Economics and Finance in Indonesia
Abstract
Parents' socioeconomic characteristics, including marital status, have been proven to impact children's education. Disruptions of a family structure due to the change of parental marital status might negatively affect the education performance of the children. In Indonesia, parental divorce is a rising phenomenon that might be a challenging factor for students’ performance. Applying education production function and individual data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) 2014, this study examines the relationship between family background characteristics, parental marital status, and children's educational performance, proxied by cognitive scores, in Indonesia. This study found that children with separate parents in the previous period have significantly lower current education performance than those with intact parents. This finding suggests that children with separated parents need to be supported by other factors, such as school inputs, to offset the negative impact of parental separation on their educational performance.
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Bahasa Abstract
Kondisi sosial ekonomi orang tua, termasuk status pernikahan, merupakan salah satu faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi pendidikan anak. Perubahan struktur keluarga karena perceraian orang tua dapat memengaruhi capaian pendidikan anak secara negatif. Dalam konteks Indonesia, perceraian orang tua adalah fenomena yang semakin meningkat dan menjadi tantangan bagi capaian pendidikan anak. Menggunakan Fungsi Produksi Pendidikan dan data Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) 2014, studi ini mencoba menguji hubungan antara latar belakang keluarga, status pernikahan orang tua, dan capaian pendidikan anak, diukur dengan skor kognitif, di Indonesia. Studi ini menemukan bahwa anak dengan orang tua yang berpisah di periode sebelumnya secara signifikan memiliki capaian pendidikan yang lebih rendah dibanding anak yang orang tuanya masih bersama. Temuan ini menunjukkan bahwa anak-anak dengan orang tua yang berpisah perlu didukung dengan faktor lain untuk menutupi dampak negatif perpisahan orang tua pada capaian pendidikan mereka.
Recommended Citation
Fadhilah, Azzah Rana and Jasmina, Thia
(2023)
"Parental Marital Status and Children Education Performance: The Case in Indonesia,"
Economics and Finance in Indonesia: Vol. 68:
No.
2, Article 3.
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https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/efi/vol68/iss2/3
