Determinants of ‘punggawa-sawi’ power relations and capital on the socio-economic household of the fishing community in Paotere Port of Makassar City

Economic activity in a port and surrounding areas has a great potential, especially in the development of community welfare. One form of socio-economic household of the people in the port of Paotere, Makassar, Indonesia, is the power relationship between the ‘punggawa’ and ‘sawi’ namely between the owner of capital and workers (fishermen). The purpose of this study is to analyze factors that reflect the power relations, capital and socio-economic household of the Paotere fishing community and the effect of power relations on capital and socio-economic household. This research was conducted at the aforementioned port. The research method used was a quantitative approach with survey research. The research instrument used was a closed questionnaire with answer choices that have been determined with the Likert scale on a number of research indicators. Research variables include: power relations, capital and socio-economic household of the fishing community. Data collection was conducted by simple random sampling technique from a number of individuals from the fishing community in the port. The data analysis used in this study was to use multivariate statistics with the SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) approach with the SmartPLS software. The results of the study found that the factors of cooperation, trust and kinship of family reflect power relations well. Similarly, collateral factors, access, the amount of capital, and owner factors also reflect capital variables well. Income, health, education and housing also reflect socio-economic variables of society well. The results also showed that there is a real influence of the power of relations on capital and socio-economic household of the fishing community in the port of Paotere.