Social Behavior of Women Migrant Workers from Taiwan and Hong Kong After Returning to Their Home Regions (Case Study of Pagu Village, Wates District, Kaediri Regency, Indonesia)

Abstract

At Present cannot be denied that at this time women who work outside the home have reached their peak with the discovery of promising employment fields from an economic perspective, namely as Women Migrant Workers Overseas. As happened in Wates sub-district, the reasons for women or wives choosing to work as women migrant workers abroad are from an economic background that is still not fulfilled, the high level of daily needs, education costs and children's health, while the income of their husbands which is still very low. Becoming Women Migrant Workers Overseas is considered as the answer to get a better economic status. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the social behavior and images exhibited by female migrant workers from Taiwan and Hong Kong after retiring and returning to their place of origin, and to describe and analyze internal and external factors that encourage social behavior exhibited by female migrant workers from Taiwan and Hong Kong after retiring and returning to their home regions. To uncover this reality, qualitative research methods are used where the data obtained is processed by organizing and sorting data into patterns or categories and describing basic units so that they are more readable and interpretable. Based on the facts and phenomena obtained in the field, the results of the study are as follows: First, Female Migrant Workers from Taiwan and Hong Kong after retirement and returning to their area of origin become more consumptive due to different expectations and realities after following lifestyle trends by no longer basing on the value of the goods they consume. Second, the Changing Behavior of Social Life of Migrant Workers Women from Taiwan and Hong Kong after retiring and returning to their hometown due to environmental factors, adaptation to the work environment, length of service and lack of communication. Third, the Community Perception of the Success of Women Migrant Workers from Taiwan and Hong Kong after retiring and returning to their hometowns is a hegemony that makes the Migrant Workers follow that perception. Internal and external factors that encourage social behavior exhibited by female migrant workers from Taiwan and Hong Kong after retiring and returning to their home areas internally include: motivation of women migrant workers working abroad to fulfill their needs, following in the footsteps of successful female migrant workers previously and the lack of employment opportunities in the country, and the perception of being a female migrant worker abroad brought changes in the economic upturn and appreciation from the community. External factors include, reference groups originating from female migrant worker friends tend to be influenced by technological advances and Western style, improving family life and encouraging other family members to become successful female migrant workers is the goal of women becoming female migrant workers abroad, working in Foreign Affairs is considered to be able to improve social class and dignity of self and their families better. From these findings, a Major Proposition for Changing Social Behavior of Former Women Workers can be drawn from a change in consumption behavior that tends not to base the value of the goods consumed and social life behavior caused by environmental factors, adaptation to the work environment, length of work and rarely communicate.