An individual DAP has a regular duration of six years while the DAP-legal person (issued to formal groups that have at least 70 percent of their members with a DAP) lasts for only one year. In August 2014, there were 5 073 215 active DAPs for private individuals, and 2 900 for legal entities. The incomes of PAA participants in the northeast of Brazil were three times greater than for non-participants (Sparovek, eta/., 2007).