Socio-Economic and Demogaphic Charateristics of Poor Household in Nusa Penida Island, Bali, Indonesia

Poverty remains a problem that gets the attention o.f stakeholders. Before dratting up poverty reduction prografirs, please note the socio-demographic characteristicsof poor famotts families. toiritt destinition in the v,orld, but apparently in the region of Nusa Penida Island which is still an area Therefore, this sndy aimed to develop a iocio economic and demographic characteristic of the poor of Bali Province, it turus out there are quite a lot of poor families. fawilies Bali Province is a in the Nusa Penida Island- The results showed that poor households in dominance at the level ofproductive age, which due to geographical conditions anclletel of education is very low resulting in limited types of work that can be elaborated so that the low level of income receiu-ed. Moreover, the large number of jamily members who are still dependents of lhe poor iouseholds. Besides still the strong comntunity oJ Nusa Penida in social events, customs, and religion that would affect the level of household expendirure. Kqtwords: demography, economic, non-economic, poverty, social