Abstract:
This research was done on Mei 2012 in Mekong village, Meranti Island Regency, West Tebing Tinggi District, Riau Province. Members of the population in this research were 31 people, the writer used census method in determining the respondents while in the data collection consist of: primary data and secondary data. In analyzing the data, the writer used qualitative descriptive analysis techniques which were the calculation of average and percentage.
These results demonstrate that poverty occurred in Mekong caused by a fisherman village five influential factors: 1) Low quality of health services for the fishermen of Mekong village. 2) Low-income fishermen with an average income that was Rp.1.048.387. 3) the fishermen education of Mekong village were low at an average of just finished elementary school (SD). 4) Little alternative employment caused fishermen did not have alternative job 5) there was no social security for fishermen and caused them susceptible to emergency matters.
