Gender And Attitude In Indonesia

The Indonesia Statistical Bureau stated that young women and men are a growing proportion of the population; one in five Indonesians belongs to the 15-24 age groups. The young population increased from 35 million in 1980 to more than 42.4 million in 2007 (BPS, 1992). Therefore, the population of Indonesia can be classified as “young”, with a large proportion being in the younger age groups. In 2007, 21.4 million people were in ages 15-19, and 21.0 million were in ages 20-24. Adolescence has been defined in various ways. Basically, it marks the transition from childhood to adulthood. The World Health Organization (1975) defined adolescence to include physical, mental, and socioeconomic progression. Physically, secondary sex characteristics change to sexual and reproductive maturity. Adult mental processes and adult identity are developed during adolescent years. Economically, this is the time when a transition from total socioeconomic dependence to relative independence takes place. This is also a critical stage in life when major decisions regarding career and roles in life are being made and preparatory activities are undertaken (Raymundo et al, 1999). Age has been used to distinguish adolescents according to their physical development, such as early adolescence …show more content…
Attitude has three categories are: (1) Cognitive verbal response is expression of beliefs about the attitude’s object, while non-verbal response is perceptual reaction to the attitude’s object; (2) Affection-composed verbal response is expression of feelings toward the attitude’s object, while non-verbal response is the psychological reaction to the attitude’s object; (3) Conation-composed verbal response is expression of behavior intentions, while non-verbal response is overt behaviors with respect to the attitude’s