Analisis Status Ekonomi Sosial Keluarga Pesisir terhadap Pemilihan Tingkat Pendidikan Anak di Desa Tanjung Leidong Kabupaten Labuhan Batu Utara

Abstract

This research is a quantitative descriptive study regarding the analysis of the socio-economic status of coastal families on the selection of children's education levels in Tanjung Leidong Village, North Labuhan Batu Regency. The quality of human resources is a common characteristic of coastal communities in various regions in Indonesia. Economic difficulties cause coastal children not to have the opportunity to study. In 2020 there were 43 students who dropped out of school, in 2021 there were 37 students who dropped out of school and in 2022 there were 11 people who dropped out of school. Education is a social capital that can be a means to get out of the poverty line. Education is a very important thing for the progress and welfare of society. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between social economic status and the selection of children's education level in Tanjung Leidong Village. This research uses quantitative methods. Respondents in this study were the people of Tanjung Leidong Village with a total population of 2,077 people. The sample selection was carried out using the quota sampling technique, namely, determining the number of samples based on the number of samples that had been determined in each community. The number of samples in this study were 100 respondents. The results of this study note that, the socio economic status of families is tested using the simultaneous test (f test) so that a significance value of 0.000 is obtained which is less than 0.05, so the socio economic status of coastal families has a significant effect on the level of education of children in the village of Tanjung Leidong. Likewise with the influence test it is known that the sig. it is 0.000 <0.05, then the variable of the respondent's social economic status influences the education level variable.