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In the year 2020, the life expectancy in Indonesia will be 71.7 years and the proportion of older people will be between 10 and 11% or 30 million persons. Presently, older men are mostly married, while older women are mostly divorced. Older men are the heads of the household, while older women are spouses or parents in the household. Older women mostly do not have any formal education, while older men have primary and intermediate education. Older men are mostly literate, while older women are illiterate. Monthly income of older women is mostly below US$5, while that of older men is above US$10. The objective of the present study was to illustrate intracultural perception of older people in five ethnic groups in Indonesia: Batak, Java, Pendalungan (mixed Java and Madurese), Bali, and Buginese. The sociocultural and operation research technique was used in the study. A total of 300 informants participated in the study. They were divided into groups that consisted of 10 informants. The groups were differentiated based on family status, gender, and socioeconomic status. Semi-structure group discussions (SSGD) were limited to 1–1.5 h of discussion using two study instruments: ethnography flow chart and theme guide matrix. Themes discussed in the SSGD were (i) cultural ideas of ageing; (2) the needs of older people; and (iii) intracultural perception of themes such as older person health, communication, and socioeconomics. Perspectives of cultural perception given by informants showed that their conceptualized opinions were based mainly on their sociocultural, socioeconomic and sociogeographical backgrounds. |
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