摘要：This study aims to identify Characteristics of Poor People in Rokan Hulu and identify Poverty Countermeasures Measures through woman workers empowerment in Rokan Hulu that can be grown both through national policy and local government policy. The population that used in this study is poor people that recorded at the Central Bureau of Statistics in Rokan Hulu. The way in determining the sample, the writer used sampling purposive around 150 respondents that are divided into 3 (three) districts, namely Rambah, Bangun Purba, and Kabun and divided by sampling quota. Interview, questionnaire, and documentation are the methods that used for data collection. For data processing, in calculating the index of poverty can use a number of analysis tools, namely Headcount Ratio, Poverty Gap Index-P1, and Poverty Severity Index-P2. Based on the result of the research, it is known that poor woman workers in Rokan Hulu are around 38-57 years old, with average education level finished only in primary school. Working as a farmer is the main job that mostly cultivated by poor woman workers in Rokan Hulu with average income Rp. 1,000,000 to Rp. 1,999,999. In addition, the percentage of poor people is still too big with the poverty line around Rp. 446,426, HCI value of 0.64%. The poverty gap in Rokan Hulu is too large, at 0.250% which indicates the average income and expenditure of poor people are still far from the poverty line. Furthermore, the severity of poverty is indicated the poverty severity index of 0.121% shows an average inequality of income and expenditure among poor people themselves.
