The Behavior of Information Seeking and Utilizing on Livelihood among Rural Poor People
| Main Authors: | Yusup, Pawit Muhammad, Rachmawati, Tine Silvana, Subekti, Priyo |
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| Other Authors: | Universitas Padjadjaran |
| Format: | Article info Kualitatif. Fenomenologi application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Universitas Islam Bandung
, 2017
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| Online Access: |
http://ejournal.unisba.ac.id/index.php/mimbar/article/view/1960 http://ejournal.unisba.ac.id/index.php/mimbar/article/view/1960/pdf |
Daftar Isi:
- This study aims to specifically assess the behavior of the rural poor people in seeking and utilizing information about livelihoods. This study focuses on the aspects of: the type of information sought and used by the rural poor people; and the way they seek and use information about livelihood for their survivability. The method used is Schutz’s qualitative tradition of phenomenology. Data collection used techniques of in-depth interviews and participatory observation of 22 rural poor people. The research location is in southern rural part of West Java. The research result shows that, the type of livelihood information sought and used by the rural poor people, referred to the kinds of unstable jobs with the limited scope of resources and channel/media. Their way to find and use livelihood information has active and passive pattern, but still refer to the resources of unstable jobs, limited scope of the search, pattern of interpersonal relationships, and informal.