THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTEREST

Abstract

Entrepreneurial interest reflects an individual’s cognitive and motivational orientation toward business creation. Understanding its determinants is crucial, particularly in countries experiencing high youth unemployment. This study examines the influence of family environmental support and entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial interest among secondary school and university students in Indonesia. Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior and entrepreneurial intention models, this research employs a quantitative design using regression analysis on data collected from 100 students. The findings reveal that entrepreneurship education exerts a positive and statistically significant influence on entrepreneurial interest, whereas family environmental support does not show a significant direct effect. Entrepreneurship education explains 23.8 percent of the variance in entrepreneurial interest. These findings highlight the central role of structured educational interventions in fostering entrepreneurial motivation and provide implications for policy efforts aimed at reducing youth unemployment.