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. 2017 Mar 31;51:22. doi: 10.1590/S1518-8787.2017051006792

Table 2. Percentage of beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família Program in the 2004 Birth Cohort of Pelotas in 2010 (based on information of Cadastro Único and on reports in the cohort questionnaire) by per capita household income quintiles (RFPC) and National Economic Indicator quintiles (IEN).

Quintile Per capita household income National Economic Indicator


Cut-off point (Brazilian currency)a Beneficiaries Cut-off point (score)a Beneficiaries


Cadastro Único (n = 3,639) Report (n = 3,631) Cadastro Único (n = 3,651) Report (n = 3,644)




% 95%CI % 95%CI % 95%CI % 95%CI
Q1 0 - 71.9 68.6-75.2 69.9 66.5-73.2 64- 63.0 59.5-66.5 61.7 58.2-65.2
Q2 145 - 51.7 48.1-55.4 50.5 46.8-54.1 399- 49.5 45.9-53.2 48.7 45.0-52.3
Q3 307 - 28.4 25.1-31.7 23.8 20.7-26.9 519- 32.9 29.5-36.3 29.5 26.1-32.8
Q4 506 - 15.5 12.9-18.2 11.4 9.1-13.7 641- 20.6 17.6-23.5 14.5 12.0-17.1
Q5 771 - 3.4 2.1-4.8 2.1 1.0-3.1 767- 5.1 3.5-6.7 3.2 1.8-4.4

Totalb   34.2   31.5     34.2   31.5  

a Minimum values of RFPC and IEN per quintile. The maximum value per quintile corresponds to the minimum value of the next quintile.

b Refers to the total number of beneficiaries of the general sample under study.