Pessoas com deficiência: uma avaliação de migrantes e não-migrantes no município de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, nas décadas de 1990 e 2000

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Luiz Bertolucci Junior
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; UFMG
• Palavras-chave em Português: Minas Gerais; Pessoa com deficiência; Migração interna; Uberlândia; Demografia
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/FACE-A83GXG

Disability is more visible and present in society. While several contemporary factors and situations may be contributing to the number of people with disabilities, with consequent impacts on families, recent social achievements have helped this population and their families find the support and resources they need beyond the confines of their homes. In the past, the concept of disability was mostly limited to individuals with disabilities and usually the families responsible for them. However, evolution of a legal framework means that disability is no longer just a manifestation of individual characteristics (psychological and physical), but also the environmental barriers and conditions of daily life. Thus, to overcome impediments and obstacles, PwD or their families may choose migration as a strategy for socioeconomic reproduction. This usually means moving to a medium-sized city with better access to infrastructure and services. Nevertheless, it is unknown which PwD migrate and whether they migrate alone or with their families. Numbers of PwD, their motivations and cities of origin and destination are also unknown. A lack of studies on this population means that this migration is invisible. This thesis seeks to make the migration of people with disabilities in Uberlandia, Brazil, visible. Uberlandia has significant migration due to its central location. Given that little is known about PwD migration, a strategy combining two sources of information was chosen. First, direct migration estimates form the 2000 and 2010 censuses allow comparisons between the net migration and net rates of PwD by disability and people without disabilities (PwoD). The censuses can also be used to evaluate household structure of migrations and the timing of migration among household members. The second source is socioeconomic surveys of PwD in Uberlandia from 2004 and 2008. These complementary sources allow the use of multivariate techniques for profile delineation (Grade of Membership Method - GoM). This approach will make it possible to identify and characterize the migration patterns of PwD and PwoD and investigate possible associations between demographic, socioeconomic and institutional factors, revealed by the case study in Uberlandia. This can be carried out from the perspective of time (2000 and 2010 censuses, 2004 and 2008 socioeconomic surveys) and longitude (comparing migrations of the same PwD between the socioeconomic surveys of 2004 and 2008). The socioeconomic surveys captured detailed information about PwD via specialized questions that supplemented the census. These surveys were conducted twice within the same decade and were, without precedent in Brazil given the sheer number of PwD interviewed and the contingent of people interviewed in both phases of the research, which make it possible to assess potential socioeconomic changes. The intent of analyzing the Uberlandia case study is to raise important questions about a little investigated reality in Brazil and consequently contribute to the formulation of appropriate policies and efficient actions for people with disabilities.