The Complexity of Poverty Among Benteng Chinese in Tangerang District, Indonesia
The Complexity of Poverty Among Benteng Chinese in Tangerang District, Indonesia

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this research is to investigate what are determinants of the poverty among Benteng Chinese in Tangerang district, Indonesia. The research utilises a grounded theory based on in-depth interviews with key informants which most are Benteng Chinese. The research conducted data triangulation to get data saturation and data quality, rigor, trustworthiness and confirmability or validity and reliability in quantitative term. The result of the study shows that the determinants of poverty are complex. Integration of the structural theory of poverty, the cultural theory of poverty, the individual theory of poverty and the cyclical interdependencies theory of poverty are used to explore the complexity of the poverty. Finally, a mini theory of the complexity of poverty is built on findings of the research.

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