The Effect of Unemployment Level, Education Level, and Population Growth on Poverty Level in Gresik District

This study analyzes the impact of unemployment rate, education level, and population growth on poverty rate in Gresik Regency. Data used are secondary data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) for 2008–2023. Multiple linear regression and classical assumption tests are employed for the analysis. It is revealed that jointly unemployment rate, education level, and population growth have a significant effect on poverty rate. Partially, population growth and education level have a significant effect, but not unemployment rate. The Adjusted R² of 93.8% indicates that the independent variables explain significantly the poverty rate variation. These findings stress the necessity to improve the quality of education and control the population growth in order to decrease poverty efficiently in Gresik Regency.