J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci., 6(6S)51-57, 2016 © 2016, TextRoad Publication ISSN: 2090-4274 Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences www.textroad.com Corresponding Author: Iskandar Hasan Tan Abdullah, Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Machang, Kelantan, Malaysia, E-mail: iskandartan@yahoo.com Quality of Life and Income Level of Kelantan State Poverty in Malaysia Iskandar Hasan Tan Abdullah 1 , Nur Azuki Yusoff 2 , Rosdi Abd Rahman 2 1 Faculty of Administrative Science and Public Policy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Machang, Kelantan, Malaysia 2 Research Institute and Poverty Development, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan, Malaysia Received: March 4, 2016 Accepted: May11, 2016 ABSTRACT Recent studies of poverty have showed the advantage of breaking down a population into subgroups or district along ethnic, religion or other lines. This studies was looking on the causes of failure poverty elimination programmes. Thus, by decreasing in the poverty level in a subgroup of the district in Kelantan, ceteris paribus should lead to reduce the poverty population. This is supported by the findings of the study where the quantitative estimate the effect a change in decreasing the subgroup of district poverty to non poverty. This study aimed to examine the relationship between the elements in Poverty Line Income (PLI),which measurement of low income was resulted in hardship and inability to make ends meet. The World Bank was also defined the poverty as the marginalization of the fullness of life. A set of 385 questionnaires were distributed to the 2 selected districts namely Bachok and Jeli district. The districts were selected, as it represents the hardcore of PLI. This study applies descriptive and inferential analysis was used to identify the relationship of causes of poverty among Malays especially Kelantanese Malays. The findings showed that all the elements in the PLI model (Quality of life, Religious Practices and Income level) have a relationship with poverty intention among Kelantanese Malays. Thus, the findings also confirm all hypotheses. Income level was the most contributed factor that leads to intention of poverty among Kelantanese Malays. Therefore, it is needed for Malaysia to achieve the poverty rate of as planned in the 11th Malaysia Plan and the goals of the New Economic Model that people have high income and sustained. KEYWORDS: Poverty Line Income Model, Quality of Life, Religious Pratices and Income Level. INTRODUCTION Poverty can lead to increased social problems in society. The gap in poverty between the urban and rural was increasing with 1:138. Though the engagement of humanitarian efforts to help the poor through categorizing people as “in poverty” or “not in poverty” is one way to describe the gap of social inequality. It also can be approached by highlighting certain features that may be eligible for them to be categorized in poverty thresholds such as government-sponsored assistance programs, low-income home assistance programs and others. The eradication of poverty could be done through the religious and the communities that can be key to the success. Furthermore, Islam teaches its followers to pursue a successful life and the Hereafter. Thus, the religious community should play a role in eradicating the poverty. This paper would like to see a focused way the correlation between the level of religious practice and poor communities by raising income levels. This paper has tried to answer for the existence of the best features to increase the level of entrepreneurship and to develop the standard of their living. The concept of poverty in Malaysia is often associated with poverty of Malays. The first Malay scholar known as Zainal Abidin Ahmad was discussing seriously regarding Malays poverty in the year of 1923 [11]. He believes that the Malays are very poor at the time of British colonial rule. They have suffered the material and immaterial poverty such moral and spiritual. Among the reasons that led to the problem of poverty was caused by the lack of knowledge, education or business skills and crafts that can be used as a means of their livelihood [9]. The effort to eradicated the poverty was continued by Ungku Aziz and Syed Husin Ali in the 1960s and 1970s [10]. The study was conducted by [8], which regarding to the Malays poverty in rural. This study showed that the poverty caused by low productivity, oppression by middlemen and landlords as well as the living conditions. The majority Malays was neglected by the British [9]. Hence, the studies also show that the poverty arises from inequality of income distribution. This inequality involved the lack of opportunities to get the education. Furthermore, the Malays also have the lack of skills. Hence, they always got lower paid. Poverty is derived from the words of penniless, which lacking the necessities of life or the destitute. The poverty measurement among the individuals is a subjective and depend on the value judgments. Here, poverty studies are one academic field which has retained its popularity 51