The article includes the placement through social variables such as status of the occupation and the occupation of individuals, obtained in the PNAD, as a way to describe and analyze poverty Brazilian under a sociological approach. The theoretical support for this enterprise comes mainly from contributions by Erik Olin Wright and Brazil by José Alcides Figueiredo Santos. The poverty line was used in the demarcation of the poor within each state, with which it was observed heading in the percentage of poor is more significant, indirect captures is the advantage or disadvantage of being in a social position, such as the condition of inferiority, qualification, that is, hold significant assets to escape out of poverty.
Poverty; Social inequality; Social class
