Girls are Gathered! – Survey Report on Indonesian Female “Arisan”

It’s natural for girls to gather in a group, particularly with their own peers. When they grow up and become a woman, their peer groups also grow into a social group. In Indonesia, there is a regular social gathering consists of women only, famously known as “arisan”. This group has regular members and usually holds a regular meeting, with drawing the cash-money as their main agenda of the meeting. These days, “arisan” has become a lifestyle among women. Therefore, regarding to this matter, recently Jakpat has conducted a survey in order to see the activity, habit, and preferences of Indonesian women towards “arisan”. This survey involved 941 female respondents from across Indonesia. For the further notes, Jakpat’s respondents in this survey are Indonesian smart-phone users, with a range of age from 23 to 45 year-old.

This survey report is divided into six chapters. The first chapter consists of general findings we compile from the survey. First of all, we find that less than half of our respondents (46.87%) are joining in female “arisan” group. Hence, more than half of them (62.81%) join in only 1 group, while some other (32.88%) join in about 2 to 3 groups. Furthermore, they’ve been a member of “arisan” group since less than 3 months ago (15.87%), about 3 to 6 months ago (24.94%), about 7 to 12 months ago (12.47%), about 1 to 2 years ago (24.94%), or even more than 2 years ago (29.48%). In addition to that, their “arisan” group consists of 5 to 10 people (19.05%), 11 to 15 people (20.63%), 16 to 20 people (19.05%), 21 to 25 people (10.43%), or even more than 25 people (28.80%).

The second chapter is about the background and purpose of joining in female “arisan” group. Apparently, some respondents joined “arisan” group in the first place because of no particular reason (30.16%) or just for having fun (7.71%). However, there are also some respondents who joined “arisan” group in the first place because they want to look for a networking (22.90%), search for new activity (18.37%), or follow their friends who have already joined the group (6.80%). Henceforth, most of our respondents join the “arisan” group in order to get the cash-money (61.45%). Besides, there are also some respondents who want to get a break from their daily routine (33.56%), build a networking (33.33%), fill in the spare time (32.65%), stay update toward news among friends (22.90%), experience new things (20.41%), gain some social recognition (17.23%), or fulfill their self-actualization (16.78%) by joining “arisan” group.

The third chapter is about the activity held by female “arisan” group. Most of their groups gather once in a month (78.68%), while some other gathers twice in a month (12.93%). They usually gather in a member’s house (74.83%) or at a restaurant or cafe (26.53%). Hence, their activities are including drawing the cash-money (88.89%), chitchatting (60.54%), having meals (58.96%), taking photos or selfie (29.71%), or going to a picnic or recreation (26.30%).

The fourth chapter is about some habit regarding to female “arisan” group we compile from the survey. Apparently, almost all of our respondents (90.02%) have ever got the cash-money lucky draw. After they got the cash-money, more than half of them (53.40%) become the host for the next meeting the group holds. Regarding to the cash-money, they share for less than IDR 100,000 (29.71%), about IDR 100,000 to 500,000 (53.29%), about IDR 500,000 to 1,000,000 (10.88%), or even more than IDR 1,000,000 (6.12%). Meanwhile, aside from the cash-money, they usually spend less than IDR 100,000 (48.07%) or about IDR 100,000 to 500,000 (40.59%) each time the group holds a meeting. In addition, apparently only a few of them (15.87%) admit that their group sets a dresscode every time they hold a meeting.

The fifth chapter is about the media habit regarding to female “arisan” group we gather from the survey. It turns out that some of our respondents (29.02%) admit that they post a photo from the “arisan” moment on their social media account. Hence, they post the photo on Facebook (79.69%), Instagram (65.63%), or Path (33.59%). Moreover, we find that less than half of our respondents (49.21%) belong to particular online messenger chat group for the members of their “arisan” group. The platform they use for the chat group is Whatsapp (75.12%), BBM (48.85%), or LINE (23.50%).

The sixth or the last chapter is the second part of general findings we gather from the survey. This part is focusing on our respondents who do not join in any female “arisan” group. Apparently, more than half of our respondents (53.13%) do not belong in any “arisan” group. When asked about their reason for not joining, the answer is because they don’t have any interest at all (55.60%) or don’t have time for that kind of activity (25.60%). Besides, there are also some respondents who actually don’t have any particular reason for not joining any “arisan” group (37.40%). Lastly, when asked about whether they have interest for joining any “arisan” group, apparently more than half of them (52.80%) admit that they would like to join sometime in the future.

For more detail you can download XLS report at the button below (bahasa). JAKPAT report consists of 3 parts which are 1) Respondent Profile, 2) Crosstabulation for each question and 3) Raw Data. Respondent profile shows you demographic profiles ( gender,age range, location by province, and monthly spending). Cross tabulation enables you to define different demographic segment preference on each answer.