Effect of Productive Zakat Program on the Improvement of Welfare in Sragen Regency

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of capital, income and consumption on improving the welfare of the poor in Sragen regency. The data of this study were obtained through interviews and questionnaires distributed to community of LAZISMU Sragen. Data collection method used in this study is accidental sampling with samples as much as 90 mustahiq. The variables used in this study are productive zakat for welfare as a dependent variable; capital, income and mustahiq consumption as independent variables. Analytical technique used is multiple linear regression. The results of this study indicate that capital, income and consumption have an influence on the level of community welfare, but the capital has a greater influence than the income and consumption of society.

Keywords: Capital, income, consumption and welfare improvement