The determinant of households’ energy cost in rural area of Yogyakarta

Abstract

We present the result of energy surveys conducted in rural area, Sendangsari village, located in the south of Yogyakarta Special Region. The regression method is used to identify how the contribution of every factor is222. The cost of energy consumption is used as the dependent factor. While the factors of daily cost of fuel, electricity, and LPG, and the usage of washing machine, refrigerator and rice cooker are the independence ones. The data is obtained using questionnaire method to the 67 respondents of Kalurahan Sendangsari residences. The respondent is chosen using simple random sampling technique. The linier regression method is used to identify the contribution of each variable to the household energy cost. The average of energy usage of every household in the village is IDR 34,239.24. Most of the cost is used for the money they spend to buy motorcycle fuel. The results indicate a very strong relationship between energy cost and all variables simultaneously (0.740). The variable has the strongest contribution is the money they use to buy fuel for their vehicles.