The problem of unemployment has become such a frightening scourge, especially in developing countries such as Indonesia. Unemployment has impact on people’s income per-capita, and income will subsequently have an impact on the people’s purchasing power. West Kalimantan is one of the provinces in Indonesia which is also experiencing the impact of economic disparity, i.e. unemployment. Employment, the less quality of human resources and labor in excess of available jobs is contributing to unemployment. This paper discusses the influence of unemployment on people’s purchasing power in West …
In reality, the growth of mosques and surau (smaller mosques) in the city of Pontianak is fast, like mushrooms in the rainy season. The data from the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Pontianak in 2008 shows that the number of mosques and surau was 336 in total. However, the number was not accompanied with activities for economic development of the Muslim society. Similarly, in terms of the number, the majority of people in the city of Pontianak is Muslim, and certainly this has the potential for the empowerment, both in terms of human resources and natural resources (including the Muslim funds…
Prenuptial agreement can be used as preparation for entering the household life. Prenuptial agreement is an agreement held before marriage takes place. The history of prenuptial agreement itself was born in western culture, not in Indonesia that still upholds the traditional oriental culture. Even some people consider this to a sensitive issue that is uncommon and considered unusual, rude, materialistic, selfish, unethical, not in accordance with Islamic customs, etc. This research aims to investigate and examine prenuptial agreement in the Civil Code, the Marriage Law and Islamic Law Compilat…
SLTP Alternative Qaryah Tayyibah Salatiga as community-based schoolis able to provide answers to the weak access of the poor to get quality educationin the middle of limitation ability of government give competent education to society.The Focus of the problems examined in this research is how the implementation of community-based learning in SLTP Qaryah Alternative Thoyyibah.This Research find the existence of enableness of local potency and source supported by system study of contekstual which is student centre as educative subjek which supported by society citizen participation, can send…
Current confucius religion research is performed at Pontianak, West KalimantanProvince. The research shows that confucius religion characteristics which are moretraditional come from their ancestor?s tradition. The History reveals the beginningof confucius religion invoking from traditional belief, which is Ru Jiao. The prophetKhong Zi has finalized Ru Jiao into Confucius religion. Confucius followers belief inone God, Prophet, and holybook, and belief in forefather. The history of confuciusreligion ever experienced blur period during new regime administration. However,their leader manage to r…
This research is a comparative study which compared to the impact PAIprivate high school implementation islamic faundation that uses foundationand Diknas curriculum. The purpose of this study are 1) to know the differencebetween the religious behavior of students who obtain teaching religion fromdiknas curiculum and PAI foundation curicula, 2) to identify differences inreligious behavior among students of class X, XI, and XII at the PAI religious prifate high school foundation. The results showed (1) students who get educationfrom foundation curicula is better than the setudent who…
Kantor Urusan Agama (KUA) merupakan ujung tombak pelayanan Kementerian Agama yang bersentuhan langsung dengan kehidupan masyarakat. Dengan keterbatasan yang dimiliki, KUA harus melayani berbagai persoalan terkait dengan perkawinan, wakaf, kesejahteraan masjid, kerukunan umat beragama. Dengan pendekatan kualitatif, penelitian ini menemukan bahwa dalam memberikan pelayanan keagamaan, KUA di Kecamatan Amanuban Timur banyak mengalami problem, antara lain rendahnya kulitas da?i, peluang terjadinya disharmoni dengan adanya teror dan bentuk-bentuk diskriminasi kegamaan, serta pelayana…
The focus of this research was the phenomenon of early marriage which was domi- nated by cultural traditions. It was a qualitative research that used interview, obser- vation and document reviews to collect the data. The result of the study was expected to provide people enough information and materials on the picture of early marriage. The findings showed some determining factors in the phenomenon: culture, textual understanding of religion, and economic motives. Although the phenomenon of early marriage was like this, people actually perceive that the ideal marriage was a mar- riage which is…
The research goals are to answer some questions related to the materials and the quality of hadits which are taught in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (Islamic Elementary School) and Madrasah Tsanawiyah (Islamic Junior high School). The text book of Quran and Hadits both schools are based on the curriculum 1988, it refers to the regulation of Ministry of Religious Affairs no 2/2008. The subject of Quran and Hadits is part of the subject of Religious Education in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah and Madrash Tsanawiyah, and the purpose is to enable students to understand Quran and Hadist as the sources of Islamic teachi…
The religious counselor has an important role in society as an agent of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia in transforming community. However, in the reality, as a community motivator, its class is far less important than the private motivators such as Mario Teguh, Abdullah Gymnastiar and his ESQ method, Christian Andrianto, Hermawan Kartajaya,Gede Prama, Krisnamurti, Guenta K., Andrie Wongso and so forth. This is a qualitative research using an in-depth interviews, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), observation and document study in collecting data. The results show: the first, the rel…
Islamic classic Balinese literature is one of past Balineseliteratures that contain Islamic thoughts, especially mysticism andmagnanimity. Characteristics of Islamic classic Balinese literatureare,for example, written in Balinese and rarely using Islamic aspects.Current research intended to analyze contents of Geguritan JoharsaPuh 5 until Puh 9 texts. The story presented in the text containlesson on praying. According to the author, God will answer aprayer sent by human beings by giving direction on what shouldthey do in order to achieve their goals. In addition, in facing failure,faithful hum…
This study is entitled ?The Uses of Religious Simbols to Represent Islam (A Study on Religious Soap Opera ?Bukan Islam KTP?)?. The background of the research is based on the facts of the arbitrary use of symbols in representing Islam which are shown on Indonesian televisions. The pattern of the use of religious symbols, either verbal or non-verbal, symbols are generally explicit, but when they are examined using appropriate methods, they actually contains some implicit meanings. The purpose of this study was to discover how Islam is represented on television religious soap pera using religious…
Moral or character education has been playing an important role in educating children, teenagers, and younger people noble values of Japanese cultures. This research is based on two research questions: how the practice of moral education in Japanese schools is and how the model for improving character education in Indonesian schools is. This is a qualitative field research with phenomenological approach, in which the data were collected in Japanese schools by using observation, indepth interview, and documentary. The data were analysed descriptively and continuously. The Japanese government ga…
Nutrition knowledge is a fundamental base for determining attitude and practice in food choice. This study aimed to determine the magnitude of knowledge among elementary students. Analysis based on pre-test and post-test among elementary students who had been intervened by Gerakan Nusantara team. The intervention of nutrition education was held in 2014 to 2018 among 7113 selected elementary students in Indonesia. T-test of SPSS was used to analyze data. Standardization was held to determine the magnitude of change in each component of nutrition knowledge before and after nutrition education in…
Autism is a disorder of pervasive development in children, which until now,the exact cause is unknown. The strongest allegations are genetic andenvironmental factors, especially heavy metals. This study aims to look therelationship between the occurrence of heavy metals pollution with theautism cases in Samarinda and Bantul. This study was carried out bymeasuring the levels of heavy metals in fish, vegetables, water and soil andalso hair of 30 autistic children and 10 control children in Samarinda and 30autism 4 control in Bantul.All samples were measured their heavy metalcontent (As, Hg, Cd, …
The utilization of health care is an important determinant to improve health status, especially for children. However, poverty and parental characteristics especially mothers are important determinants of healthcare utilization for children. This uses the Indonesia National Socio-Economic Survey (SUSENAS) 2017 and Village Potential Statistic (PODES) 2018 to study the effect of that variable on outpatient healthcare utilization for children. The sample in this research is 50.437 children who have health complaints, disrupted activity in the past month, and living with mother. Data analysis was …
Self-Medication practices are considered to be a quick solution in treatment when a person can not access the formal health services, but on the other hand, this behavior can cast up the economic burden and health losses if not properly monitored. Meanwhile, smoking is seen as a negative behavior, which can also cause a double burden, both in terms of increased expenditure also has a negative effect on health. This study aims to describe self-medication behavior among smokers in Indonesia and the determinants that influence it. This study is a quantitative study using secondary data from the I…
Glaucoma is the second foremost cause of impaired vision. People whosuffered from Glaucoma face the independent expenditure for thetreatment as blind people with Glaucoma could not be cured perfectly.This study intends to analyze the effect of age, types of patient care, typesof Glaucoma, and types of payment on the total cost of care of glaucomapatients at Cicendo Eye Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia. This study uses3,358 patient medical records of Cicendo Eye Hospital, Bandung,Indonesia, in 2018. The 3,358 samples were selected from the patient’smedical record based on patients’ ca…
Commuting has become a global phenomenon in various metropolitan cities in the world, including Denpasar. Denpasar is the center of tourist destinations for Indonesian and foreign tourists. This condition makes Denpasar a business and economic center for residents in the surrounding area. Conditions have encouraged an increasing number of commuter workers in Denpasar from sub-urban areas. The people are facing several problems such as traffic, air, noise, thermal pollution, and long duration of commuting. This study aims to analyze the relationship between commuting patterns and health problem…
The prevalence of depression among the general population in CentralSulawesi was the highest in Indonesia (12.3%). Scholars revealed thatdisability was one of the main contributing factors of depression and in Central Sulawesi almost half of population was reported having disability (42.1%). This study was intended to identify the association of disability and depression in Central Sulawesi. Cross sectional design study was conducted with utilization of secondary data collection from Riskesdas 2018. Depression, as the main outcome, was assessed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interv…