Do Socioeconomic Factors Determine Chronic Multidimensional Poverty? Evidence from Labor Fishers’ Households in Bengkulu Province, Indonesia

Khairunnisa, Nadia; Mulyasari, Gita; Windirah, Nola; Tedong, Peter; Priyono, Basuki; Trisusilo, Agung

doi:10.21608/ejabf.2025.421667

Do Socioeconomic Factors Determine Chronic Multidimensional Poverty? Evidence from Labor Fishers’ Households in Bengkulu Province, Indonesia

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10.21608/ejabf.2025.421667

Abstract

Poverty and welfare are multidimensional. Poverty does not only mean economic hardship but also a failure to fulfill fundamental rights and face different treatment, ultimately affecting the ability to lead a dignified life. This research aimed to measure, calculate, and analyze multidimensional chronic poverty using the multidimensional poverty index (MPI) calculation and examine the socio-economic factors determining multidimensional chronic poverty at the household level using a logistic regression model. This research was conducted in the coastal area of Bengkulu and involved 100 labor fishing households that carried out one-day fishing activities. The research results showed that most fishing households experience chronic multidimensional poverty, remain highly dependent on subsidized fuel provided by the Indonesian Government for the poor, and face significant challenges in obtaining clean water, particularly for labor-intensive fishing households. Education level and number of family dependents determine multidimensional chronic poverty. The government and authorities must be able to assist in the form of capital and working tools to working fishermen, enabling them to be independent in carrying out their fishery business, not dependent on others or freeloaders, and escape the status of being the "poorest of the poor."

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