| dc.description.abstract | The village of Peuniti, Baitu"ahman sub district, the city of Banda Aceh, every
rainy season always had floods and the people in the village of Peuniti had no
preparedness that caused many damage in their property in the local areas.
This study aimed to analyze the influence of the predisposing factors
(education, knowledge, attitudes, income) and the source of information on disaster
preparedness in flood at the head of family in the village of Peuniti, Baiturrahman
sub district, the city of Banda Aceh . Type of research used explanatory survey. The
population of this study were 1287 heads of families, sample were 93 heads of
families that selected by using simple random. The data obtained from questionnaires
and analyzed used multiple regression test with a confidence level of95%. (p<0.05).
The results showed that 32.2% of the head of family were doing disaster
preparedness in flood in the Village of Peuniti, Baiturrahman sub district, the city of
Banda Aceh. Statistically there were significant influence of variable education
(0. 000), knowledge (p = 0. 000), attitude (p = 0. 006), and sources of information
(0.002) on disaster preparedness in flood. Variable of income did not have any
influence on disaster preparedness in flood, and variable education (p=0, 045) was
the dominant variable which influence on flood disaster preparedness.
It is suggested to government of Banda Aceh to make a task force on disaster
management in sub-district level and village levels, making plans for disaster
preparedness activities in the form of socialization, training to increase the head of
family knowledge about signs of floods resulting from flooding. The head of family in
the village of Peuniti to take action the disaster preparedness in floods to reduce the
impacts of flooding | en_US |
