Kurious Survey: Many People Disapprove of Foreign Nationals Investing and Working in IKN
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Many Indonesians disagree with foreign nationals (expats) investing, living, and working in the Nusantara Capital City (IKN).
This is evident from a Kurious-Katadata Insight Center (KIC) survey, which shows that 52.3% of respondents disagree with foreigners investing and working in IKN. The breakdown is 32.9% disagree and 19.4% strongly disagree.
On the other hand, 39.8% of respondents said they agree. This breaks down to 33.2% agree and 6.6% strongly agree.
Meanwhile, 7.9% of respondents said they don't know.
The government plans to move the capital from Jakarta to IKN Nusantara, located in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, in 2024. Construction of the new capital is currently underway.
The Kurious-KIC survey involved 622 respondents from various regions across Indonesia, with 45.3% male and 54.7% female respondents.
Over half of the respondents were from Java (excluding Jakarta) at 63.7%, followed by Jakarta (14.5%), and Sumatra (12.2%). Respondents from Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali-Nusa Tenggara, and Maluku-Papua ranged from 0.5% to 4.5%.
Most respondents were aged between 35-44 years (33.6%), followed by the 25-34 year age group (27.3%) and the 45-54 year age group (23.2%).
The survey was conducted from June 12-22, 2023, using computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI) methodology, with a margin of error of approximately 3.92% and a 95% confidence level.
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