What Does Sejahtera Mean to You? The Interpretation of Sejahtera based on Money-saving Habit, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction

Hasna Fauziati Zakkiyah, Stella, Farah Mutiasari Djalal, Yosef Dedy Pradipto

2021

Abstract

This research aims to explore the meaning of an abstract concept Sejahtera. Specifically, whether Sejahtera was perceived differently based on people’s saving habit, level of happiness, and satisfaction with life. Feature generation task was used to generate features that describe the meaning of Sejahtera. A total of 331 Indonesians were asked to generate features, and their level of happiness and life satisfaction were measured, as well as their money-saving habit. The generated features were coded, counted, and classified based on participants’ level of well-being (happiness and life satisfaction) as well as their saving habits. The relationships among these variables were explored. The results showed that despite having some idiosyncratic features, Sejahtera was perceived uniformly among Indonesians as ‘feeling happy’, ‘having enough’, and ‘having every need fulfilled’. These features were generated most often by participants regardless of their level of happiness, life satisfaction, and their saving habit. These top generated features also shown a great resemblance with the definition by Indonesian governmental regulation regarding Kesejahteraan Sosial (akin to social welfare or literally translated as ‘prospering socially’). The results are discussed in light of theories of concept and indigenous psychology.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zakkiyah H., Stella., Djalal F. and Pradipto Y. (2021). What Does Sejahtera Mean to You? The Interpretation of Sejahtera based on Money-saving Habit, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS, ISBN 978-989-758-604-0, pages 366-373. DOI: 10.5220/0010752300003112

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ice-hums21,
author={Hasna Fauziati Zakkiyah and Stella and Farah Mutiasari Djalal and Yosef Dedy Pradipto},
title={What Does Sejahtera Mean to You? The Interpretation of Sejahtera based on Money-saving Habit, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS,},
year={2021},
pages={366-373},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010752300003112},
isbn={978-989-758-604-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS,
TI - What Does Sejahtera Mean to You? The Interpretation of Sejahtera based on Money-saving Habit, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction
SN - 978-989-758-604-0
AU - Zakkiyah H.
AU - Stella.
AU - Djalal F.
AU - Pradipto Y.
PY - 2021
SP - 366
EP - 373
DO - 10.5220/0010752300003112