The data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) 2005 released by the IBGE show that the advance of occupation was influenced by increasing child labor topróprioconsumo and the unpaid work in agriculture.
In the agricultural environment, this fact increases mainly due to factors such as financial difficulties usually generated by the drought, forcing minors to work in different work(gardens, quarries, trade) seeking to improve the family income.
According to the survey, the range of 5 to 17 years of age, the number of thoseemployed increased from 11.8% in 2004 to 12.2% in 2005, although these data do not alter the downward trend that has been registered 1995 to 2005.
More than 5 million young people between 5 and 17 years of age work in Brazil, according to recent research by the IBGE, although the law establishing 16 as the minimum age for entry into the labor market.
In the last decade, the Brazilian government has ratified international conventions on the subject and the fight against child labor has become a priority on the national agenda.
Bodies were created, changed laws and implemented programs to generate income for families, extended school day and scholarships for students in an attempt to provide better conditions for these children would not have to leave home so early to help support the family.
So much effort is paying off. The decreased number of young people working more than 8 million in 1992 to about 5 million today. But experts say: the moment of inertia has not yet been won, and if the work is being done now is suspended, will be as if nothing had happened.
