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A matter of gender: mental health indicators are worse for girls

In 2019, 29.6% of school girls felt that life was not worth living. Photo: Kat Jayne/Pexels Girls, most of the time, have been feeling sadder than boys. And also more worried or feeling that nobody cares for them, or yet that life is not worth living. It is what the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)...

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Cattle slaughter increases 4%, surpasses 8 million head in Q3

Amount of cattle slaughtered increased 4% in relation to the second quarter - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Cattle slaughter hit 8.35 million head in the third quarter this year, an increase of 4% over the previous quarter, when 8.08 million animals were slaughtered for consumption. According...

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After a leveled-off result in December, services sector grows 0.6% in January

Road transportation of passengers stood out in January - Photo: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil The sector of services grew 0.6% in January, after a leveled-off result in December. That is the eighth non-negative result in a row, with a cumulative increase of 19.6% in the period. Volume of services is...

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Output increases by 0.1% in November after four-month decrease

The output of industry increased 0.1% in November, in comparison with October, after four months of negative rates, and had a cumulative increase of 1.5% in 2018. Those data como from the Monthly Survey of Industry, released today by the IBGE, which also presents the revision of the October figure from 0.2%...

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Literacy tranforms youth and adult lives in Brazil

With the objective of promoting literacy all over the world, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) created, on September 8, the International Literacy Day. Nevertheless, five decades later, estimates point to a worldwide total of 738 million persons who cannot read...

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Number of establishments using pesticides increases by 20.4%

Increase in the use of pesticides can be made worse by misuse and lack of inspection - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The number of establishments that reported the use of pesticides increased by 20.4% in the last 11 years. The data come from the 2017 Census of Agriculture, released today by...

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Industry up in 12 locations in August and six surpass pre-pandemic levels

Industry in Pará grows 5.5% influenced by mining and quarrying - Photo: Agência Vale The national industrial sector increased in 12 of the 15 locations analyzed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM-Regional), from July to August. The result, released today (8) by the IBGE, shows that six areas have...

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Despite economic losses in 2020 due to Covid-19, crops are to hit record

Soybean crops are to grow 121 million tonnes this year - Photo: Mônica Marli/IBGE News Agency Unlike the other economic indicators that accumulate losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the national grain crop should break a new record and reach 247 million tonnes in 2020, according to the April estimate...

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Legal and advertisement services grow in May, but services sector remains stable

According to the Monthly Survey of Services - PMS, recently released, legal and advertisement services were the main responsible for the growth of 2.4% in the activity of professional, administrative and complementary services between April and May. Despite the improvement, this activity still drops...

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Supermarkets lead revenue and employment generation ranking in 2018

The sector of hyper and supermarkets accounted for 3.2% of the trade revenue in 2018 - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency The sector of hyper and supermarkets generated most jobs in 2018 and employed 45.7 thousand persons more against the figure in 2017; it also led in terms of contribution (13.2%)...

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5.9 milion did not follow social distancing measures in the first week of September

More people on the streets with relaxation of social distancing rules - Photo: Mário Oliveira/SEMCOM Manaus The number of people who did not take any restrictive measures to avoid being infected by the novel coronavirus rose to 5.9 million in the first week of September, reaching the highest level since...

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Environmental Information Database is updated with new functionalities

The IBGE has released today (28), update mapping in Geology, Geomorphology, Pedology and vegetation all over brazil at Institute's platform for visualization and access to environmental geospatial to information, the Environmental Information Database (BDiA). Available since December 2018, the tool now...

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Employment reduces to 12.6% in Q3 and reaches 13.5 million

Informal work drove growth in employment - Photo: Helena Pontes/IIBGE News Agency The unemployment rate dropped to 12.6% in the third quarter of this year, a reduction of 1.6 percentage points compared to the second quarter. As a result, the number of people looking for a job in the country dropped to...

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Inflation preview rises to 0.14%, yet index is lowest for November in 21 years

Rise in fuels influenced slight acceleration of IPCA-15 in November - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Preview of the official inflation in Brazil, the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 - IPCA-15 increased to 0.14% in November, after registering 0.09% in the previous month. This was the...

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Recording its fifth annual decrease, construction industry employs 1,9 million workers in 2018

Despite the retraction, reduction of workforce is the lowest since 2014 - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency The number of persons employed in construction industry fell 1.7% in 2018 versus the previous year, with a reduction by 31,5 thousand work positions. Despite the retraction, that was the lowest...

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Services sector closes 2018 at -0.1% and accumulates four years of negative rates

Professional, administrative and complementary services pulled down the index of the year - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The volume of services closed 2018 with a drop of 0.1%, the fourth negative result in a row, but less sharp than those of the previous years. The data are from the Monthly...

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Producer prices register third rise in a row, increase 1.27% in April

Petroleum products influence rise of industrial pricesPhoto: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Compared with March, the industry registered an inflation of 1.27% in April, influenced by the rise in the prices of petroleum products, food and products from the mining and metal sector. This is the third...

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Professional and administrative activities contribute to decrease in the sector

The services sector declined 0.2% in March, compared to February, according to the Monthly Survey of Service (PMS), released today by the IBGE. Of the five activities investigated, three had a negative change, especially the segment of professional, administrative and complementary services, which fell...

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First estimate forecasts record harvest of grains in 2021

First forecast shows that harvest will break a record in 2021, leveraged by soybeans and corn - Photo: Abiove The Brazilian harvest of grains, cereals and legumes should add up to 253.2 million tonnes in 2021, in case the first projection of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production - LSPA, released...

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Gasoline and electricity take inflation to 0.36%, the highest one for July since 2016

Fuel prices increased 3.12% and had an impact on July's inflationHelena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The influence of July stood at 0.36%, influenced, mainly, by gasoline and electricity prices, the two items of greatest impact and which underwent increases. This was the lowest figure for July since 2016,...