Karakteristik Sosial Ekonomi Pemulung pembeli (botot) di kota Medan (Studi kasus : perumnas mandala, Jl klambir V dan Jl T.B Simatupang Medan)

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the socio-economic characteristics of pemulung pembeli (botot) in Medan (Case Study: Perumnas Mandala, Jl. Klambir V and Jl. TB Simatupang). The reason became “pemulung pembeli” are very diverse, in example this profession does not require any specific requirement and there is no work alternatif. Education of ”pemulung pembeli” majority of Primary School (SD) or Secondary School (SMP), most “pemulung pembeli” are Batak with an average of three or four family member. “Pemulung pembeli” are dominated by people outside the city that classified as migrants at close range. Regression model of the factors that affect pemulung pembeli (botot) income is using IBM SPSS 22. The results of estimation show that daily cash capital (X1) positively effect on earnings of pemulung pembeli (Y), while the working experience (X2), mileage (X3) and education (X4) negatively related to pemulung pembeli income. The coefficient of determination (R2) is at 0.721, means that 72.1 percent of the diversity of the dependent variable can be explained by all the independent variables (daily cash capital (X1), working experience (X2), mileage (X3) and education (X4), while the balance 27.9 percent can be explained by other variables not included in the regression model, for example the population and working hours.