). Unlike collective households, improvised households occurred in different regions of Brazil, especially in municipalities in the South macro-region (6.6% ) and in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (17.9%). There were 1.5 times more households classified as improvised in municipalities located inside than outside the Legal Amazon. In this region, it was found that the more developed the municipality, the greater the median proportions of indigenous improvised households and the smaller the area of indigenous lands. It was concluded that there is need for a specific census, with proper training of enumerators, to take into consideration the differences and particularities of each indigenous community. It is believed that merely considering the ethnic diversity of Brazil will reduce inequalities and, therefore, the demographic and epidemiological invisibility that stubbornly accompanies indigenous people.

Classification of "indigenous" households in the 2000 Demographic Census: elements for the analysis of health status

Census data can say a lot about the living conditions of a population and are widely used in the formulation and implementation of public social policies. The higher the quality of census data, the more reliable will be the picture of the reality of the population. Based on microdata from the 2000 Demographic Census, this study describes the frequency of households whose heads self-classified as indigenous and which were classified as collective or improvised by the enumerators in rural municipalities. For households in these categories, additional data are not collected to characterize the households with respect to such aspects as socioeconomic profile and sanitation. In the analysis of color and race categories, indigenous people were those with the highest frequency of households classified as collective (4.4%) compared to non-indigenous people (0.1%). Classification as a collective was more frequent in the Central-West macro-region, specifically in the state of Mato Grosso (over 40% of households classified as collective nationally occurred in only five municipalities of MT). The number of indigenous households classified as improvised (3.5%) was also higher than for non-Indigenous households (1.3%). Unlike collective households, improvised households occurred in different regions of Brazil, especially in municipalities in the South macro-region (6.6% ) and in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (17.9%). There were 1.5 times more households classified as improvised in municipalities located inside than outside the Legal Amazon. In this region, it was found that the more developed the municipality, the greater the median proportions of indigenous improvised households and the smaller the area of indigenous lands. It was concluded that there is need for a specific census, with proper training of enumerators, to take into consideration the differences and particularities of each indigenous community. It is believed that merely considering the ethnic diversity of Brazil will reduce inequalities and, therefore, the demographic and epidemiological invisibility that stubbornly accompanies indigenous people.

Clasificación de los domicilios "indígenas" en el Censo Demográfico 2000: subsidios para el análisis de condiciones de salud

Census data can say a lot about the living conditions of a population and are widely used in the formulation and implementation of public social policies. The higher the quality of census data, the more reliable will be the picture of the reality of the population. Based on microdata from the 2000 Demographic Census, this study describes the frequency of households whose heads self-classified as indigenous and which were classified as collective or improvised by the enumerators in rural municipalities. For households in these categories, additional data are not collected to characterize the households with respect to such aspects as socioeconomic profile and sanitation. In the analysis of color and race categories, indigenous people were those with the highest frequency of households classified as collective (4.4%) compared to non-indigenous people (0.1%). Classification as a collective was more frequent in the Central-West macro-region, specifically in the state of Mato Grosso (over 40% of households classified as collective nationally occurred in only five municipalities of MT). The number of indigenous households classified as improvised (3.5%) was also higher than for non-Indigenous households (1.3%). Unlike collective households, improvised households occurred in different regions of Brazil, especially in municipalities in the South macro-region (6.6% ) and in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (17.9%). There were 1.5 times more households classified as improvised in municipalities located inside than outside the Legal Amazon. In this region, it was found that the more developed the municipality, the greater the median proportions of indigenous improvised households and the smaller the area of indigenous lands. It was concluded that there is need for a specific census, with proper training of enumerators, to take into consideration the differences and particularities of each indigenous community. It is believed that merely considering the ethnic diversity of Brazil will reduce inequalities and, therefore, the demographic and epidemiological invisibility that stubbornly accompanies indigenous people.