THE LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE TOWARDS INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE AMONG MALAYSIAN

Erie Nur Fatihah  Nor Hafizam; Abdul Rauf  Ridzuan; Nur Alia Elyna  Abdul Ghafar; Maisarah Azani Fadli  Abdul Haqq; Muhammad Afiq Irfan  Mohd Azizi; Indra  Prawira; Fatimah Yazmin  Yahaya

doi:10.33102/iiecons.v10i1.121

Authors

Erie Nur Fatihah Nor Hafizam Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, UiTM Cawangan Melaka, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka
Abdul Rauf Ridzuan Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, UiTM Cawangan Melaka, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka
Nur Alia Elyna Abdul Ghafar Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, UiTM Cawangan Melaka, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka
Maisarah Azani Fadli Abdul Haqq Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, UiTM Cawangan Melaka, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka
Muhammad Afiq Irfan Mohd Azizi Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, UiTM Cawangan Melaka, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka
Indra Prawira BINUS University, Jakarta, Indonesia
Fatimah Yazmin Yahaya Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, UiTM Cawangan Melaka, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33102/iiecons.v10i1.121

Keywords:

Interracial marriages, Acceptance, Malaysia

Abstract

The world now is bound to be more different compared to 50 years ago. While there is a modest rise in number of people who choose to marry spouses from different ethnic group in the country, the practice itself has been generally portrayed as a problematic and wanting especially in the Peninsular Malaysia. This study is conducted to investigate the level of acceptance towards interracial marriage. Many believe that interracial marriage has a potential to create tensions between the spouses due to their differences in ethnic background and culture. Based on our quantitative study conducted on 308 respondents, many still doubt the effectiveness of this inter-ethnic marriage making them to be averse on this issue.. This study is applying a method of quantitative research, by answering a short survey consisted of 27 questions. Based on the findings, The overall mean of the level of acceptance of interracial marriage is high (M=3.25), and the overall mean of the understanding of interracial marriage is high (M=3.26). This shows that interracial marriage is being accepted in Malaysia.

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