Women's land ownership: role in achieving economic welfare during the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT

This study aims to describe the role of women landowners, analyze their involvement in land management assistance from the Land Redistribution Program, and their contribution to achieving household welfare during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research method uses a qualitative approach. The research was conducted in Jarangan Village, Pasuruan Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia. Data were collected through structured interviews, in-depth interviews, participatory observation, checklists, and documentation. The technique of determining informants is using snowball sampling and Key Informants are determined by purposive sampling. Data analysis used Harvard Model gender analysis, qualitative analysis of Nvivo 12 QSR software, and contribution analysis. The results of the study show that there are three roles of women's landowner in land redistribution management, namely productive, reproductive, and social. The results of the QSR Nvivo 12 Word Frequency Query, the word 'Pond' is the word with the most frequency that appears, namely 12.50% of all research data sources on the involvement of men farmers in the program. Meanwhile, for women farmers, the word 'Processing' is the word with the highest frequency, which is 3.25%. The men farmer contributed Rp. 34,436,441,/year or 62%. Meanwhile, women farmers contributed to the household economic welfare of Rp. 21,522,775,-/year or 38%. However, women farmers can allocate their time to continue to carry out their reproductive roles in the household.