Determinantes socioeconômicos do consumo de alimentação escolar: uma análise a partir dos dados da PeNSE 2015

Abstract

The present study has as main objective estimate and evaluate the effect of several socioeconomic factors on the probability of a student consuming school meals, offered in public schools. The data from Sample 1 of the third edition of the National School Health Survey (PeNSE), carried out by IBGE in 2015, was used. Initially, a descriptive analysis of school meal consumption was performed according to the variables used in the econometric model, that analysis showed that only 32% of students regularly consume the food offered by the school. The estimated logit model shows that the probability of consumption of school meals is higher for boys than for girls, tends to increase with age, and tends to decrease as the family socioeconomic level increases. The probability is also higher for students from the rural area and for students from schools located on inland municipalities. These results are important for planning and implementing strategies that encourage the consump