Political Indicator Survey: Meeting Family In Hometown Makes People Satisfied With The Handling Of 2022 Eid Homecoming

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The results of a survey conducted by the Indonesian Political Indicators survey agency showed that around 73.8 percent of the people were satisfied with the handling of the homecoming and return flows for Eid 2022 by the government. In detail, as many as 12.6 percent were very satisfied, 61.2 percent were quite satisfied, 6.8 percent were not satisfied, 1.1 percent were not satisfied at all, and 18.3 percent did not answer.

"In a survey conducted from May 5 to May 10, 2022, 61.2 percent of the people were quite satisfied with the implementation of this year's homecoming," said Executive Director of Indonesian Political Indicators Burhanuddin Muhtadi in a written statement quoted by Antara, Sunday, May 15.

Burhanuddin said that the main reason the community said they were satisfied with the handling of the homecoming flow was that they could celebrate Eid in their hometown as much as 30 percent. Another reason residents claimed to be happy as much as 27.9 percent was because they were able to get back together with their families.

Furthermore, life returned to normal by 17.6 percent.

Including the reasons residents are satisfied with infrastructure and transportation modes that are getting better around 6.2 percent and going home provides economic benefits of around 3.4 percent.

Furthermore, Eid 2022 will be more enjoyable for the community by 3.4 percent. Vaccination requirements give a sense of security of 1.9 percent. From the survey, 6.4 percent of respondents gave other answers and 3.1 percent did not answer.

Burhanuddin emphasized the satisfaction because this year the government allowed people to go home after two years of going home ban due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He explained that public support for easing movement restrictions so that residents could go home reached 91.3 percent, and 73.8 percent of residents were satisfied with the government's performance in handling the 2022 Eid homecoming flow.

The Indonesian Political Indicators Survey uses the telephone contact method for respondents. The target population of the survey is Indonesian citizens aged 17 years and over or already married, and owning a telephone about 83 percent of the total national population.

Sample selection was carried out using the "random digit dialing" (RDD) method. RDD is a technique of selecting samples through a random phone number generation process, 1,228 respondents were selected through a random phone number generation process, validation, and screening.

"The margin of error for the survey is estimated at around 2.9 percent with a confidence level of 95 percent," he explained.