Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
12-2014
Abstract
This paper presents the attitudes of high school students in Indonesia towards inter-ethnic and inter-religious socializing, courtship and marriage. It also explores how different personal characteristics and social conditions such as gender, ethnicity, type of school and community affect these attitudes. The basic findings come from a survey of more than 3,000 students in senior high schools in five provinces of Indonesia: Jakarta, Yogyakarta, West Sumatra, Central Kalimantan and Bali. Survey data were supplemented with data from interviews and focus group discussions with students and from participant observation in and around the same schools. The authors found that most students were positive about friendships with people of different ethnicities and different faiths. However, most students did not agree with inter-religious marriage, because they perceived that their religion forbad it. This research was part of a large team project examining how education can contribute to building a more tolerant and multicultural Indonesia.
Keywords
Education, Indonesia, inter-ethnic and inter-religious relations, inter-religious marriage
Discipline
Asian Studies | Race and Ethnicity | Religion
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
South East Asia Research
Volume
22
Issue
4
First Page
467
Last Page
486
ISSN
0967-828X
Identifier
10.5367/sear.2014.0230
Publisher
IP Publishing
Citation
PARKER, Lyn, HOON, Chang Yau, & Raihani, Raihani.(2014). Young people's attitudes towards inter-ethnic and inter-religious socializing, courtship and marriage in Indonesia. South East Asia Research, 22(4), 467-486.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1578
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Authors
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.5367/sear.2014.0230