Sunday, September 30, 2012

Analisis Peubah Sosial Ekonomi sebagai Determinan Ketahanan Pangan Keluarga Buruh Migran Perempuan (BMP)

Ikeu Tanziha, Megawati Simanjuntak, Alfiasari


Abstract: The objective of the study was to analyze determinants of food security and children nutritional status among Women Migrant Worker (WMW) Household. The study design was a cross-sectional study. Research conducted in Sukabumi Districts, West Java Province, Indonesia, in December 2008-November 2009. A purposive sampling was applied to take 500 women migrant workers (WMW) households. The data collected include socio economic and demographic data, remittance, perception on food security, and food intake. The t-test and Mann-Whitney test were applied to analyze mean difference of socioeconomic variables between before and after the wives became WMW. The Sperman correlation was used to analyze correlation between socioeconomic variables with food security. Logistuc Regression analysis was used to analyze determinant of food security. The results showed that there are mean difference of household income, economic welfare and food security before and after the wives became WMW. There was a significant correlation between food security and the wives’ income (r = 0.117), the amount of remittance (r = 0.163), and the household income per capita (r = 0.158). The main determinants of food security are remittance contribution over income (OR = 1.690), and income per capita above poverty level (OR = 2.418).
Keywords: Food security, Women Migrant Worker, determinants.

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