Abstract
One of the informal sectors that absorbs labors in Indonesia is informal work in the household. This job can absorb workers but having health problems and safety risks if they do not apply safe behavior. Factors influence safe behavior are knowledge and motivation. This study is to determine the relationship of knowledge and motivation to safe behavior in the informal sector female workers. This research is cross-sectional quantitative observational design. The sample are 45 workers. The independent variables are knowledge and motivation. The dependent variable is safe behavior. The instrument is questionnaire. Research data is analyzed by chi-square. The result of the study showed no significant relationship between knowledge and safe behavior (p=0,496>0,05). Chi square analysis showed there is no significant relationship between motivation and safe behavior with p=0.545> 0.05. This study gives insignificant results, so the next researcher can discuss more factors that influence safe behavior with different research methods so that they can enrich new findings in the field of Occupational Safety and Health, both of which later give significant or insignificant results. Therefore, this research is important to be published. The conclusion from the study is no significant relationship between knowledge and motivation to safe behavior.
Highlights
Indonesia as a developing Asia has a major problem that is empowering people who do not have higher education and trained skills to still be able to contribute to the realization of national development
This study is to determine the relationship of knowledge and motivation to safe behavior in the informal sector female workers
Based on data from the Badan Pusat Statistik (Central Statistics Agency) (2018). it shows that 53.09 million people work in the formal sector and 73.98 million people work in the informal sector
Summary
Indonesia as a developing Asia has a major problem that is empowering people who do not have higher education and trained skills to still be able to contribute to the realization of national development. Safe behavior carried out by informal sector female workers in the domestic environment can be affected by workers’ knowledge and motivation. Karyani (2005) said that there is a significant relation between work motivation with the safe behavior of workers at Schlumberger Indonesia. Based on that research about “Relation between knowledge and motivation with safe behavior of informal sector female worker “ needs to be done. This study objective is to determine the relation of knowledge and work motivation with safe behavior of informal sector female workers. Damairia Hayu Parmasari / Knowledge and Motivation with Safe Behavior of Informal Sector Female Worker and unsafe actions. To determine the strength of the relation between safety knowledge and occupational health (K3) and work motivation with safe behavior was done by looking at the value of r. The following are interpretations of the value of r to assess the strength of the relation between the independent and dependent variables:
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