Abstract:
Introduction: Poverty was regarded as a common problem existed in many countries, either in developed
countries or developing countries, even, the poverty was still a priority problem in SDGs era. In 2018 East Java
was positioned on the first rank of highest level of poverty in Java, particularly Jember Regency was ranked in
the second. The government of East Java has observed this poverty phenomenon on female society, which was
then called as poverty feminization. Therefore, the government of East Java established a program of poverty
alleviation on women, it was known as a feminization program of poverty reduction. This program aimed to
provide job or job, so the matriarch would have access to several sectors, as economic, education, or health. The
easy access given to the matriarch was expected to realize more quality of life. Methods: This research was
categorized into quantitative research and exerted cross sectional approach. The total population in this research
was taken from all women who got help from the feminization program of poverty reduction in Jember,
specifically the total were about 1227 respondents. The method of sampling was purposive sampling by
employing representative of data sampling in each sub-regency. The total sample in this research were 302
respondents. Further, the data was collected through instrument of WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, while the
data was analyzed through Spearman correlation method. Results: According to the result of data analysis on
factor of job to the life quality, it was obtained p-value of 0.000, which referred the correlation between job and
life quality of matriarch. Moreover, the data analysis on factor of income to the life quality, it was obtained pvalue
of
0.000,
which
referred
the
relation
between
income
and
life
quality
of
matriarch.
Conclusion:
There
was
a
relation
between
job
as
well
as
income
and
the
life
quality
of
matriarch.
