Abstract:
This study is entitled “the perceptions of rubber farmer family toward children education in Rawang Air Putih Village-Siak Subdistrict, Siak Regency.” This research aims to explain the characteristics of rubber farmer families who has children that drop-out from their school and the perceptions of rubber farmers to children values in the Rawang Air Putih village, as well as what factors cause children tends to drop-out of school in rubber farming family in that village.
The research methods is quantitative, data is collected then presented descriptively, data tells the results of research using logical sentences. The sampling technique in this research is census method where the entire population is used as a sample in order to get 12 samples.
The research was conducted in Rawang Air Putih Village Siak Subdistrict in Siak Regency. The results showed that the characteristics of rubber farming families are very low in education level, the people are adherent into Islam, the average dependents number are 3-5, the pattern of production sharing are: 2 parts for tappers of rubber and 1 part for plantation owners. The people’s economy is in the middle class level. Then the parents perceive their children rather to help them in terms of manpower and not on the material terms, the parents assume that a child also give affection and cheerfulness when all the children's needs are met, but parents feel burdened because of the greater costs after having children, parents feel their freedom become reduced and more tired when taking care of children because a lot of additional work. Causative factors of school dropouts in Rawang Air Putih village ie ; the low of child's motivation, mental disability (health), intelligence disability (intelligence), the environment and economy of family. Children out of school in Rawang Air Putih village mostly school dropouts at primary education level.
