Abstract:
This study aims to determine the factors associated with the selection of informal
sector employment by married women in Kuntu with see age, education level, number of
dependents, household income level, employment husband and husband's employment
sector.
The informal sector employment in the study were divided into two groups of two.
Agriculture groups and groups of other fields. So is the education level variables are
divided into junior high school and high school to the bottom upwards, the number of
dependents in the dependents divided ≤ 2 and ≥ 3, husband divided jobs in agriculture
and other sectors of employment while husband shared formal and informal sectors. As
for the variable age and level of household income grouped by values ranging from
groups of lowest to highest value.
In determining the sample size of this study using purposive sampling method Slovin
and then selected a sample of 80 people. The analytical method used is the method of
univariate analysis (descriptive) and bivariate analysis methods with chi-square test with
α = 0.05.
From the results of fieldwork conducted, it was found that the factors of age, education
level, number of dependents and employment sectors husband did not have a significant
relationship to the selection of informal sector employment by married women in Kuntu
district Kampar. As for household income and factor employment husbands are
significantly related to the selection of informal sector employment by married women in
Kuntu district Kampar
