Brazil: for 50%, the government should not privatize anything – PowerData

Half of the Brazilians (50%) believe the government should continue owning all state-owned companies, such as Banco do Brasil, Caixa Econômica Federal, and Petrobras.

That is, they believe that no privatization should be done.

The number is from the PoderData survey conducted from January 29 to 31, 2023, and is close to the level registered in September 2021.

Another 22% think that the best thing is to sell “part” of the state-owned companies, while 17% said they favor selling all the companies owned by the federal government.

In June 2022, 29% advocated the partial sale of these companies.

The rate of those who wanted to sell them was stable at 17%.

The survey was conducted by PoderData, a company of the Poder360 Jornalismo group, with its resources.

The data were collected from January 29 to 31, 2023, through calls to cell phones and landlines.

There were 2,500 interviews in 288 cities in the 27 states of the Federation.

The margin of error is 2 percentage points. The confidence interval is 95%.

To reach 2,500 interviews that proportionally fill out (as they appear in society) the groups by sex, age, income, education, and geographical location, PoderData makes tens of thousands of phone calls.

Often, it takes more than 100,000 calls until it finds the interviewees who faithfully represent the entire population.

PoderData also questioned the interviewees about the specific case of Petrobras’ privatization.

STRATIFICATION

Region

The inhabitants of the Northeast (57%) are the ones who most answered that they think the Union should continue owning the state-owned companies, followed by the Center-West (52%).

The North and the Southeast are the most favorable to privatizing all these companies, with 28% and 19%.

Family income

The richest tend to be more privatistic.

Among families earning more than 5 minimum wages, only 37% defend that the government should not sell anything.

The rate goes up to 46% in the group with 2 to 5 salaries and 56% in the group with a family income of up to 2 salaries.

POWERDATA ALSO CROSSED THE ANSWERS WITH THE POPULATION’S EVALUATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA (PT)

The survey shows that support for privatization is more significant among those who disapprove of the PT administration.

In this group, 33% said they would consider the sale of “part” of the state-owned companies better.

On the other hand, those who approve of Lula’s administration said they favor the government continuing to own the state-owned companies.

However, ¼ (11%) of those who support the current government answered that they are in favor of “selling all” the state companies or part of them (14%).

Unlike former economy minister Paulo Guedes and former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), the economic model defended by Lula’s supporters believes in the State as the conductor of the economy, with a dislike of privatizing state companies.

Even during the campaign period, Lula characterized a possible privatization of Petrobras as “stupidity”.

On his first day as president, Lula reiterated the government’s position by signing a decree blocking a series of privatizations.

RESEARCH AGGREGATOR

Poder360 maintains an archive with thousands of surveys with known methodologies about which it was possible to verify the origin of the information.

There have been studies conducted since the municipal elections of 2000.

It is the largest and longest electoral survey available on the Brazilian internet.

The database is interactive and allows you to follow the evolution of each candidate.

The survey information began to be compiled by journalist Fernando Rodrigues, editorial director of Poder360, on his website in 2000.

METHODOLOGY

The PoderData survey was carried out from January 29 to 31, 2023.

We interviewed 2,500 people aged 16 or more in 288 municipalities in the 27 units of the Federation.

A parametric weighting was applied to compensate for disproportionalities in gender, age, level of education, region, and income.

The margin of error is 2 percentage points higher or lower.

The interviews were conducted by telephone (for landlines and cell phones) using the IVR system (Audible Response Unit).

The interviewee listens to recorded questions and answers through the device’s keyboard. The study’s confidence interval is 95%.

To make it easier to read, the survey results were rounded. Because of this process, the sum of some results may differ from 100.

Differences between the total frequencies and percentages in variable crossover tables may appear because of non-response occurrences.

This study was conducted with PoderData’s resources, a Poder360 Jornalismo media group research company.

With information from Poder360

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