POVERTY ALLEVIATION THROUGH RICE WAQAF MOVEMENT IN ACEH: IS RELIGIOSITY THE MAIN KEY?

Abstract

The rice infaq movement emerged as a response to the urgent need for food assistance with the aim of caring, glorifying, and supporting the friends of the poor, orphans and memorizers of the Qur'an and fiisabilillah, who will certainly get proper food intake. The purpose of this study was to determine how income, religiosity and trust affect people's interest in giving to the Aceh Rice Infaq Movement. This research is a quantitative study using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method with the Partial Least Square (PLS) approach. The type of data used is primary data collected through distributing questionnaires digitally using google form to 92 respondents using the simple random sampling method with the criteria of respondents who have been or are currently donors at the Aceh Rice Infaq Movement. The results of this study indicate that income does not significantly affect public interest in the Aceh Rice Infaq Movement. This means that the respondents' income level, whether high or low, does not directly determine their interest in donating. Religiosity and trust have a positive and significant effect on public interest in the Aceh Rice Infaq Movement. A higher level of religiosity will encourage individuals to donate and trust creates confidence that the funds given will be managed properly and on target.