Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah

Identifying factors influencing the low-income community in urban slum settlements in South Sumatera, Indonesia

Suhel Suhel (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia)
Imam Asngari (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia)
Mardalena Mardalena (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia)
Ariodillah Hidayat (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia)
Abdul Bashir (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2021

Abstract

The study is identifying factors influencing the low-income community in urban slum settlements in South Sumatra. The data utilized is primary data is taken through surveys and in-depth interviews. The samples were taken from 115 respondents purposively in the three cities of Palembang, Prabumulih, and Pagar Alam that are receiving benefits from the KOTAKU Program. The methods utilized are descriptive qualitative and quantitative approaches by applying multiple regression models. This study's findings indicate that jointly the variables of education level, age, family members, income expectations, and work types significantly affect the low-income communities' income level. Likewise, partially the education level variables, the family members, income expectations, and types of work positively and significantly affect income level. In contrast, the age variable has a negative and significant effect on the low-income community's income level in urban slums of South Sumatra.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JES

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah (The Journal of Perspectives on Financing and Regional Development) is an open-access, peer-reviewed international forum for scientists involved in research to publish high quality and refereed papers. Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan focuses on ...