Work and education among young people aged 15 to 29 living in the countryside: challenges for the expansion of schooling

Abstract:

This paper compares the different forms of labor market entry for young people aged 15 to 29 living in the countryside and their educational characteristics. The database for the research was the National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios - Pnad) carried by The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - IBGE) for the years ranging from 2004 to 2014. The analysis drew on descriptive statistics, from which it seeks to explore connections between the different types and stages of labor integration and the educational conditions of the subjects. The analysis suggests linkages between the forms of labor integration, the age in which it occurs and the years of studies gathered by people living in the countryside.

Keywords:
socio-educational inequalities; work; rural youth