The number of families living in poverty increased again in 2015.

247 - The number of families in extreme poverty —with per capita income less than 1/4 of the minimum wage— increased again in 2015 after four years of decline. This result is part of the Synthesis of Social Indicators (SIS), released this Friday (2) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

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According to the classification of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), families with an income of up to 1/4 of the minimum wage per capita live in what is called "extreme poverty." Those who live on up to half the minimum wage live in "absolute poverty."

According to research by IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), the segment that grew the most between 2014 and 2015 was precisely that of the poorest, with an income of up to 1/4 of the minimum wage per capita. This group jumped from 8% to 9,2% in one year. This movement reverses a downward trend in the number of people living in extreme poverty in Brazil.

According to the research, in 2015, 27% of Brazilian families earned up to half the minimum wage, representing a 2% increase compared to 2015. In 2013, they totaled 25,8%, and in the previous year, 26,7%.

Without adjusting pensions and benefits for the minimum wage, the number of poorer people could have grown even more, explains IBGE. "What held back [the increase in the number of poorer families] is the fact that there are incomes that are tied to the minimum wage. If it weren't for this safeguard, the drop in income would have been even more significant," highlighted IBGE researcher Leonardo Athias.

From 2014 to 2015, the minimum wage was adjusted by 8,8%, increasing from R$ 724 to R$ 788.