An analysis on the typology of community poverty in Lamabanan village, Mamasa regency, Indonesia

Abstract

The aims of this study are to identify and analyse the strength of the relationship of factors causing poverty with community poverty level and understand the typology of community poverty within and around the forest area in Mamasa regency. This study was used survey research with the descriptive analytical method. The sample sizes were 63 respondents. The data were used chi-square test method to determine the relationship between independent variable and dependent variable, while contingency coefficients test to analyse the strength of the relationship between dependent variable and independent variable. In additions, qualitative analysis is adopted to understand the poverty topology of the community in the study site by comparing theoretical poverty criteria with real conditions in the field. The results found the poverty of the community who lived within and around the forest area in Mamasa regency in related to several factors: Business intensity, knowledge, skills, physical and health access, business capital, natural resources and information access. Based on the typology, the community poverty in the study site consist three types such as natural poverty, cultural poverty and structural poverty.