ANALISIS DAMPAK KEBERADAAN KAWASAN INDUSTRI DI DESA BUTUH TERHADAP PENINGKATAN AKTIVITAS PEREKONOMIAN MASYARAKAT DI KECAMATAN MOJOSONGO KABUPATEN BOYOLALI

Abstract

This background of this research is the establishment of several factories in Butuh Village, Mojosongo Sub-District, Boyolali Regency, which forms an industrial area. In the past, the residents of Butuh Village worked by cultivating land and breeding livestock because the soil in this area is barren and water sources are difficult to find. Because of the establishment of industrial area, the economic activity of this area increases significantly.
This research uses descriptive-quantitative research method. Descriptive-quantitative research method is a research method which uses more quantitative data and descriptive statistical analysis. In order to discover how is the impact of industrial area in Butuh Village, Mojosongo Sub-District, Boyolali Regency toward economic activity of the community, researchers conducted qualitative and quantitative analysis in order to discover the difference exactly. Qualitative analysis is used to discover the increase of economic activity and the level of health and education of the surrounding community. Whereas quantitative analysis was conducted by using Paired Samples T test. This test is used to discover the presence of average difference between two paired (corresponding) sample groups. In this case, it is about community’s income and expenditure in the surroundings of industrial area.
The impact of industrial area in Butuh Village, Mojosongo Sub-district can reduce unemployment rate. The labors absorbed come from inside and outside of Butuh village. However,most people in Butuh Village prefer becoming entrepreneurs around the industrial area to factory workers. Additional income earned shifts the way of thinking of people around industrial area in the field of education and health. In education, they hope to send their children to the highest level. Whereas in the field of health, additional income earned from entrepreneurship makes them easier to obtain access to decent health. In addition, there were differences of income and expenditure between the times before and after the existence of industrial area in Butuh Village, Mojosongo Subdistrict Boyolali Regency.