The Resilience of Poor Families in Striving for Higher Education for Their Children in Donggo Subdistrict
Keywords:
Family Resilience, Higher Education, PovertyAbstract
Poverty remains a major problem in rural areas, including in Donggo District, Bima Regency, and has a significant impact on families' limited access to higher education. Although poverty rates in Bima Regency are showing a downward trend, human development disparities remain high, forcing poor families to develop resilience strategies to fight for their children's education. This study aims to understand the forms of resilience of poor families in overcoming structural, cultural, and economic barriers to their children's higher education. Using a descriptive qualitative approach, data were obtained through in-depth interviews, observations, and documentation, then analyzed using Pierre Bourdieu's theory of capital. The results show that poor families in Donggo rely on a combination of economic, social, cultural, and symbolic capital to maintain their children's education. Economic strategies are realized through subsistence farming, job diversification, and the sale of small assets; social support comes from kinship networks and community mutual aid; local Maja Labo Dahu cultural values function as symbolic capital that strengthens family motivation, while structural challenges in the form of geographical distance, indirect costs, and non-adaptive assistance policies limit their efforts.
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