Determinants Of Household Poverty: A Case Study Of Vulnerable Groups In Bengkulu Province

People with disabilities and the elderly are groups that often experience higher economic vulnerability. This group takes almost twenty percent of the total population of Indonesia, so the vulnerability of poverty in this group can also have a major impact on the increase in the number of poor people in Indonesia. There are still not many more in-depth studies on this group and there are still no effective policies regarding this group, the main focus of this study. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors of poverty among people with disabilities and the elderly using micro data analysis of the Bengkulu Province SUSENAS household in 2022 so that in analyzing this poverty more deeply. Using multiple linear regression analysis of cross-section data. The results of this study show that the factors that influence poverty among the elderly are urban, technology, health insurance ownership status, educations, social assistance recipient status (PKH), number of household members, credit usage status, and leghth of education undertaken by head of household. While in the disability group, the influencing factors are urban, technology, health insurance ownership status, social assistance recipient status (PKH), number of household members, credit usage status, and leghth of education undertaken by head of household, while educations do not significantly affect poverty among the disabled. The emphasis in this study is to find poverty factors with a multidimensional approach as a comprehensive effort for sustainable policies. So that efforts to improve the economy and social are more effective for these two groups.