What Happened’s With MSMEs Resilience During Pandemic COVID-19 in Central Java Indonesia ?

This study aims to determine the relationship of survival strategies, legal protection, and demographic factors (business tenure, age, education level, marital status, types of capital) with the resilience of MSMEs in Central Java. The sampling method used was simple random sampling with a sample size of 153 MSMEs actors in Central Java. The analysis used was multiple linear using SPSS 24.00. The results of this study show that (1) the independent variable of Survival Strategy (X1) has a significant effect and contributed to forming resilience (Y1) of 75.8%; (2) the independent variable of legal protection (X2) has no significant effect in forming resilience (Y1); the contribution is only -2.0%, the existence of legal protection decreases resilience by 2%; (3) the relative contribution of survival strategy (X1) independent variable in shaping resilience (Y1) is 102.7%; (4) the relative contribution of legal protection independent variable (X2) in shaping resilience (Y1) is -2.7%. (5) Diploma/Bachelor degree has higher resilience than High School/Vocational School degreein whihcBachelor degree has a contribution of 59.32% to resilience. Another result of this study is that there is no resilience difference in each group of business status, age, business tenure, and types of capital