PERUBAHAN POLA KONSUMSI RUMAH TANGGA SAAT COVID-19 (Studi Kasus di Kelurahan Drajat, Kota Cirebon, Jawa Barat)

Abstract

Covid-19 is a global pandemic that impacts all sectors. Household is one of the sector s that impacted, and the conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic have been changing especially a decrease in the household consumption expenditure. The purpose of this research is to understand the household food consumption pattern and its relation with the characteristics of respondents. This research used a quantitative descriptive design with a survey method that located in RW 02 Drajat Sub-district, Cirebon City , on October-November 2020. The number s of research samples are 61 respondents consisting of housewives. The analysis method used is crosstabs method. The results showed that the average age of the respondents was 15-64 years old, the number of family members is 3 persons , the household income per month before and during Covid-19 are IDR 2,000,000-IDR 3,000,000 and < IDR 1,000,000, the education achieved is senior high school or vocational high school, the job is as a housewife, and 62,30% jobs affected due to Covid-19. The household consumption patterns have been changing specifically a decrease in household food consumption expenditure on almost all food commodities except for consumption of vegetable commodities due to the rising prices. However, the amount of food and other non-food consumption tends to remain and decrease. The results showed that the household income and husband’s job have a relation with the household consumption patterns changing, it is indicated by the value of Asymp. Sig. (2-sided) < 0.05, while other variable s have no relation with the household consumption patterns changing.