Communication Patterns of Married Couples in Fishermen’s Families at Limbungan Village, Pekanbaru City Riau Province

Married Couples in Fishermen’s Families have their own communication patterns in carrying out their respective roles such as how to communicate, domination when communicating, and messages discussed in communication. Good communication is a very important thing that must be done in a husband and wife relationship, namely to avoid misunderstandings between the two parties, decision making, and problem solving in fishermen’s families. This study aims to (1)know the characteristics of fishermen and fishermen’s wives (2) describe the communication patterns of husband and wife in fishermen’s families in Limbungan Village. The method used in this study is an in-depth interview method using a qualitative approach. Determination of informants in this research using the snowball technique with a total of 5 fishermen and fishermen’s wives. The data used in this study are primary data and secondary data. Primary data was obtained by conducting in-depth interviews with fishermen and fishermen’s wives, while secondary data was sourced from related agencies, namely the lurah office in Limbungan Village. Data analysis used in this study is descriptive analysis, and the theory used is the theory of communication patterns in the family by Devito (1997). The results showed that the characteristics of fishermen and fishermen’s wives in Limbungan Village have a productive age, the number of dependents is 3 to 5 people and includes moderate family dependents, with the income of fishermen and fishermen’s wives ranging from IDR 800,000 to IDR 2,300,000. There were 3 communication patterns between husband and wife in fishermen’s families in the Limbungan Village, namely equality pattern found in informants III, IV, and IV. Unbalanced split pattern found in informants I, and monopoly pattern found in informants II.