Impact of the Bolsa Família program on food availability of low-income Brazilian families: a quasi experimental study
Ana Paula Bortoletto Martins e outros, 2016 · BMC Public Health
Participation in Bolsa Família increased weekly per capita food expenditure by R$ 0.63 (around 6%) among low-income Brazilian households.
Estimativa · weekly per capita food expenditure, R$
0,630 [0,120; 1,13]
R$ per person per week
p = 0.015
- Desenho
- Pareamento. propensity score matching with paired household blocks
- População
- Low-income households (monthly per capita income <= R$ 210) across Brazil, 2008–2009
- Amostra
- 100 · paired blocks of households (comprising 5,517 beneficiary and 5,455 non-beneficiary households)
Onde está o número
Table 3, row 'Total per capita expenditure'
Total per capita expenditure | 0.63 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 1.13
Contexto
What changed: Bolsa Família provided cash transfers averaging R$ 20.20 per capita per month to low-income families. Comparison: Beneficiary household blocks compared to propensity-score-matched non-beneficiary blocks with per capita income up to R$ 210. Limits: Quasi-experimental matching may leave residual unobserved confounding; purchases do not capture food waste or out-of-home eating.
Caminho no grafo
- FamíliaTransferências, subsídios e financiamento
- TipoTransferências de renda
- MecanismoConsumo a partir da renda adicional
- ResultadoSegurança alimentar
- EixoAlimentação
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Lugares do estudo
- Brazil · País · BR
- Licença
- CC0
- Revisão
- Extraído por máquina, não revisadoExtraído por: gemini-3.8-flash, 2026-10-23