Open AccessFactors associated with interpersonal firearm violence in men in the municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2009-2019
Author(s) -
Mário Ribeiro Alves
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista de geografia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2238-6211
pISSN - 0104-5490
DOI - 10.51359/2238-6211.2022.253368
Subject(s) - index (typography) , socioeconomic status , demographic economics , context (archaeology) , geography , socioeconomics , economics , sociology , demography , population , archaeology , world wide web , computer science
A problem observed in Brazil throughout the rest of Latin America, violence is a consequence of an imbalance in socioeconomic, political and cultural conditions, resulting from the abuse of economic and political powers and a policy of equitable distribution of living conditions and work, transforming this context. This study has a cross-sectional design, using secondary data and approaches in space and time. Spatial autocorrelation analysis was performed using the Moran Index in two steps: calculation of the Global Moran Index (I) for each explanatory variable and analysis of Local Moran Index (LISA) between each explanatory variable and the average rate, with those with the highest values of Local Moran Index being selected. Higher values of this index were observed in the variables rate of unemployed persons, people with inadequate water supply and sanitary sewage, SVI and proportion of people with income below half the minimum wage, with were selected as explanatory variables. The spatial correlation between interpersonal firearm violence and the variables presented can be interpreted as an indicator of inequality and social deprivation, resulting in conditions of vulnerability, present in Brazilian society.