Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Pendapatan Pekerja Wanita pada Kegiatan Informal di Sektor Perdagangan Kota Langsa

Abstract

The objective of the research was to find out and to analyze the influence of working hours, the length of business, education, age, the number of balita (below jive year-old children) as dependents, and capital employed on female workers' income on informal activities in the trade sector at Langsa. The research was descriptive quantitative. The primary data were obtained directly from respondents through questionnaires and interviews. The population was female workers who worked on informal activities in the trade sector, and 100 of them were used as the samples. The data were analyzed by using multiple linear regression analysis and processed by using an SPSS version 20 software program. The result of the research showed that, simultaneously, working hours, the length of business, education, age, the number of balita as dependents, and capital employed had significant influence on female workers' income on informal activities in the trade sector at Langsa. Partially, the variables of working hours, the length of business, the number of balita as dependents, and capital employed had positive and significant influence on female workers ' income on informal activities in the trade sector at Langsa. The variable of education had positive but insignificant influence on female workers ' income on informal activities in the trade sector at Langsa, while the variable of age had negative and insignificant influence on female workers ' income on informal activities in the trade sector at Langsa.