Statistics on Ethnic Diversity in the Land of Papua, Indonesia

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 3, Issue 3, pages 458-474, September 2016

Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

17 Pages Posted: 14 Oct 2016

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Aris Ananta

University of Indonesia (UI)

Dwi Retno Wilujeng Wahyu Utami

BPS-Statistics Indonesia

Nur Budi Handayani

BPS-Statistics Indonesia

Date Written: June 27, 2016

Abstract

This paper aims to quantitatively uncover ethnic diversity in multi-ethnic Land of Papua, an Indonesian region with a large inflow of migration and rising ethno-based movement, consisting of the Provinces of Papua and West Papua. It produces statistics on ethnic diversity in the Land of Papua, utilizing the tabulation provided by Statistics-Indonesia based on the raw, 100 per cent, data set of the 2010 population census. It uses three measurements of ethnic diversity. First is ethnic fractionalization index, showing the degree of ethnic heterogeneity. Second is ethnic polarization index, examining the existence of few relatively large ethnic groups of almost the same sizes. Third is a comparison of percentages between migrant and Papuan groups.

It finds that the Land of Papua is ethnically very heterogeneous, but not polarized. West Papua is more heterogeneous, but Papua is more polarized. However, seen from a dichotomy between migrants and Papuans, West Papua is very polarized.

In-migration may have increased the probability of having ethnic conflicts in the region but does not change the probability of the intensity of the conflicts. Therefore, ethnic conflicts should be anticipated whenever making programmes that involve in-migrants or entice people to migrate into the Land of Papua.

Keywords: Papua, Migrant Ethnic Group, Local Ethnic Group, Ethnic Fractionalization, Ethnic Polarization

Suggested Citation

Ananta, Aris and Utami, Dwi Retno Wilujeng Wahyu and Handayani, Nur Budi, Statistics on Ethnic Diversity in the Land of Papua, Indonesia (June 27, 2016). Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 3, Issue 3, pages 458-474, September 2016, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2852171

Aris Ananta (Contact Author)

University of Indonesia (UI) ( email )

Jl. Prof. Sumitro Djojohadikusumo
Depok, DKI 16424
Indonesia

Dwi Retno Wilujeng Wahyu Utami

BPS-Statistics Indonesia ( email )

Jl. Dr. Sutomo 6-8
Jakarta, 10710
Indonesia

Nur Budi Handayani

BPS-Statistics Indonesia ( email )

Jl. Dr. Sutomo 6-8
Jakarta, 10710
Indonesia

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