DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS' INTEREST IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

This study aims to determine the factors influencing student interest in Malang City to become entrepreneurs during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The tested factors include education, entrepreneurial practices, motivation, and family environment. The study was designed as a correlational study on students who have taken courses in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial practice—using the purposive sampling technique to obtain 180 respondents who meet the criteria. The study's results, which were tested using Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, showed that simultaneously the variables of education, entrepreneurial practice, motivation, and family environment significantly affected entrepreneurial interest. Partially, educational variables, entrepreneurial practices, motivation, and family environment significantly positively affect student entrepreneurship interest during the Covid-19 pandemic.