The research is carried out in Surakarta. The goal of the study is to know: the characteristic of the homeless, the factors that cause them to he the homeless and the strategis of the homeless to survive in Surakarta. The research uses survey method, while its area is chosen purposively. The research also uses primary and secondary data. The primary data is obtained by interviewing the respondents with questionnaire, while secondary data is based on the information got from the relevant institution.The resjoondents are taken 10 % randomly from all the population. The results of the rsearch show that the homeless are 11-8 years old (96.66%), most of them are boys (91.11%). The majority of the respondents did graduate from the Lower Secondary School (55.56%); most of them come from outside of Surakarta (62%). Their primary activity is as singing beggars (62,22 %) and their daily income is about RP 10. 000 RP 14. 000 (60.00%). Their parents are uneducated people. They are only graduated from Elementary School (7S.56%).The factors that cause them to he homeless are the economic factor 77.78%, lack of family attention (13.33%) and the willingness to he independent (80.89%). Based on the result this research, we know that the poverty has made the children become homeless. The strategis to survive are: they are thrif (40%), add their time to work (13.13%), move to other place (11.11%) and save their money (15.56%).
This research is carried out in Janti, Polanharjo, Klaten, Central Java. Most of the female population of this area work as employees in manual industry of towel. The existence of the manual industry of towel enables the female labor force living in the area to have an opportunity to be employees at the industry, as indicated in the population structure that most of the population work as employees of the industry. The aim of this reasearch is to know the characteristic of the population in acordance with age, education, working hours, and experiences. Another aim is to know wage or income, expense of income, employees rights, and the other factors. The method used in this research is survey method with the number of a given sample, where as the data analysis used frequency and cross table. The result of the research indicates that most of the respondents are 20 – 25 years of age. The educational level of the respondents at the average of 40 hours a week, they have worked effectively for 7 – 9 years. The reason is in part they want to meet their daily needs and the other part they consider their jobs are easy to do and accept. The average of their incomes ranges from Rp 20.000 – Rp 50.000 a week. The factors influencing the different of income depend on the seniority and the amount of orking hours. Most of their incomes are spent on primary needs. Their right includes getting a meal once a day and working social insurance, but they don’t get health insurance.
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