Centro de Estudos da Metrópole

Demographic Census by Census Tracts - Databases with cartographies and census variables (demographic data, socioeconomic data, characterization of households etc.) from the metropolitan region of São Paulo

This work represents a significant effort from Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS) to make detailed census data about the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo available for researchers and institutions of the public sector.

The files contain the digital cartography (georeferenced) and the alphanumeric data related to the questionnaires in the 1991 Demographic Census universe and the 2000 Demographic Census, all of them performed by IBGE.

In February 2003, CEM and the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the São Paulo City Hall launched CD-ROM with the digital Cartographic database of the slums of the Municipality of São Paulo, which is the official registry of favelas in the Municipality. The work is the product of a technology transfer partnership between the two institutions. For more information on slums, see also the articles available in the library of this site.

The archive contains a cartographic consultation system for the slums of the Municipality, analytical text with the methodology used and population estimates and the digital cartographic bases of the favelas of the Municipality.

Companies have a source of information for its database the Central Register of Enterprises (IBGE, 2000). This database contains the registration data of the companies formally constituted in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, and "December 1999" the year / month of reference.

For detailed information on the methodology used in the design of the Central Register of Companies, please visit IBGE's website (www.ibge.gov.br) and visit the page of the Central Register of Enterprises from "Economy" menu.

On the website of the Center for Metropolitan Studies the visitor can find the project report "Economic Development Strategies for the Central Region of the SP City", which addresses, among other things, the distribution of enterprises by sector of economic activity in central city SP.

Organized information from the School Census 2001 (INEP / MEC) and georeferenced by SEADE (partnership with Center for Metropolitan Studies).

The following information is found by school:

• General cadastral information (number of students in different classes and levels of education);

• Infrastructure of schools (equipment and others);

• Qualification of teachers at different levels of education;

• Average hit a school in the proof of Portuguese Language SARESP 2001 (based on information from the State Department of Education of the State of São Paulo).

For more information about the School Census, please visit the INEP (www.inep.gov.br).

Demographic Census by Census Tracts - Databases with cartographies and census variables (demographic data, socioeconomic data, characterization of households etc.) from the metropolitan region of São Paulo

This work represents a significant effort from Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS) to make detailed census data about the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo available for researchers and institutions of the public sector.

The files contain the digital cartography (georeferenced) and the alphanumeric data related to the questionnaires in the 1991 Demographic Census universe and the 2000 Demographic Census, all of them performed by IBGE.