Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat perbedaan parenting knowledge dan sumber informasi parenting antara ibu dengan status sosial ekonomi tinggi dan rendah. Pada penelitian ini, parenting knowledge diukur menggunakan Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory KIDI; MacPhee, 1981 dan sumber informasi parenting diukur dengan menggunakan Maternal Source of Information Questionnaire MSIQ; Elliott, 2007. Secara keseluruhan, sebanyak 108 ibu berpartisipasi dalam penelitian ini, dengan 54 ibu pada masing-masing kelompok status sosial ekonomi. Data yang telah diperoleh dalam penelitian ini dianalisis menggunakan Independent Sample T-test. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan parenting knowledge dan penggunaan sumber informasi parenting yang signifikan antara ibu dengan status sosial ekonomi tinggi dan rendah.

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The purpose of this current study was to examine whether there is a difference in parenting knowledge and source of parenting information between high and low status mothers. In this study, parenting knowledge was measured using Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory KIDI MacPhee, 1981 and source of parenting information was measured using Maternal Source of Information Questionnaire MSIQ Elliott, 2007.

In total, 108 mothers were participated in this study, with 54 mothers in each socioeconomic status groups. Data were analyzed using Independent Sample T test. The findings of this study indicated that there is a significant difference in parenting knowledge and source of parenting information between high and low socioeconomic status mothers.