FAMILY FELLOWSHIP

The impact of income transfer for families in the city of Eirunepé-AM

Abstract

The present study analyzes the impact of conditional cash transfers to families included in the Bolsa Família Program in the city of Eirunepé-AM. The cut corresponded to a total of 5% of families served by the program in each neighborhood of the city. The analysis is quantitative and qualitative. We conducted a socioeconomic characterization of the families, with questions related to the main sources of income, expenses, productive activities and income. We also provide a description of the distribution of beneficiary families in the city. The qualitative analysis describes the importance of Bolsa Família in the perception of the beneficiaries themselves. Our data indicate that the monetary value of the program is used to purchase items from the ranch, it is also spent on the children, they also guarantee purchasing power and credit through the possession of a continuous monthly benefit income. We understand that, in Eirunepé, Bolsa Família constitutes an essential element in maintaining the basic needs of poor and extremely poor families in the city, we understand that the guarantee of monthly income is a structuring factor of new socioeconomic relations of the studied families, especially with regard to purchasing power, generation of credit in the market and family autonomy.