One in three Brazilians says that the amount of food at home in recent months has not been enough to feed the family. This is what Datafolha’s research, contracted by Sheet and who heard 2,556 people in 183 cities in person on Wednesday (27) and Thursday (28).
According to the survey, the percentage of voters with less than enough food at home rose from 26% in May to 33% in July. Another 12% say it was more than enough, the same percentage in both surveys. For 55%, food was enough – down from 62% in May.
The percentage of those who do not have enough food is higher among women (37%), families with an income of up to two minimum wages (46%), those who declare themselves to be black (40%) and in the Northeast (42%).
Among those voting for former President Lula (PT), 45% have insufficient food at home, a percentage that drops to 32% for voters for Ciro Gomes (PDT) and 12% for voters for Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
The survey also shows that 17% of respondents are in families that, in recent months, have sold some good or valuable object to buy food and basic supermarket items.
The index goes to 24% among the poorest, 27% for families receiving AuxÃlio Brasil and 32% among the unemployed.
The survey is registered with the TSE under the number BR-01192/2022 and has a margin of error of plus or minus two points.
In a scenario of high food inflation, a drop in workers’ income and an increase in informality, 33 million people are hungry in the country, according to the 2nd National Survey on Food Insecurity in the Context of the Pandemic, released in June.
According to the United Nations, 61.3 million Brazilians (about 3 in every 10 inhabitants) lived with some type of food insecurity, and 15.4 million were hungry in the period 2019 and 2021.
According to a report published this Monday (1st), the Datafolha poll shows that 56% of voters say that the maximum amount of R$ 600 for aid is insufficient, 36% classify it as sufficient and 7% evaluate the amount as more than sufficient. Among those who receive the benefit, 54% consider the amount insufficient, 38% consider it sufficient and 8% say it is more than sufficient.
The increase in value is one of the federal government’s bets to leverage Bolsonaro’s candidacy, which remains in second place in the survey, practically in the same position as in the previous survey.
Asked why the government is offering the benefits package scheduled to end at the end of the year, 61% of voters said the main objective is to win votes for the president.
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