THE DETERMINANT FACTORS OF POVERTY OF FISHERMEN COMMUNITIES IN BENGKULU CITY

The objectives of the research were to observe the determinant variables of poverty of the fishery households in Bengkulu city. The research used primary data which collected by sampling method. The total respondent was 266 fishery households in four (4) villages. The data were analyzed by using descriptive and multiple logistic regression analysis. The dependent variable was category variable that were ‘poor’ and ‘not poor’, while the independent variables were education, number of family’s burden, technology, health, accessibility, alternative’s job, and saving habit. The results show that simultaneously all the determinant variables were statistically significant determine the poverty. But partially, only the number of family’s burden and health which were statistically significant. Moreover, these two variables (the number of family’s burden and health) statistically significant affect the povert of the fishery households. These variables are useful to determine the government intervention of policy. The family planning program and the health improvement program’ are the policy that is crucial to reduce the poverty and the quality of the fishery’s life