Abstract
This study is aimed to analyze the effect of the level of education, number of family members, age, number of work hours, and type of work against the income of poor woman as a head of family in the City of Madiun. Population in this research is poor household’s headed a poor women in the City of Madiun and in the sampling uses the slovin formula with the result of 98 poor households. The data analysis technique uses a multiple linear regression with Ordinary Least Square method (OLS). The analysis result showed that the level of education, number of family members, and the number of work hours has a positive and significant impact on the income of poor families while the age and type of work is not significantly effecting the income of poor women as heads of households in the City of Madiun.Keywords: Poverty, Haed of Household’s Women, Income, Education, Number of Family Member, Number of Work Hours, Type of Work.
Highlights
Economic development in Indonesia still faces the problem of high numbers of poverty
Conclusion Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded, among others: (1) Variables in the number of working hours, education, and the number of family members have a positive and significant effect on the income of the head of the family, while the variable age, type of work does not have a significant effect on the income of poor female heads of households in Madiun City
(2) The variable with the most considerable influence on the income of the head of a poor woman in Madiun City is the number of hours worked
Summary
Economic development in Indonesia still faces the problem of high numbers of poverty. The complexity of this poverty problem makes poverty alleviation efforts quite tricky. Various policies such as Presidential Instruction for Disadvantaged Villages (IPDT), Social Safety Net Program (JPS), Special Market Operations (OPK), District Development Programs (PPK), as well as giving rise to needy families (RASKIN), Direct Cash Assistance (BLT), People's Business Credit (KUR), Smart Indonesia Card (KIP), Healthy Indonesia Card (KIS), which is intended for the poor family sector and School Operational Assistance (BOS) given to students who are less able to study and other assistance is expected to reduce the amount of poverty in realizing community welfare (Ministry of Social Affairs, 2015)
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