Women’s Employment in Nutmeg Industry to Improve the Welfare of Family at Tuminting Sub-District Manado City
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201014.013How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Labor, Women, Welfare, Industry
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the socio-economic conditions of the female workforce community in the nutmeg industry improve family welfare in the Tuminting sub-district of Manado. The method used in this study was a qualitative research method with a phenomenological approach. Based on the results of the study, it shows: (1) The socio-economic situation of women workers who work in the nutmeg industry in general from disadvantaged family backgrounds, both unable in terms of educational background or terms of family needs. Before working, family income is not sufficient and the needs of daily life coupled with various problems in the family include a large number of dependents in the family income is not sufficient due to the husband’s condition that is no longer possible to make a living, and the husband’s basic work. In improving welfare related to terms of basic needs, after working as a workforce in the nutmeg industry, the food needs only for daily life and impact on children’s education. Educational needs of children in terms of sending their children to school; (2) Factors encourage female workers who work in the nutmeg industry due to family conditions are lacking to supply income to prosper the family, are not required to have an educational background or have a diploma but only with experience and perseverance. The opportunity is supported by the guarantee of labor welfare after entering the end of work, to work additional to fulfill family needs. Also, it has a purpose and hopes to be able to continue children to school.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Fonny Rewah AU - Xaverius Erick Lobja AU - Ellen Eva Poli PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/15 TI - Women’s Employment in Nutmeg Industry to Improve the Welfare of Family at Tuminting Sub-District Manado City BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 56 EP - 60 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201014.013 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201014.013 ID - Rewah2020 ER -