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CPS2257 Syamaizar Razali et al.

Poverty incidence in Kelantan State “Finding of
Household Income Survey (HIS) vs. E-Kasih”
Syamaizar Razali, Wan Aziam Wan Awang
Department of Statistics Malaysia

Abstract
The phenomenon of poverty is a condition that will exist in any place or
country. This due to differences in the income levels and purchasing power of
consumers in human needs such as food, clothing and shelter. The
environmental factors also influence of a household to be functioning in the
communities is unsuccessful and not equal.
Hence, various plans have been made by the Federal Government in helping
to eradicate these poverty issues. On this issues, the Department of Statistics
Malaysia (DOSM) have conducted the Household Income Survey (HIS), in the
meantime the ICU JPM also conducted the Poor Household Census (BIRM) for
the purpose of registering in the e-Kasih system to monitor the impact of the
government’s incentives that has been channelled to these low-income
groups.
The relevance of both studies will shows that HIS can provide a good vision of
areas with high rates of poverty, while the data of e-Kasih will provide the
information/ profile of low income groups to provide to all government
agencies under their ministers that providing assistance such as Ministry of
Finance Malaysia (MOF), Ministry of Rural and Regional Development (KKLW),
Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT), Ministry of Woman, Family
and Community Development (KPWKM), and others.
The finding shows that HIS can provide a real vision of the incidence of
poverty, while e-Kasih plays a role in monitoring or co-ordering programs of
poverty alleviation. The right target audience will definitely have the maximum
impact in eradicating poverty issues in a country.

Keywords
Poverty; HIS; e-Kasih

1. Introduction
Poverty is a condition which is the person lack of the living things and this
will associated with money shortage problem. Poverty phenomenon will
happen when household (IR) will not be able to funtioning in community
surrounding in fulfilling the basic requirements such as food, clothes and
residence. Poverty also can define the disability of person to generate income
to advancing their family institution. At the national level, poverty issue can be
a measure of a progress in a country. For example, there are three categories

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