Poverty Status of Households in Urban Areas of Sumatera Island

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10.2991/aebmr.k.211117.044How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Poverty; Demographic Factors; Household; Logistic Regression

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the effect of the sex of the head of the household (X1), the age of the head of the household (X2), the number of household members (X3), the education of the head of the household (X4), and Household Consumption Expenditures (X5) on poverty in urban areas of Sumatra Island. This research uses logistic regression method. From the research results, poverty and demographic factors for household in general have a negative relationship or relationship. Especially for households that are dominated by women. Households that are dominated by women will be considered poorer than households headed by men. Therefore it is very important special attention from the government so that poverty reduction actions prioritize women and reduce gender inequality. So that women no longer tend to be poor

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Al Abrar
AU  - Syamsul Amar
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/23
TI  - Poverty Status of Households in Urban Areas of Sumatera Island
BT  - Proceedings of the Seventh Padang International Conference On Economics Education, Economics, Business and Management, Accounting and Entrepreneurship (PICEEBA 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 117
EP  - 120
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.211117.044
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.211117.044
ID  - Abrar2021
ER  -