Abstract:
Research on the Structure of Income and Expenditure Patterns in poor households in the village of Kampung Pulau District Rengat Indragiri Hulu regency background to see the condition of the household and other expenses continue to rise so that the increase of expenditure. The research was conducted in the village of Kampung Pulau District Rengat Indragiri Hulu regency .Consideration of site selection is based on the highest number of poor households in the District Rengat, and the diversity of family livelihoods. The purpose of this study were to: 1) Analyze the structure of household income poor 2) Analyzing the spending patterns of poor households 3) Analyze the depth of poverty 4) Analyze the severity of poverty .Average per capita income of poor families in the village of Kampung Pulau still far from the poverty line. Pattern of poor spending was allocated for food .Index of the depth of poverty in the village of Kampung island of 0.33 with an indication of the average expenditure of the poor getting closer to the poverty line and poverty severity index in the village of Kampung Pulau much as 0.12 with an indication of the average expenditure inequality among the poor there are low and getting closer to equity .
