Is your welfare-data decile correct? Indonesia’s statistics agency offers advice

Residents of Jakarta and elsewhere who believe their welfare classification does not reflect their actual circumstances can now check the information used to assess their eligibility for assistance.

Zulkipli, secretary-general of Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency, said residents can use a social-assistance checking facility provided by the Social Affairs Ministry. The system allows people who doubt their listed decile to answer questions and submit information for review.

Those who need help can go to their local urban-village office. Officials there can assist residents in completing the form through the available facility.

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There is a social-assistance checking facility, so if we are not sure about the decile we are listed in, we can answer the questions provided there.

Zulkipli said verification will take about three months. The Central Statistics Agency will then issue updated decile classifications every three months.

The decile system groups households by welfare level within Indonesia’s Single National Social and Economic Data system. The government uses it as a reference when targeting several assistance programs, while the statistics agency says it continues to update the database so classifications better match people’s actual economic and social conditions.

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Why go to the urban-village office? Because the facility is available there, and we can ask questions and receive help completing the form.