| dc.description.abstract | This study aims to determine the effect of education level, unemployment rate,
gross regional domestic product (GRDP), and population on poverty in five regions
in Nias Islands, namely West Nias, North Nias, South Nias, Nias, and Gunungsitoli.
The type of research used is a quantitative causality approach. This research
data is panel data which is a combination of cross-section and time series. Cross
section data is the 5 regions with the highest percentage of poor people in North
Sumatra Province, and the time series is 2014-2023. The research data collection
was carried out using secondary data published by Statistics Indonesia (BPS),
(BPS) of North Sumatra Province.
The results showed that simultaneously the independent variables of
Education Level, Unemployment Rate, Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP),
and Total Population had a significant effect on the Poverty Level in 5 regions in
the Nias Islands in the 2014-2023 period. Partially, it is known that the Education
Level variable has a positive but insignificant effect on the Poverty Level. The
Unemployment Rate variable has a positive and significant effect on the Poverty
Level. The GRDP variable has a negative and significant effect on the Poverty
Level. Meanwhile, the Total Population variable has a negative but insignificant
effect on the Poverty Level. | en_US |
