Study of household welfare level of crab fishermen using Fisherman Exchange Rate (FER) indicators in East Lombok

Abstract

The aims of this study were: 1) to analyze the household income of crab fishermen, 2) to analyze the household expenditures of crab fishermen, 3) to analyze the welfare level of crab fishermen based on the fisherman’s exchange rate indicator (FER), and 4) to analyze the socio-economic factors that affect the welfare of fishermen’s households. Crabs based on FER indicators in East Lombok Regency. This research uses a descriptive method. In addition to interviews with respondents, the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) method was also conducted. Respondents in this study were small fishermen. The number of respondents was determined to be as many as 30 people by Simple Random Sampling. Analysis of the data used is a descriptive analysis based on tabulation, and after processing, it is then presented in tabular form, analysis of cost and income analysis, and analysis of income and expenses as well as multiple Linear Regression analysis. The results showed: 1) The household income of crab fishermen is IDR 27,046,415 per year, which comes from income from crab catching IDR 19,492,091, fishing for IDR 4,138,324, income as laborers IDR 1,116,000, other sources IDR 2,300,000, 2) The household expenditure of crab fishermen is IDR 15,098,533 per year, which includes food expenditure of IDR 6,922,800 and non-food expenditure of IDR 8,175,733, 3) The Fisherman’s Exchange Rate (FER) for crab fishermen is 1.86. in the indicators of prosperity, and 4) The factors that significantly affect the welfare level of small crab fishermen are household income and expenditure, while the level of education, experience and number of family dependent are not significantly different.