Behavior of Rubber Farm Households on the Labor Usage in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Abstract

The objectives of this research are to identify the business profile of rubber smallholders and labor in Kapuas Regency, Central Kalimantan, to examine decision pattern of farm households and influencing factors in the labor usage allocation in rubber farm households. The research location was determined purposively. The method of determining the sample used disproportionate stratified random sampling method. Total farmers as the respondents were 134 farm households. The first objective of the study was achieved using descriptive statistical analysis. The second objective was analyzed using two-stage least squares (2SLS) method. Data processing used Statistical Analysis System version 9.1 for Windows. The results of this study showed that the profile of labor usage in the households was more dominant in the rubber plantations and the allocation of labor usage was employing more productive labor in the family i.e. husbands, wives, and the working-age relative members living together in one household. Rubber price and total rubber production had a positive and significant influence on the behavior of male labor in the rubber plantations. Rubber price and a number of household members had a positive and significant influence on the behavior of female labor in the rubber plantations. However, the number of minors in the family had a negative and significant effect on the behavior of female labor in the rubber plantations.

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“…The contribution of rubber to the Indonesian economy has not been well managed so that it has not contributed to national development in improving the standard of living, especially for rubber farmers [4]. These conditions specified before affecting the income of smallholder rubber plantations, which are the largest rubber producers in Indonesia.…”