This article analyzes the relationship between types of family arrangements and work quality regarding type of occupation, time in the occupation, status of occupation (whether under the Brazilian labor law or not) and income of the population aged 25 to 64 years in the Brazilian urban job...

The theoretical foundation for this text is the one presented by Florida (2002a, 2002b, 2005). He discusses the importance of a vibrant society and also of a highly diversified population for the attraction of talented and creative people. This attraction would promote a concentration of this...

The article examines changes on characteristics of Brazilian household arrangements from 1978 to 1998 from a demographic perspective. It stresses two main shifts regarding the composition of the nucleus, the periphery of arrangements and the alteration on its group size. The role of fertility...