Analysis of Fertility Determining Factors (Study on Poor Family in Alam Barajo District, Jambi City)

Abstract

This study aims 1). Analyzing the characteristics of poor families based on age, house ownership, house status, size of the house owned, number of household members, number of children graduating from high school and above, asset ownership, and province of birth. Jambi. The study used primary data. The location was determined purposively (Kenali Besar and Mayang Mangurai) from 5 sub-districts in Alam Barajo Subdistrict. Consideration of easier access to the location. Total respondents are 80 heads of household (KK). Simple random sampling (Simple Random Sampling). The method of descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression. The results of the study, the average age of family members was 43.07 years. 43.75% graduated from junior high school/equivalent. The status of the house is 57.50% own house. The house area is 58.25% less than 50 m 2 . JART averages 4.4 people. The number of children graduating from high school/equivalent and above is 22.50%. Household assets, washing machine 52.50%. Main occupation 45.00% construction workers. The average income is IDR 1,931,250. Age at first marriage, wife's education, husband's income, wife's employment status, and use of contraceptives, were able to explain the number of children born alive by 76.74%, and 23.26% explained other variables outside the model. Productive the head of the family, improving education and skills for laborintensive work opportunities. Maturation of the age at first marriage, increasing the education of pre-marital women. Improving the skills of the wife Need to be selective in determining the contraceptive used.