Factors that affect the welfare of the stone mining profession in the Tateli Village, Pineleng Sub District, Minahasa District

Abstract

Abstract-The purpose of this research was to determine the factors that are very influential on the welfare of the stone miners' profession in the village of Tateli, Pineleng District, Minahasa Regency. The methodology used in this research is the Judgment Sampling method. Primary data were collected through questionnaires, interviews, and observations. The sample was determined as many as 40 people. Secondary data is taken from government regulations relating to research, documents, and activity manuals. Data is arranged in tabular form, and analyzed using the stepwise forward selection method, and Stepwise Backward elimination. The results showed that Υ = -0.225 + 0.580x1 + 0.269x9 + 0.204x13, the welfare of the stone mining profession in the village of Tateli, was determined by the availability of natural resources, income, and skills of each miner. Of these three factors, the availability of natural resources, income and skills has an influence on the welfare of the stone miners in Tateli Village, Pineleng SubDistrict,Minahasa District.From the results of this study,it can be concluded that with the stepwise Forward Selection method and Backward Elimination obtained 3 factors that affect the welfare of the stone mining profession in the village of Tateli, namely: the availability of natural resources, income and skills of each miner