Praxis Survey: Widespread Dissatisfaction Among Indonesian Citizens Regarding Current Economic Equality

Most Indonesian citizens are dissatisfied with the current level of economic equality. This was revealed in a July 2023 survey conducted by Praxis, a research and public relations agency.

52.6% of respondents admitted to being dissatisfied. This breaks down to 11.73% being very dissatisfied and 40.88% being dissatisfied.

Conversely, 18.23% of respondents reported being satisfied. This includes 3.07% who were very satisfied and 15.16% who were satisfied.

29.15% of respondents answered hesitantly.

Praxis noted that compared to other regions, respondents in Jakarta expressed the highest level of satisfaction with income equality in Indonesia, at 25%.

Furthermore, Praxis observed that education level influences satisfaction or dissatisfaction. They reported that respondents with postgraduate degrees (S2/S3) were the most dissatisfied.

"The higher the level of education attained, the greater the dissatisfaction, as respondents become more critical," wrote the research team in the report received by Databoks on Friday, August 4, 2023.

It should be noted that this topic used a closed-ended questionnaire requiring respondents to select one answer.

The survey involved 1,108 respondents spread across 12 provinces: West Java, Jakarta, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Banten, South Sumatra, Lampung, Riau, and South Sulawesi.

The respondents comprised 62.45% women and 37.55% men. The majority of respondents had education levels below elementary/junior high/high school, and bachelor's degrees (S1).

The survey was conducted from July 14-17, 2023, using proportional multistage random sampling. The margin of error is approximately 2.5% with a 90% confidence level.