Track: Engineering Education

Abstract

The current research is inserted in the quarrel of gender and income in the Brazilian reality. The main objective of this work was to have a previous scenario of how factors such: marital status, age, and education affect the income of both genders (masculine and feminine) in each Brazilian State (UF). Expanding the comprehension of the gender subject within the context of inequalities among regions can be understood as a second goal. In order to achieve the targets proposed, this article used data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) of 2010 and multiple linear regressions. Followed by its statistical validations and discussions about the limitations of the model. For the year studied the gender inequality between education, income, and age was verified. The results are in agreement the previous quarrel within the same area and highlighted the impact of marital state in inequality.