The purpose of this study was to describe household poverty in rural Indonesia by case study of one underdeveloped village in West Kalimantan Province. The study was conducted in Senujuh Village, Sejangkung Sub-district, Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan. There are 352 Households in Senujuh Village, with a sample of 80 poor households which find out based on the Simple Random Sampling from 105 household which listed as poor. The instrument of data collection used questionnaires and interviews. The study use Descriptive Statistics to describe the household poverty in rural area. The results showed that 53.8% head household had income between 25 – 50 USD per month per capita, 45% head household were not passed elementary school, 26.3% had 4 family members in one household, 41.3% had working days in between 11 – 15 days per month, 38.8% head household were 30 – 40 years old and 46.3% head household had loan in between 1 – 10 USD per month.
Keywords: Household Poverty, Kalimantan, Rural Povert
