The Strategy of Survival Family Poor Migrant in Surabaya: A Prelimenary Study

Abstract

Surabaya as a metropolitan city becomes the main attraction in the surrounding rural population. Its  seen by large number of newcomers to the city of Surabaya. One of the problems faced by the city is amount  of poor migrants. Poor migrants usually work in the informal sector which is not fixed, they do not have permanent residence and their income are erratic. The welfare programs initiated by city government don”t  reach them for not having Surabaya identity cards. But apparently they”re already having a feeling of home and desire to always come back to Surabaya. For that conducted a  qualitative study  of  five poor migrant families in Surabaya for a month in mid-July to August 2012.  As a result of study is that they work in the informal sector with an erratic income and they have to give aways part of their income for families in the village. Therefore the strategy of survive living in Surabaya  in Surabaya is  a) to reduce spending on food,clothes,  health and housing, b) to establish social relationships with friends and etc, c) usually to  have long working hours.

Keywords: strategy, survival, poor migrants, metropolis, Surabaya.