Sex, race, and family origin define social mobility

The Atlas of Social Mobility, released on Friday, shows that sex, race and family origin are the main conditions for low social mobility in Brazil. The Atlas is a public platform developed by the Institute for Mobility and Social Development, in partnership with Prospera Lab. According to the survey, among young whites who were born into families in the poorest 25% of the income distribution, 36.3% remain in this same group as adults. Among non-whites, this probability rises to 51.6%, indicating that the racial issue is even more determinant for this group. For the Atlas, sex also changes the possibilities of social mobility. Among the children of parents who were among the poorest 25% of the population, 32.9% of men remain in this same stratum in adulthood. Among women, the proportion reaches 65.1%.