Baby Boomer Generation Most Satisfied with Jokowi Administration

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Alvara Research Institute Director Hasanuddin Ali said the age group with the highest level of satisfaction with the government of President Joko Widodo or Jokowi is the Baby Boomer generation. The generation is between the ages of 56-65.

"This generation is the most satisfied with the leadership of Jokowi, with the satisfaction rate of 81.4 percent," said Hasanuddin in his survey results presentation at Hotel Oria on Friday, February 23.

In the research, Alvara divides the age categories by generation groups. In Generation X aged between 46-55 years, 80.9 percent of respondents said they were satisfied. "However, for the age range 36-45 years, 74.3 percent of respondents are satisfied," said Hasanuddin.

In the Millennial generation with the 17-25 year age group, the satisfaction up to 79 percent and in the 26-35 year age group of which is 74.7 percent. "Overall, satisfaction rate is 77.3 percent," he stated.

According to him, based on the level of public satisfaction, the weak point in Jokowi administration is the economic sector. Particularly, in the employment aspect of 59.8 percent, poverty alleviation as much as 58.1 percent, and the stability of daily needs price of 55.7 percent.

Alvara Survey Institute involved 2,203 respondents in the survey conducted on January 17-February 7, 2018 in all provinces in Indonesia. The approach used is quantitative research with face-to-face interviews by using a questionnaire. Alvara used multistage random sampling method, with an error margin of 2 percent and 95 percent confidence level.

Chitra Paramaesti