Studies developed by the Social Sciences have been dedicated to the analysis of the feminization of poverty, exploring conditions of the different sources of deprivation to which women are subjected. Thestudy aims to analyze female multidimensional poverty in Brazil in 2015, calculating the level of multidimensional poverty, using the Alkire-Foster method. The results showed that 13.63% of Brazilian women were considered multi-dimensionally poor, and that the greatest deprivations suffered by them are in access to formal education and good conditions for domestic work.

Given the representativeness of Brazil’s youth population and the various socioeconomic vulnerabilities they face, the present study aims to provide a multidimensional measure of poverty for this population group across the country’s five macroregions. To this end, the Alkire-Foster method is used along with a database from the National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios, PNAD, 2015). The sample consists of 85,388 individuals, analyzed across four dimensions and twelveindicators of deprivation. The results indicate that the incidence of poverty among Brazilian youth is 11.4% and that the country’s MPI is 4.5%, with the North and Northeast macroregions presenting deprivation indices higher than the national average. The indicators that most contributed to deprivation are internet access, educational level, access to a sewerage network, and garbage ...