Amostragem sóciodemográfica dos carroceiros do município de Jaguarão/RS

Abstract

In many Brazilian cities, urban centers, low-income families, make use of horse-drawn carts, developing various activities to make the monthly income. In the municipality of Jaguarão / RS the carters, name given to these workers, are commonly found on thoroughfare, mostly carrying out deliverie freights of diversified loads, or deliveries of milk production. This work was motivated by the frequency that this public is seen, especially in urban areas, and the lack of government information on the quantity, distribution and activities performed. Interviews took place at the points of freight previously identified; found by chance on thoroughfare, and through visits at the homes of milk producers farmers. There were 21 carters interviewed, 11 freight deliverymen, 7 milk farmers and 3 nominated by the survey as others, randomly found on thoroughfare, which did not fit in the previous two named activities. The average monthly income of 67% of the respondents carters (freight deliverymen and others) falls below the national minimum wage, while the other 33%, composed only by milk farmers, have an average monthly income higher than the minimum wage. The freight deliverymen work in average 7.6 hours / day, while milk farmers work 4 hours / day. About the educational level, 14% of the respondents are illiterate and 86% have not completed elementary school, going no further than the 6th year of elementary school. Milk farmers have no problems with space for grazing horses as they live in the countryside, unlike freight deliverymen, located in the urban area, which has little space in their homes for grazing horses. Of all respondents, 81% do not carry National Driver's License. Considering these informations, there is a need of a joint organization involving the municipal government and carters for registration of this group, aiming at assisting the integration of these families to existing public policies to improve their life quality and implement a more effective control of the sanitary and animal´s health conditions.