According to Havighurst in Hurlock (1980) that the task of children development in late childhood level is failed to be accomplished by school-age children in Karangsong Village Indramayu where most of their time is spent to work as fishermen’s laborers. That causes them do not focus in their studies and drop out of the school. There are different estimation and evaluation shown by children laborers in seeing their life aspects. The children’s estimation and evaluation about their own lives are called children well-being. Children well-being are about understanding about perception, evaluation, and children’s desire for their future (UNICEF,2012). The objective of this study is to obtain empirical data about children well-being on children laborers to fishermen in Karangsong Village Indramayu. The sample is 33 fishermen children laborers about 8-12 years old in Karangsong Village Indramayu. The results show that there are different meanings of satisfaction in 3 age groups of life domain. In the age of 8, the dominant domains are satisfaction with interpersonal relationship and satisfaction with health. in the age of 10, the dominant domains are satisfaction with area living in and school satisfaction. And in the age of 12, the dominant domains are satisfaction with interpersonal relationhip, satisfaction with the area living in, satisfaction with school, satisfaction with health and personal satisfaction.
Tugas perkembangan anak dalam fase late childhood menurut Havighurst dalam Hurlock (1980), terhambat untuk dipenuhi oleh anak usia sekolah di Desa Karangsong, dimana sebagian besar waktu yang dimiliki dihabiskan untuk bekerja sebagai buruh nelayan. Dampaknya beberapa anak tidak fokus untuk sekolah dan beberapa anak menjadi putus sekolah. Terdapat perbedaan penilaian atau evaluasi yang ditunjukkan anak buruh nelayan dalam memandang aspek kehidupannya. Penilaian dan evaluasi anak terhadap kesejahteraan hidupnya disebut children well-being.Children well-being adalah pemahaman mengenai persepsi, evaluasi dan cita-cita anak mengenai kehidupannya, (UNICEF, 2012). Tujuan penelitian ini adalah memperoleh data empiris mengenai gambaran children well-being sebagai kesejahteraan hidup anak buruh nelayan di Desa Karangsong Indramayu. Subjek penelitian ini yaitu 33 anak buruh nelayan di Desa Karangsong Indramayu dengan rentang usia 8-12 tahun. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan di 3 kelompok usia terdapat perbedaan pemaknaan kepuasan pada domain kehidupan. Pada usia 8 tahun domain paling tinggi adalah domain satisfaction with interpersonal relationship dan satisfaction with health, usia 10 tahun adalah domain satisfaction with area living in dan school satisfaction, dan usia 12 tahun adalah domain satisfaction with interpersonal relationship, satisfaction with the area living in, satisfaction with school, satisfaction with health dan personal satisfaction.