The Effect of Human Development Index, Income Inequality And Percentage of Poor Population On Poverty Gap Index In 10 Sumatran Provinces

Abstract

This study aims to examine and analyze the influence of the human development index, income inequality, and the percentage of poor people on the poverty depth index in 10 provinces on the island of Sumatra. The type of research used in this research is descriptive quantitative while the data source used in this research is secondary data from BPS. The object of this research is 10 provinces of Sumatra Island. This study uses panel data with a cross section of 10 provinces on the island of Sumatra and a time series for 6 years, starting from 2018 to 2023. The data analysis technique in this study uses the Regression Panel method with testing using Eviews 12. The results showed that the best model was Random Effect. Based on the regression results, it is known that partially the independent variable percentage of poor people has a positive and significant effect on the poverty depth index. Meanwhile, the human development index and income inequality variables have no influence on the poverty depth index. Simultaneously, the independent variables, namely the human development index, income inequality, and the percentage of poor people have a significant influence on the poverty depth index in the 10 provinces of Sumatra island with a Prob (F-statistic) value of 0.00000 <0.05.