COPING STRATEGY ORANG TUA TUNGGAL TAK MENIKAH DI DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

This research aims to understand and describe the issues or problems faced by unmarried single mothers and strategy coping. Unmarried single mother  is a woman who has a child because of a pregnancy outside of a marriage that is legal under customary law or government law. Problems in unmarried single mothers can be divided into three aspects; social, economic and psychological aspects. The research questions posed in this study are what are the issues or problems faced by unmarried single mothers? Second, what is the effect of these issues or problems for unmarried single mothers? Third, how the coping strategies are applied by unmarried single mothers. This study involved two participants aged 27 and 28 years who are single unmarried mothers living in Yogyakarta. The data collection methods used were semi-structured interviews and observation, while the data analysis method used was in the form of analysis with a case study approach. The results showed that both participants had the ability to solve problems or coping strategies when in difficulty when becoming a single mother unmarried. The coping ability applied by both participants to face difficult situations and conditions is not much different because some of the problems faced are almost the same, as well as economic, social, and psychological problems that occur to both participants.