Pengaruh faktor sosial ekonomi terhadap persepsi, sikap, dan partisipasi masyarakat dalam pengelolaan sampah :: Kasus Kota Raha Kab. Muna Prov. Sulawesi Tenggara

LUALI, La Ode, Drs. Su Ritohardoyo, MA

2006 | Tesis | S2 Ilmu Lingkungan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh faktor sosial ekonomi meliputi tingkat pendidikan, tingkat pendapatan, jenis pekerjaan , dan jumlah anggota keluarga terhadap persepsi, sikap, dan partisipasi masyarakat dalam pengelolaan sampah. Hipotesis yang diajukan adalah : Persepsi, sikap, dan partisipasi masyarakat dalam pengelolaan sampah dipengaruhi oleh tingkat pendidikan, tingkat pendapatan, jenis pekerjaan, dan jumlah anggota keluarga. Penelitian dilakukan di Kecamatan Katobu Kabupaten Muna Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara menggunakan teknik sampling purposive. Penentuan jumlah sampel dilakukan dengan rumus Taro Yamane menggunakan teknik random sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode wawancara dan observasi menggunakan kuesioner. Data ditabulasi secara silang kemudian dianalisis secara persentase. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) Semakin tinggi tingkat pendidikan, semakin besar pengaruhnya terhadap persepsi, sikap, dan partisipasi masyarakat dalam pengelolaan sampah; (2) Semakin tinggi tingkat pendapatan, semakin besar pengaruhnya terhadap persepsi, sikap, dan partisipasi masyarakat dalam pengelolaan sampah; (3) PNS/TNI-POLRI sebagai jenis pekerjaan berpengaruh lebih besar terhadap persepsi, sikap, dan partisipasi masyarakat dalam pengelolaan sampah dibandingkan dengan jenis pekerjaan lain; dan (4) Semakin kecil jumlah anggota keluarga, semakin besar pengaruhnya terhadap persepsi, sikap, dan partisipasi masyarakat dalam pengelolaan sampah.

The objectives of this research were to study the economic social factors namely : levels of education and earning, kinds of occupation, and number of family member on people’s perception, attitude and participation in waste management. People’s perception, attitude and participation in waste management were strongly affected by levels of education and earning, kinds of occupation, number of family member as research hypothesis. This research was excecuted in Katobu Subdistrict, Muna Regency Southeast Sulawesi and determined by purposive sampling technique. The number of respondent samples was determined by Taro Yamane prosecure using random sampling method. Data were collected through interview with questionnaire and observation methods. Furthermore, data gathered were tabulated by crosstable, then were analized by percentage. Results of the research showed that : (1) the more higher the levels of education, the more higher the effect of people’s perception, attitude, and participation in waste management; (2) the more higher the levels of earning, the more higher the effect of people’s perception, attitude and participation in waste management; (3) civil servant or soldier or police as kinds of occupation had a significant effect to people’s perception, attitude, and participation in waste management compared with the other kinds of occupations, and (4) the smaller the number of family member, the more higher the effect of people’s perception, and participation in waste management.

Kata Kunci : Sampah,Pengelolaan,Partisipasi Masyarakat, Perception, attitude, participation, waste management, levels of education & earning, kinds of occupation, number of family member.