The Effect Of Gender And Education On Elderly To Continue Working In Palembang, South Sumatra

This research study focused on determining the factors of the elderly who still continued their work activities in the city of Palembang. There were 399 respondents used as the samples on this research. The data were analyzed by using binary logistic regression, use two categories (binary). Variables of Gender & Education had a significant influence on the decision of the elderly to continue working in the city of Palembang. The value of the Odds Ratio is 2.192, meaning that the male elderly population has a greater probability of choosing to continue working by 2.192 times compared to the female elderly population. The Odds Ratio value of 4.668 means that the elderly population with higher education has a probability of choosing to continue working 4.668 times compared to the elderly population who have primary and secondary education. The Nagelkerke's R-Square value was 0.172.