KARAKTERISTIK PETANI MISKIN DAN PERSEPSINYA TERHADAP PROGRAM JARING PENGAMAN SOSIAL DI PROPINSI JAWA TIMUR

Abstract

One of the economic crisis impacts was the increasing of poverty population in
Indonesia, according to the BPS data in last year of 1998 the poverty in habitant was
about 49,5 milions people. To minimize the growth of poverty, the government has
launched Social Safety Net ( SSN ) Program. This article was to identify what
characteristics that stick of the poor family and how their perception on the SSN
Program. The survey was carried out on 160 respondents in two regencies in East
Java. The survey result showed of the poor family members were low educational
level and they were dominantly engaged in agricultural sector. In participating with
the SSN program, their mostly conducted whatever the government told, because
they didn’t know much about the program afterall. Eventhough there were several
weaknesses, but they still enjoyed out could and hoped the program would be
sustained.