ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui ada tidaknya peranan kelekatan terhadap jamban pada pembentukan identitas masyarakat pinggiran sungai. Subjek pada penelitian ini berjumlah 40 orang terdiri dari 20 orang subjek berjenis kelamin perempuan dan 20 orang subjek laki-laki. Metode pengambilan subjek dilakukan dengan metode purposive sampling, yakni pengambilan sampel dengan kriteria tertentu. Penelitian kuantitatif ini dilaksukan dengan cara membagi kuisioner penelitian kepada subjek yang menggunakan jamban, serta bertempat tinggal di sepanjang pinggiran sungai Kelurahan Kuin Selatan RT 17 dan RT 18. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat peranan kelekatan pada jamban sebesar 60,6% terhadap pembentukan identitas masyarakat pinggiran sungai di Kelurahan Kuin Selatan Kota Banjarmasin. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat ditarik kesimpulan ada peranan kelekatan terhadap jamban pada pembentukan identitas masyarakat pinggiran sungai di Kelurahan Kuin Selatan Kota Banjarmasin. Kata Kunci: kelekatan tempat, proses identitas, jamban, pinggiran sungai ABSTRACT Insanitary toilets by the river which are commonly used by riverside community have always been the task of the government as the policy maker in an effort to improve the quality of people’s lives, especially the citizens of Banjarmasin. The purpose of this study was to find out if there was a role of attachment to toilet towards the identity formation of riverside community. The hypothesis proposed in this study was that there was a role of the attachment to toilet towards the identity formation of riverside community in Kuin Selatan Urban Village of Banjarmasin City. The samples in this study were 40 people, selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire, consisting of identity formation scale and attachment to toilet scale. The result of this study is there was a role of attachment to the toilet towards the identity formation with the effective contribution of 60.6%. It can be concluded that there was a role of attachment to toilet towards the identity formation of riverside community in Kuin Selatan Urban Village of Banjarmasin City.  Keywords: place attachment, identity formation, toilet, riverside