Populi Survey: The Majority Of Residents Value There Is Economic Inequality Between Rich And Poor In Jakarta

ILLUSTRA TION BY VOI

JAKARTA - Populi Center released the results of a survey on economic conditions in DKI Jakarta. As a result, the majority of residents perceive that there is an economic disparity between the rich and the poor.

In detail, as many as 74.3 residents assessed that economic conditions in Jakarta had inequality, 20.7 percent considered that there was no inequality, 1.7 percent did not understand the question, and 3.3 percent did not know or did not answer.

"Specifically regarding economic inequality, 74.3 percent of the people think that there is an economic disparity between the rich and the poor in DKI Jakarta," said Populi Center researcher Raffi Pamenang Imawan in his statement, Wednesday, February 9.

Respondents were again asked about the most urgent economic problems to be handled by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government. Most respondents considered the problem that most needed to be addressed was controlling the price of basic commodities.

As many as 42 percent assessed the problem of controlling the price of basic commodities, 12 percent of providing employment opportunities, 12.7 percent of handling economic inequality, 11.7 percent of poverty alleviation, 6.3 percent of empowering MSMEs, 4.3 percent of other economic problems, and 1. 8 percent did not answer," explained Raffi.

The Populi Center survey was conducted from January 26 to February 1, 2022 with a sample of respondents spread proportionally in 60 urban villages in DKI Jakarta.

The survey was conducted through face-to-face or face-to-face interviews. An initial sample of 600 was selected at random (multistage random sampling) with a margin of error for the survey with an estimated sample size of ± 4 percent at a 95 percent confidence level.