The Fishermens Housewives Empowerment in Increasing the Coastal Communities Welfare of in Labuhan Badas Sub-District

One of the goals of the national development program in the marine sector is increasing the income of the community in the coastal areas and small islands. Attention to the coastal area is not only based on the consideration that the coastal areas have the potential natural resources but also the potential social who manages the natural resources sustainably. Welfare is still a major issue in the field of marine and fishery. This study aims to analyze: (1) the effect of empowerment, social capital, circular migration culture, and the role of government on the fishermen's housewives participation; (2) the effect of empowerment, social capital, circular migration culture, the role of government and the fishermen's housewives participation on the fishermen's welfare; (3) the influence of empowerment, social capital, circular migration culture and the role of the government through the participation of fishermen's housewives on the welfare of fishermen in LabuhanBadas sub-district. This study applies a quantitative method with an associative approach. Furthermore, the qualitative method is used to strengthen the interpretation of the figures on the quantitative method. The Slovin formula is used in this study. 165 of the fishermen's housewives in LabuhanBadas sub-district were the respondents of the study. Accidental sampling technique is used. The questionnaire with a Likert Scale of five degrees and interview guidelines are used as data collection instruments. In analyzing the data, SEM-PLS with the Smart PLS 3.0 software is used to analyze the quantitative data, while qualitative data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the empowerment, social capital and the role of government had a positive and significant effect on the fishermen's housewives participation and welfare, meanwhile, the influence of circular migration culture on the fishermen's housewives participation was not significant. The results also found that empowerment, social capital, and the role of the government had a significant effect on welfare through the fishermen's housewives mediation, while the circular migration culture of through the fishermen's housewives mediation had no significant effect on welfare. Keywords:Empowerment, Social Capital, Circular Migration Culture, Role of Government, Fishermen’s housewives Participation,Welfare