Analysis of fishermen’s well being: a case study of Kuala Terengganu / Muhammad Abdul Wafi Md Zaid

The research was conducted to investigate the factors that influence the level of fishermen’s well being in Kuala Terengganu.The factors that researcher investigates are income factor, expenses factor, savings factor, possession of housing facility, possession of land, possession of vehicle, possession of boat and fishing equipment, health level, and education level.The researcher had distributed the questionnaire to the fisheries community in Kuala Terengganu in order to obtain data. Fishermen’s well being is the dependent variable while income factor, expenses factor, savings factor, possession of housing facility, possession of land, possession of vehicle, possession of boat and fishing equipment, health level and education level are the independent variables that being selected by the researcher. The results show that there is no association or significant relationship between these dependent variable, fishermen’s well being and independent variables, income factor, expenses factor, savings factor, possession of land, possession of vehicle, possession of boat and fishing equipment, health level and education level, except for the possession of housing facility. Since researcher provides several recommendations and suggestions according the fishermen’s well being, researcher hopes that people will alert with this problem and the authorities will take an action to increase the fishermen’s well being.