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Table 2 Coverage, access and use of available public services in territories with poverty by families living in a municipality in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area, Brazil – 2015

From: Equality and poverty: views from managers and professionals from public services and household heads in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area, Brazil

TYPES OF PUBLIC SERVICES AVAILABLE TO MEET BASIC NEEDS

RFa % OF COVERAGE AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES IN TERRITORIES OF RESIDENCE

RFa % OF PUBLIC SERVICE USE

If available in the Neighborhoods

where families resided or Nearby regions

NEIGHBOURHOOD

NEARBY REGION

ABSENT

YES

NO

Basic Education Schools (primary and secondary school)

86.9

11.6

9.5

55.0

35.1

Daycare

48.2

13.7

38.0

9.2

53.0

Higher education and/or Professional Vocational Training

5.1

7.4

87.2

2.4

10.7

Health Clinic, Health Center, Family Health Care Unit

86.3

8.9

3.6

86.9

8.6

Social Assistance Reference

Centers (CRAS) or Social Support Service

18.8

24.1

57.0

18.2

24.7

Public Safety Service, Police Station and/or Policing Service

25.3

21.7

52.4

15.0

32.0

Public or Collective Transportation

87.5

7.7

4.0

90.0

6.0

Waste collection

93.5

1.5

4.5

92.0

3.3

Parks, Squares and/or Green Spaces

18.8

11.9

68.2

14.9

16.7

Access to Internet

48.2

4.2

47.0

32.0

20.2

Food Bank, Food Supply Service, Basic Food Basket Distribution Service

2.1

3.9

93.8

2.0

4.5

Cultural Activities: Theater, Dance, Visual arts, Music...

0.5

3.0

92.0

2.4

5.1

Sports activities, Courts, Outdoor Exercise

25.9

12.5

61.3

11.3

27.1

Access to Public Telephones or Phone Booths

62.8

6.6

30.4

21.0

48.0

Public Library or Library Open to the Public

22.3

7.1

69.9

16.3

70.0

Distribution Service for Popular Medicine, Popular Pharmacies or Clinics

73.5

11.9

14.0

73.2

12.5

Water Supply System

94.6

4.8

93.0

Sewage Network

84.5

15.2

77.0

7.0

Electricity Distribution

97.3

2.4

95.0

1.2

Paved Roads, Asphalt, Sidewalks

67.3

31.6

  1. aRF %: Relative Frequency