Pengaruh Kondisi Sosial Ekonomi Masyarakat Nelayan Terhadap Lingkungan Rumah Tempat Tinggal Nelayan Di Desa Lalang Dan Desa Medang Kecamatan Medang Deras Kabupaten Batu Bara

Abstract

Fishermen Society is a community of the living in coastal areas with their main livelihood is to harness the natural resources found in the sea either in the form of fish, shrimp, seaweed, coral reefs and other marine wealth. Revenue from the sea is the main source of income or even one of them for them. The size of the income will greatly affect their ability to manage residential home environment and their lives. This study aims to analyze the characteristics of neighborhoods and homes of fishermen in the research area and to analyze the influence of income and education level of fishermen on the condition of the home environment where the fishermen lived in the area of research. The study was conducted in the Lalang Village and Medang Village, Medang Deras District Running coal Batu Bara district of North Sumatra Utara, which is an area of homes of fishermen. Total sample number of 95 people who are determined using the formula slovin. The analytical method used is descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression method. The results showed that the characteristic at fishing settlements include sanitation, waste disposal sites, roads/infrastructure, environmental security, settlement houses, ditches and parks is not good, but limited knowledge of the fishermen who make them are not motivated to improve the quality of their housing environment. Characteristics of home environment where the fishermen live includes houses and sanitation conditions are still unfavorable. This can be seen from the house that is not permanent and semi permanent. Likewise, the source of clean water, latrines and wastewater management is still inadequate. The results also showed that income and education level of fishermen significant effect on the condition of the home environment where the fishermen lived in the area of research. The increase in income and education levels will improve environmental conditions of fishermen homes in the area of research.