Analisis Kesejahteraan Masyarakat di Provinsi Papua Menggunakan Metode Average Linkage

Abstract

Improving welfare and social protection for the poor and vulnerable is one
of the government's main agendas in the context of alleviating poverty. So it is said to
be prosperous when human life has a sense of security and happiness because basic
needs for nutrition, health, housing, education and income can be fulfilled. Look
closely at Papua Province, which will be rich in natural resources and cultural diversity,
but is still exploring the poorest province in Indonesia. This study aims to group
regencies/cities in Papua Province based on the existence of poverty factors so that
poverty alleviation programs become more effective, targeted, and on target, so that
they can be felt by the people of Papua. Cluster analysis is a technique for classifying
objects or cases (respondents) into relatively homogeneous groups. The average
linkage method is a method that calculates the distance between the two clusters or
commonly referred to as the average distance where the distance between the two
clusters is calculated in each cluster. After calculating using the average linkage
method and having conducted data testing and cluster analysis, it can be said that the
Silhouette Index in the 2 clusters has the highest value of 0,68. So that the area where the city occupies 1 there are 10 regencies/cities have a good welfare rate than the areas
that occupy the cluster 2 which contains 19 regencies/cities in Papua Province.