This book aims to contribute to that need. It is a demographic study on ethnicity, mostly relying on the tabulation provided by the BPS (Badan Pusat Statistik; Statistics-Indonesia) based on the complete data set of the 2010 population census. The information on ethnicity was collected for 236,728,379 individuals, a huge data set.
The book has four objectives: To produce a new comprehensive classification of ethnic groups to better capture the rich diversity of ethnicity in Indonesia; to report on the ethnic composition in Indonesia and in each of the thirty three provinces using the new classification; to evaluate the dynamics of the fifteen largest ethnic groups in Indonesia during 2000тАУ2010; and to examine the religions and languages of each of the fifteen largest ethnic groups.
тАвAris Ananta was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore. Currently, he is Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia (UI), Depok, West Java, Indonesia.
тАвEvi Nurvidya Arifin was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. Currently, she is a demographer at the Centre for Ageing Studies, University of Indonesia (UI), Depok, West Java, Indonesia.
тАвM. Sairi Hasbullah is a Statistician and Head of Statistics-Indonesia (BPS) тАФ East Java, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
тАвNur Budi Handayani is a Statistician and Head of Planning Section in Sub-Directorate Education and Social Welfare, Directorate Statistics on PeopleтАЩs Welfare, Statistics-Indonesia (BPS), Jakarta, Indonesia.
тАвAgus Pramono is a Statistician at Statistics-Indonesia (BPS), Jakarta, Indonesia.┬а