<![CDATA[This study examines how inflation, education, and labor force participation influenced the poverty rate in North Sumatra Province during 2005-2024. Annual secondary data were obtained from Statistics of North Sumatra. Education was represented by the school participation rate for the 16-18 age group, while labor market involvement was measured by the labor force participation rate. Multiple linear regression was estimated with EViews 13 after testing residual normality, multicollinearity, serial correlation, and heteroskedasticity. Inflation had a positive and statistically significant coefficient (β = 0.112683; p = 0.0458). Education had a negative and significant coefficient (β = -0.273439; p < 0.001), and labor force participation also had a negative and significant coefficient (β = -0.299388; p = 0.0234). The model was jointly significant (F = 28.09907; p < 0.001) and explained 81.06% of the adjusted variation in poverty. The findings indicate that poverty reduction requires coordinated price stabilization, stronger upper-secondary participation, and expansion of productive employment opportunities.]]>
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