Abstract:
The increase in the number of poor people occurred in March 2021 which was caused by
several factors including human resources, health, and the economy. Based on this,
research is needed to find out what are the factors that cause higher poverty. This study
will analyze the factors that influence poverty in Riau Province using the Structural
Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) with the bootstrap method. The
variables used are three exogenous independent variables consisting of health, economy
and human resources and one exogenous dependent variable namely poverty. The results
of the study explain that human resources and the number of cases of disease do not have
a significant and positive effect on poverty. This research shows that the higher the human
resources and the number of disease cases in Riau Province in 2021, the higher the
poverty rate. Meanwhile, the economy does not have a significant effect on poverty,
meaning that the higher the economic level in Riau Province in 2021, the lower the
poverty rate in Riau Province in 2022. Human resources, health, and the economy have
no effect on poverty in Riau Province in 2021.
