The chance of a low-income young person attending higher education in AM is only 1.4%, study shows

According to a study, this means that 80.2% remain trapped in the lower half of income. The index is considerably worse than the national average, where the low-income rate is 66.6%. ? Join the g1 AM channel on WhatsApp In the social mobility ranking among the 27 federation units, Amazonas appears ahead only of Acre and Amapá. According to the platform, without academic training, the distance between the base and the top of the socioeconomic pyramid becomes almost insurmountable. The survey shows how the lack of opportunities limits the future of young Amazonians: Rare at the top: Only 1.15% of children from vulnerable families in AM reach the richest 10% group in the country. When analyzing the share of the richest 25%, access is only 5.82%. Trapped in poverty: The vast majority (82.19%) remain in the lowest income half. Furthermore, 56.97% remain within the poorest 25% and 26.13% remain in the extreme range of the poorest 10%. Limited overcoming: The probability of the child having a relative income at least 10% higher than that of the parents is only 31.68%." ? Study shows that Amazonas performs below the national average in the Social Progress Index What Brazil has done, and what still needs to be done Gender and racial inequality worsens the scenario ?? Still according to the atlas, the abyss of social mobility becomes even more evident when broken down by gender and race, showing that educational opportunities and of income are asymmetric. Among the people most likely to remain in the poorest half of the population in Amazonas, 89% are women, while among men the percentage is 70.8%. When analyzing the situation of non-white women (black, brown and indigenous), the rate of remaining in the lowest income half rises to 89.5%, indicating an overlap of vulnerabilities that hinders social advancement ? The Social Mobility Atlas Brazil followed the economic trajectory. of Brazilian families at two different times: First phase (2006 to 2010): Researchers identified families in the lowest per capita income bracket who had children or teenagers. Second phase (2015 to 2019): The study followed these same children, into adulthood, to compare their income with their parents' original condition. According to the research authors, the greater the influence of parents' income on their children's future income, the lower the state's level of social mobility. more With deforestation and the invasion of mining, the Legal Amazon has the cities with the worst quality of life index Study shows that Amazonas has a performance below the national average in the Social Progress Index Criminal factions operate in at least 25 municipalities in Amazonas, study shows