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conducting a qualitative-analytic approach involving
reduction, presentation and interpretation of data.
Using these methods, the description of the
condition of poor families, the root causes of poverty,
the potential of poor families could be explored and
to find a variety of ways of life that can be used as a
strategy of poor families can survive and get out of
poverty, so that poverty alleviation program based on
family and potential of local communities can be
formulated.
3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
3.1 The Characteristics of Poor Family
Characteristics of poor families are seen from various
aspects, among others, based on; Ethnicity, age of
informant, number of children, amount of income,
amount of expenditure, job, last education, skills over
main job, social group/ organization, assistance from
government or other party, and their views on
poverty. Variations of data are obtained on such
aspects as people living in Lempuing sub-district,
among others Javanese, Komering, Bali and Batak.
The assets owned are relatively limited although there
are differences between families with each other.
Similarly, the amount of income and expenditure also
varies but is still in the poor category.
The root of poverty in poor families is caused by
several factors, among others: internal factors and
external factors. Internal factors concerning: lazy to
work, quickly satisfied, resigned to God's destiny,
wasteful, easy to give up and lack of knowledge.
While the external factors that influence are: bound
of debt, narrow jobs, many children, skills that are not
optimal, does not have production assets.
3.2 Potency of Poor Family and Social
Capital of Rural Community
Based on the characteristics of poor families, the
potency of poor families can be identified. Potency of
poor families include human potential, social
potential, political potential, physical potential,
financial potential, and natural potential.
Poor families have the human potentials such as:
formal education, have children and have personality.
Based on the data, every poor family has formal
education. This shown that they are not illiterate.
Poverty will be worse if supported by illiteracy.
Fortunately, poor families in Lempuing have formal
education.
Human potential of poor family can be identified
by having children. The children are the future asset
to a family. Although the large number of children
can also be a constraint or a problem in the fulfillment
of their life needs. But it depends on how poor family
view to their children in their lives.
Based on information from religious leaders,
poverty occurs because the number of children who
are not supported by a good understanding and
management so that children become the burden of
poverty. In addition, the personality of poor family
members can be an asset as well as obstacles in
overcoming poverty. Become an asset when each
family member has a strong motivation, tenacious,
not quickly despair, and have the ideals to get out of
the poverty. But it could be otherwise poverty still
exists because of the unfavorable personality such as;
Wasteful, hedonic, hopeless and so forth.
Political potentials include participation in
political organizations, and policies on poverty (cash
transfers, raskin and village funding allocations for
the poor). In Lempuing sub-district, the allocation of
village funds for the poor has been posted. This is
known from the village informant's informant, that
the problem of poverty has received attention in the
form of cash transfers, raskin and village funds.
Physical and financial potential, in the form of
availability of facilities and business institutions
(PNPM loan and farming credit). Physical potential
that provides opportunities for poverty alleviation in
the form of the existence of institutions such as co-
operative village units, savings and loan cooperatives,
and non-formal institutions such as customary
institutions. In almost every village these customary
institutions still survive, in the midst of the
globalization of development. This shows that local
wisdom is retained in social life in multi-ethnic rural
areas.
Social potentials are; Study groups, gotong
royong, farmer groups, night patrols. The study group
is not only interpreted as a means of worship but also
means of socialization among the people for the
benefit of community life. In addition, the mutual
assistance that has been lost in some areas, still live
in the poor lempuing especially. Through mutual
cooperation work that was originally required
financial costs to be lighter and also can strengthen
the intimacy and quirks. Similarly, farmers' groups
and night watchmen. In addition to discussing the
difficulties experienced to solve rural problems, this
can be a resilience mechanism for rural communities.
The natural potential of land assets though in
limited quantities. Poor families have natural assets in
the form of land ownership ranging from 0.25 ha-2
ha. This land ownership becomes a potential for
family subsistence. In addition to the natural potential
is supported by the added value of trade skills, and
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