Rate has risen 9 percentage points since December 2023; percentage of those who declare that they would not have the amount is the lowest in the historical series
Search PowerData carried out from December 14th to 16th, 2024 shows that 39% of Brazilians say they would have R$200 available to meet a possible emergency. The rate has grown 9 percentage points since December 2023, when it reached (30%) in the series. It is higher than that of those who declare that they would not have the amount (30%). Another 32% were unable to answer.
The percentage of those who say they do not have this amount for an urgent need has fluctuated 1 percentage point downwards since July this year. It is, numerically, the lowest ever recorded by the survey since the beginning of the historical series, in September 2020.
The results of this round indicate that the injection of public money into the economy through social programs has had some effect. Like this Poder360 o “Welfare state” of Brazil has shares worth at least R$397 billion per year and payments have grown rapidly in recent years. Only Bolsa Família, the largest income redistribution program in the country, benefits 1 in 4 Brazilians.
Despite this, the data contrasts with another part of the research: the financial situation. THE Poder360 shows that 33% of Brazilians say they have not noticed a difference in their personal finances in the last 6 months. Worse: the rate of those who claim to have “worsened”from 22% to 25%. The percentage of those who declared that they noticed an improvement remained unchanged at 28%.
Despite the increase in the percentage of voters who say they have R$200 for an emergency, this is not reflected in the economic perspective of Brazilians. The country faces some challenges: the dollar is rising again.
The research whose data are reported in this post was carried out by PowerDatagroup company Poder360 Journalism, with its own resources. Data was collected from December 14 to 16, 2024, through calls to cell phones and landlines. There were 2,500 interviews in 192 municipalities in the 27 units of the Federation. The margin of error is 2 percentage points. The confidence interval is 95%.
To reach 2,500 interviews that proportionally fill (as they appear in society) the groups by sex, age, income, education and geographic location, the PowerData makes tens of thousands of phone calls. Often, there are more than 100 thousand calls until interviewees are found that faithfully represent the population as a whole. Learn more about the methodology by reading.
STRATIFICATION
Here is the data by demographics (gender, age, region, education and income):
R$ 200 FOR EMERGENCY X VOTE IN 2022
O Poder360 crossed the results of the questions about the provision of R$200 to meet an emergency and the declaration of vote in 2022. The results indicate that more voters for the president (PT) in the 2nd round of the 2022 elections say they are prepared for a possible emergency: 42%. Among those who declare that they voted for the former president (PL), the rate drops to 36%.
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SEARCH AGGREGATOR
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METHODOLOGY
The search PowerData was carried out from December 14 to 16, 2024. 2,500 people aged 16 or over were interviewed in 192 municipalities in the 27 units of the Federation. Parametric weighting was applied to compensate for disproportionalities in the variables of sex, age, level of education, region and income. The margin of error is 2 percentage points, plus or minus.
The interviews were carried out by telephone (for landlines and cell phones), using the URA system (Audible Response Unit), in which the interviewee listens to recorded questions and responds using the device’s keyboard. The study’s confidence interval is 95%.
To make reading easier, the search results have been rounded. Because of this process, it is possible that the sum of some of the results is different from 100. Differences between the total frequencies and percentages in variable crossing tables may appear due to non-response occurrences. This study was carried out with the company’s own resources. PowerDataa research company that is part of the media group Poder360 Journalism.
