KAJIAN EKONOMI RUMAH TANGGA PETANI KELAPA DI KECAMATAN KAUDITAN KABUPATEN MINAHASA UTARA

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The objective of this research is to assess the economic conditions in the coconut farming households in the Kauditan Sub District , North Minahasa Regency based on relation among time working, total expenditure, total revenue and contribution of farm income to total family income of coconut farming.
The research was conducted from June to December 2013 in the Kauditan Sub District, at Treman and Kauditan I Village , North Minahasa Regency . Research was conducted by direct interview to 55 respondents of coconut farming households drawn from the population of the two villages, named is Treman and Kauditan I Village. The data used in this study is primary data and secondary data obtained from the office of the BP4K Kauditan Sub District, Treman and Kauditan I Village ofice. Data are analyzed descriptively and presented in tabular form , as well as using the formulation of econometric models and analyzed using the method of 2SLS ( two stage least squares ) to estimate the model in the form of simultaneous equations using SPSS v.20.
The result from this research indicates that the most outpouring of work time for farmers family is coconut farming. Farmers family income from coconut is the lowest. It’s because the divison of work time in a field, in that field there’s coconut farm, and the other farm such as nutmeg and cloves also. The relation between work time in a farm and out of farm is positive with total expenditure, it means that if the total expenditure increase, work time will increase. the biggest spending at the consumption from farmers family have relation with dispossible income from family, it that means if dispossible increase the expenditure of consumption will increase.