The Divorce Phenomenon of Young Couple : Challenges to Achieve Qualified Human Resources ( A Case Study in Cilacap Regency , Central Java )

Family is the core of society. A qualified family will create qualified human resources needed to conduct development. Thus, family development must be the concern of every party. The anxiety for this matter is really needed because of the increasing number of divorce in all regions, including in Cilacap Regency. In fact, the number of cases in this regency is the highest in Central Java. Therefore, this research aims to figure out further the phenomenon of divorce in this Regency in 2016, and also how the government tries to prevent it so far. The approach of this research is a mix method between quantitative and qualitative. The first research question was analyzed from secondary data of couple who had been divorced in Cilacap Religious Court in 2016 with the number of 5721 couples. Sample are taken at 5 percent of the total population of 286 people selected by random sampling technique and then analyzed by descriptive statistics. The second question was answered through primary data collection with interview techniques to a number of officials in agencies related to family development. This data is then analyzed by interactive model. Data triangulation is done by combining several sources. The results drawn from conclusion are: firstly, the couples’ profiles were dominated by productive age of 30-39 years, from the poor (labor) to the 5-10 year marriage period. Secondly, there is no local government agency that specifically has the function to prevent the divorce process and to do the mediation. Moreover, PKK, which is the largest and widest network of family development organization, does not include divorce prevention and solution as their programs. From the results of this study, it is recommended that these institutions must be more concern on divorce programs as divorce often happen in the society. One of the efforts is to improve coordination and cooperation between agencies. This includes Religious Courts which takes care of the divorce process; thus, they have complete data of divorced couples which then can be used for mapping the phenomenon. Keywords— young couple divorce, family resilience, PKK