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Urban Informal Economy

Urban Informal Economy - 1997

It presents information about the economic scenario, such as employed persons, investments, revenues, expenditure and average profit of companies in the informal sector, characteristics of employed persons, such as sex, age, level of instruction, job contract and position in the occupation, among others.

It also includes an analysis of results, besides a brief discussion of the survey, the main variables investigated and its sampling plan.

The results are released for Brazil , its Major Regions, Federative Units, Metropolitan Areas, the Federal District and the municipality of Goiânia .

The information generated by the survey Urban Informal Economy lead to deeper knowledge of the role and importance of the informal sector in the Brazilian economy, and contributes to the study and planning of social-economic development in the country.