Abstract
Relative deficiencies develop in two types of society: poor (deprived) and disadvantaged (unfortunate), little research for this arrangement has been conducted in the field of education. This will discuss the relative deprivation character of underprivileged children in the realm of education. This research uses a descriptive method. The descriptive survey was used to describe the relative character of deprivation among underprivileged children at school, knowing the differences between boys and girls. The subjects in this study were grade 5 and grade 6 elementary school students in the Bekasi area with a total of 77 students: 37 boys and 40 girls. The instrument used in this study is an instrument that has been tested by experts, validity and reliability. It uses a relative deprivation scale for disadvantaged children. The data were analyzed descriptively by describing the minimum and maximum scores of each item, thus showing strength of each characteristic. In addition, the frequency score also described to highlight differences in the relative characteristics of deprivation among male and female students. The results explained that the participants had a very strong deprivation character, males were more dominant than females. The strongest characters reflected their lesser curiosity about things, but the girls exhibit better score related to rule obedience. The results of this study could be used as a reference to treat students' relative deficiencies through guidance and counseling services.
Highlights
The economic disparity in society may lead to various effect
The fact shows that the existing economic gap leads to social deprivation, which is generally described as a perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself (Flouri, et al, 2010; Liu, et al, 2019; Theiner, 2010; Greitemeyer & Sagioglou, 2016)
The middle class considers education and raising their children as important things. They use policy, special opportunity, freedom and responsibility in assisting to raise each child. This principle is very different with socially disadvantage children, where they consider education as it is just to support their basic needs in life, such as counting and reading (Menchini & Redmond, 2009)
Summary
The economic disparity in society may lead to various effect. The fact shows that the existing economic gap leads to social deprivation, which is generally described as a perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself (Flouri, et al, 2010; Liu, et al, 2019; Theiner, 2010; Greitemeyer & Sagioglou, 2016). Vol., No.1, June 2020 majority of scholars who generally agree that deprivation has negative consequences and trigger destructive actions (Becker, 2012; Smith & Pettigrew, 2015) Another relative deprivation theory was proposed by Stouffer. These children are usually less suitable with the settle school environment due to their lack of ability in communication, their parents only speak in simple/ verbal language (Wong, et al, 2015) Their positive sides are that they can get comfortable with new people, more responsive in socialization compared to the children with middle class background. They use policy, special opportunity, freedom and responsibility in assisting to raise each child This principle is very different with socially disadvantage children, where they consider education as it is just to support their basic needs in life, such as counting and reading (Menchini & Redmond, 2009). The frequency score was used to describe the differences in the relative characteristics of deprivation among male and female students
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