Abstract:
Poverty is the condition of life of deprivation experienced by a person or
household that cannot meet minimum requirements or appropriate for the life of
poverty is expected. There is poverty can the government makes policies or programs
and targets appropriate and beneficial to the welfare of the people especially the
poor. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of income inequality sail
and the village community to determine the level of urban poverty sail Tenayan
highway district. The research sample was taken according to village livelihoods sail
Tenayan highway district as many as 100 people. The method used is descriptive
Quantitative. Data of questionnaires and then processed to become a description of a
problem, and perform quantitative measurements are then compared with existing
theories drawn further conclusions. It can be seen that the level of urban income
inequality shows incomes sail uneven or severe inequality (Gini Ratio 0.82383)
means income received uneven sail the village income distribution. On the depth and
severity of poverty are seen sail urban population of job or livelihood than 23 people
or 23% of respondents are still below the poverty line and the depth of poverty
prevalent in all types of jobs. And the percentage of poor residents who are Sail
district that is equal to 3.7% of the total population.
