Formosa Journal of Science and Technology (FJST)
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2023): February 2023

Analysis of Factors Influencing the Percentage of Poverty in North Sumatra Using Robust Linear Regression

Liyanti Angun Silaban (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Susiana (Universitas Negeri Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Feb 2023

Abstract

The percentage of poverty in North Sumatra Province in 2021 will reach 9.01%. The data used are poverty percentage data in North Sumatra for 2021, Gini ratio, Covid-19 pandemic, poverty depth index, education and unemployment rate are considered to contribute to the percentage of poverty in North Sumatra Province. The purpose of this research is to determine the variables that have a significant effect on the Percentage of Poverty in North Sumatra in 2021. The method used is Ordinal Least Square. The results of this study show that the Poverty Percentage model in North Sumatra in 2021 uses a robust M-estimation regression which is 4.432790; 0.07230 and 0.007035. Partially, the regression coefficient shows that the poverty depth index has a significant effect on the percentage of poverty with a probability of 9.087. Simultaneously, the Gini ratio, the Covid-19 pandemic, the poverty depth index, education and unemployment affect the percentage of poverty with a probability of 64,602.

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fjst

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Humanities Computer Science & IT Education Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Social Sciences

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Formosa Journal of Science and Technology (FJST) is an open-access scientific journal that publishing full-length research papers and review articles covering subjects that fall under the wide spectrum of science and technology. FJST journal is dedicated towards dissemination of knowledge related to ...