The influence of women’s education level on dowry in Padang Sidempuan

Rusli, Ahmad (2022) The influence of women’s education level on dowry in Padang Sidempuan. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

Dowry is a gift that is obligatory for a prospective husband to a prospective wife in marriage, whether how much gold, money, or useful goods are mentioned when the marriage contract takes place which is the right of women when in marriage. In practice the determination of the dowry is influenced by the education of women, the higher the education of women will affect the dowry. This is in line with the progress of education and the number of schools that support it and this study aims to explain the phenomenon of dowry based on the level of education. The influence of education on dowry is the result of a combination of culture and habits that arise in society that arise in modern society. The high dowry is in the form of gold and jewelry in the context of the value of the object. Dowry is a woman's right to say the amount and education is a learning process in formal educational institutions. The relationship between education and dowry is as a determinant of dowry in marriage. This research was carried out using descriptive qualitative methods that aim to understand and interpret the meaning of an event that occurs in the human interaction community so that it can describe a systematic one aimed at understanding the dowry. The data collection techniques were carried out by non-participatory observation methods, namely interviews and documentation. And the informants were selected by purposive sampling so that the informants were 2 traditional leaders, 1 religious leader and 2 general public and 2 couples who wanted to get married. From the results of the research that has been done, the authors come to the conclusion that (1) the people of the city of Padang Sidempuan interpret dowry broadly regarding dowry, the dowry system. (2) the position of the dowry in the marriage of the people in the city of Padang Sidempuan is very important because the dowry is one of the requirements in marriage and must be pronounced at the time of the Kabul consent. (3) the party who plays a role in determining the dowry is the woman and plays a role in the decision to give the dowry by the prospective husband. (4) the form of the value of the dowry has slightly changed from the past to the present, in the past the dowry was only limited to having value and now the dowry has various forms and luxuries.

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