Effect of Capital Strengthening, Education, and Health on Poverty Status in the City of Sawahlunto

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210616.035How to use a DOI?

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Capital Strengthening, Education, And Health On Poverty Status

Abstract

This study aims to reveal and analyze the effect of capital strengthening, education, and health programs on poverty status in Sawahlunto City. The population in this study were the poor in the city of Sawahlunto which were spread over 4 (four) districts, namely 1) Talawi District, 2) Barangin District, 3) Lembah Segar District and 4) Silungkang District totaling 871 families. The number of samples in this study were 96 families. Sampling is done based on Random Sampling with the sampling technique “Cluster Random Sampling” because it has different characteristics. The data analysis used in this research is logistic regression analysis. The results of the study found that the strengthening of capital, education and health both partially and simultaneously had a significant effect on the poverty status of the people in the city of Sawahlunto. Providing business capital, improving education and providing health services that are not burdensome for the poor is one solution to cutting the cycle of poverty. With the availability of business capital, high education and good health, the quality of human resources will be better, so that productivity will increase which will have implications for increasing income and improving the family economy. So that the status of poverty in the city of Sawahlunto can be reduced and the community can get out of the poverty line, it is recommended that the Sawahlunto city government make improvements in providing business capital, improve the quality of human resources by organizing and providing better education and increasing the degree of public health by providing services more equitable health.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Afridarman
AU  - Syamsul Amar
AU  - Hasdi Aimon
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/17
TI  - Effect of Capital Strengthening, Education, and Health on Poverty Status in the City of Sawahlunto
BT  - Proceedings of the Sixth Padang International Conference On Economics Education, Economics, Business and Management, Accounting and Entrepreneurship (PICEEBA 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 236
EP  - 244
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210616.035
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210616.035
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