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In Brazil only 4.7% of children of unschooled parents finish higher education
In Brazil only 4.7% of children of unschooled parents finish higher education
In a country where some groups discuss and defend meritocracy, only 4.7% of the offspring of unschooled parents go on to get a college degree. Data obtained by Estadão show that in a group of 100 people with family members without any schooling, 70 attain the Elementary and Junior High School level at most and only between 4 and 5 (or 4.7%) go on to get a college degree.
The figures were researched by economist Paulo Tafner, founder and CEO of the Institute for Mobility and Social Development (IMDS). The survey shows that in 2019 the proportion was one in four Brazilians living on less than US$5 a day. The value is considered a condition of poverty.
The IMDS concludes that “the poor of today are the children of the poor of yesterday”.
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