Nurjannah, R. Dewi
This research aims to find out the role of Batak Tobanese Women as Parrengge-rengge (trading with small capital) to enhance the living standards of the family; an overview of the trading conducted by Parrengge-rengge and of the social relationships of Batak Tobanese women as parrengge-rengge at Pajak Horas in Pematang Siantar City. From the data resulted from the field research, it was found that the factor that encouraged Batak Tobanese women to be Parrengge-rengge is the economic pressure to improve family income, the work requirements of the informal sector that are relatively moderate and easy compared by the formal one, and their low educational background. Parrengge-rengge at Pajak Horas market in Pematang Siantar City plays dual roles; namely as Mother and traders. Batak Tobanese women play double jobs as parrengge-rengge because of economic pressure to improve their living standards and family income. They cannot do this job all the time for some reasons. Sometimes, they have to stop working for a while. Many reasons make them quit from "marrengge-rengge" such as running out of capital, getting older or some other reasons that cause them not to be able to keep working as Parrengge-rengge at Pajak Horas in Pematang Siantar City. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Fakultas Ilmu Sosial, Universitas Negeri Medan, Jl. Willem Iskandar Pasar V Medan Estate, Medan, 20221, Indonesia
