"When to marry?" Perhaps this is the biggest scourge experienced by men and women who are still single adults. However, do you know that not always married population has a higher level of happiness than the "single"?
Current economic indicators have limitations in representing the level of community welfare. At the moment, the perception of the majority of the population on development is limited to materialist things like economic development and poverty reduction. However, this is not enough to describe the truth.
So far, BPS has calculated the Happiness Index as one of the welfare indicators beyond the existing economic indicators. Happiness is something that is felt and prepared differently by each individual. Therefore, the measurement of happiness is very subjective. Various studies on happiness index associate happiness as part of subjective well-being with a component of life satisfaction and positive emotions. In terms of public policy, life satisfaction is a very important component of measurement.
In 2015, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) conducts a Happiness Level Measurement Survey (SPTK) in 2014 with respondents of household heads or household heads. The survey produced an indicator of happiness consisting of a satisfactory level of ten aspects consisting of: 1) health, 2) education, 3) employment, 4) household income, 5) family harmony, 6) discretionary spare time, 7) social relations , 8) housing conditions and assets, 9) environmental conditions, 10) security conditions.
General description
In general, the index of happiness Indonesia in 2014 amounted to 68.28 with a scale of 0-100. This value increased by 3.17 points from the previous year. This shows that in the year 2014, the satisfaction of Indonesian people more increase compared with the previous year.
Based on the proportion, three aspects that have the largest contribution are household income (14.64 percent), home and asset condition (13.22 percent), and occupation (13.12 percent). It shows the financial aspect is very influential on the level of one's happiness. Based on each aspect that built it, the highest increase occurred on the aspect of household income, which is 5.06 points compared to the previous year. This is supported by the fact that Indonesia's per capita income in 2014 has increased from 28,890 million rupiah to 31,360 million rupiah. Meanwhile, the satisfaction level of family harmony experienced the lowest increase with an increase of 0.78 points. This figure has not changed much compared to last year with the approach of indicator of the number of divorce in Indonesia that has not changed significantly.
Meanwhile, the lowest level of satisfaction occurred in the aspect of education. In 2014, the level of education satisfaction is in the range of 58.28 points. This is supported by the fact that by the year 2014, the average age of schooling population aged 25 years and over is 7.73 years. It is far from the expectation of the population that the expectation of the schooling of the Indonesian population is in the range of 12.39 years.
Index of Happiness according to Demographic and Economic Characteristics Based on demographic and economic characteristics, the happiness index of 2014 is higher than in 2014. There are some interesting things that can be studied in the results of the happiness index.
Based on urban-rural status, urban happiness index is higher than in rural areas. It is interesting that people in the village are happier with all the infrastructure limitations. The lower competition between social groups and the same principle as the villagers' sense makes the rural population happier and enjoys life.
Furthermore, the higher the level of education the happier the Indonesian population. It is related to job opportunities and the higher income that will be achieved by the higher education class. The higher the average household income, the higher the happiness index. The principle of most people all this time that money is not everything but everything with money turned out to actually apply to the people of Indonesia. In populations with revenues of more than 7.2 million per month, the happiness index reached 76.34. Meanwhile, the population with income level less than 1.8 million rupiah, the index kebahagaiaanya only in the range of 64.58.
Meanwhile, the principle of "eat not eat gathering" was also still valid for the people of Indonesia. Based on this research, there is a tendency of more household members with 1-4 household members, the higher the happiness index of Indonesian population.
In addition to these things, it turns out the population is not marriedHas the highest happiness index compared to the married population, divorce alive, and divorce dies. This shows that the problems borne by the unmarried population have not been too complex. Who is unlucky singles, yes ga mblo?
The writer is the Nerwilis Section Staff of BPS Kota Palu
