The Livelihood of Non-Resident Households in the Oil and Gas Mining Areas in Papua

Abstract

Based on structured survey among local residents and non-local residents, the study was aimed to disclose the livelihood and economic status of those households. The Method of both quantitative and qualitative analysis was performed together to attain more comprehensive understanding and its description on particularly livelihood aspects of the people. However, other aspects such as migration, education, and health also are addressed. The quality of life of non-resident household is better than the resident household. It can be examined from the household expenditure, the resident household is the lowest, while non-resident household across the Districts is always the highest. In general, the amount of non-resident household expenditure is 1.5 times higher than resident household.