National Household Sample Survey
Summary of Indicators 2008
IBGE presents, in this release, the results of the National Household Sample Survey relative to the general characteristics of the population, migration, education, labor, families, households and income.
The publication is divided into two parts: the first one presents the indicators for 2007 and 2008 and the income series from 2004 to 2007, with the complete geographic coverage of all the Federation Units, Major Regions and Brazil; the second part presents retrospective series of income indicators from 1998 to 2008, in order to reach comparability with results from previous years. It is worth mentioning that the information relative to the period 2004 – 2008 represents the geographic coverage of the survey until 2003, that is, without including the rural areas of Rondônia, Acre , Amazonas, Roraima, Pará and Amapá.
The survey also includes analytical commentaries about population composition and mobility, education, the labor market situation, child labor, social security coverage, union membership, status of incomes, housing conditions and possession of durable goods.
The CD-ROM which comes enclosed with the publication contains the indicators released herein, a group of tables on child labor, as a complement to the topics presented in the publication, besides the content of the Brazil volume of PNAD 2008 and information from the table plan prepared for all the levels of PNAD: Brazil, Major Regions, Federation Units and nine metropolitan areas.
This group of data represents a valuable instrument to the evaluation of the socio-economic and demographic reality in the country.
Brazil Volume 2008
It presents the survey results for the country, with basic information for the study and planning of the national socioeconomic development, encompassing general characteristics of the population, migration, education, labor, income and fertility, as well as families and households. It also includes definitions of the characteristics investigated and the survey sampling plan.