Open Access
American Research Journal of Business and Management
ISSN (Online): 2379-1047
DOI: 10.46568/arjbm
Empowerment of Fisherman Housewives in Increasing the Welfare of Coastal Communities in North Insana District, TTU-NTT
Economy and Business Faculty, Timor University, Indonesia.
Emanuel Be, Kamilaus K Oki, “Empowerment of Fisherman Housewives in Increasing the Welfare of Coastal
Communities in North Insana District, TTU-NTT”, American Research Journal of Business and Management, Vol 9, no. 1,
2023, pp. 11-19.
Abstract
This study aims to analyze: 1) the effect of empowerment, social capital, the role of government on the participation of
fishing housewives; 2) the influence of empowerment, social capital, the role of the government and the participation of
fisherman housewives on welfare; 3) the influence of empowerment, social capital and the role of the government through
the participation of fishing housewives on welfare. The population is housewives who have husbands as fishermen. Using
the Slovin formula, 108 respondents were selected, using accidental sampling technique. Interviews and questionnaires
were used as data collection methods. Data analysis techniques using SEM-PLS for quantitative data. The results of the
analysis show that there is a significant influence between empowerment, social capital and the government’s role on the
participation of fishing housewives and there is a positive and significant influence between empowerment, social capital,
the role of government and the participation of fishermen’s IRT on the welfare of fishermen’s households.
