Mobility analysis of Wonogiri chicken noodle and meatball seller in Kartasura, Sukoharjo

Abstract

The rate of population growth in Central Java every year has increased, if the number of jobs and wages is not in accordance with the number of residents it is not comparable it will have bad consequences such as unemployment, poverty to crime. The unmet needs made the people of Wonogiri conduct population mobility to Kartasura by working as traders. Therefore, this research has a goal to: 1) Analyzing the pull factors and push factors (pull-push factors) that influence the intentions of mobility actors who work as sellers of chicken noodle traders and Wonogiri meatballs in Kartasura District. 2) Analyzing circular mobility performed by respondents. The method used in this study is the Snowball Sampling method. The results obtained from the research are as follows; 1) The research results are in line with Everett S Lee’s theory; The driving factor for mobility is that there are more unfulfilled necessities of life in the place of origin compared to the place of destination. There are 4 variables of unfulfilled living needs: Low availability of jobs, low regional income, lack of transportation facilities, minimal consumers. Meanwhile, there are only 3 unmet needs, such as the cost of living which is quite expensive, the physical environment and the social environment. So the respondents chose to move to Kartasura as a destination. 2) The mobility of the respondents was spread from 11 sub-districts out of 25 sub-districts in Wonogiri, with a high number coming from the Girimarto sub-district (25%). The type of mobility carried out by the respondents was staying/lodging with the frequency of returning home dominated once a month by using private vehicles 75% in the form of motorbikes & cars and 25% using public transportation in the form of buses.