Peer-reviewed article
The Relationship Between Adolescent Female Knowledge Levels and Early Marriage Risk
Yanti Srinayanti, Rosmiati Rosmiati, Fairuz Yasmin Salsabila, Asep Gunawan, Elis Roslianti ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined whether adolescent girls' knowledge levels are associated with early marriage risk in Indonesia. Researchers surveyed 30 pregnant women and mothers who gave birth before age 20 in Ciamis Regency. Most respondents had sufficient or limited knowledge about early marriage risks, but the study found no statistical relationship between knowledge levels and early marriage risk. The findings suggest that knowledge alone may not be a protective factor against early marriage in this population.
Key points
- Only 3.3% of respondents had good knowledge about early marriage risks; 53.3% had sufficient knowledge and 43.3% had limited knowledge
- 86.7% of respondents were not at risk of early marriage and 13.3% were at risk
- No statistically significant relationship was found between knowledge levels and early marriage risk (p-value 0.632 > 0.05)
- Study population consisted of pregnant women and mothers who gave birth under age 20 in a health center working area
- Early marriage is associated with risks including sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy complications, and increased maternal and infant mortality
Limitations
The study had a very small sample size (n=30) from a single health center area, limiting generalizability. The cross-sectional design cannot establish causation or determine whether knowledge influences marriage risk or if other unmeasured factors (economic, social, cultural) are more important drivers of early marriage.
Abstract
Introductions: Cases of early marriage are now common in various parts of the world. This is of particular concern, considering the many risks that will arise in early marriage or forced marriage, pregnancy at a young age, sexual intercourse at an early age, namely: Sexually transmitted infections, the risk of complications that will occur during pregnancy or childbirth, so can increase maternal and infant mortality. Aims: This study aims to determine the relationship between the knowledge of young women and the risk of early marriage in the working area of the Ciamis Health Center. Methods: The research used a quantitative correlation method with a cross-sectional approach. The population in this study were all pregnant women and mothers who had given birth under the age of 20 in the working area of the UPTD Ciamis Health Center, Ciamis Regency, with as many as 30 respondents. the sample in this study uses Total Sampling. Results: Of the 30 respondents, 1 person had good knowledge (3.3%), 16 people had sufficient knowledge (53.3%) and 13 people had less knowledge (43.3%). out of 30 respondents, 26 people were not at risk of early marriage (86.7%) and as many as 4 were at risk of early marriage (13.3%). Conclusions: Based on the results of statistical tests using the Chi-Square test, a p-value of 0.632 was obtained, when compared to α (0.05), the p-value was more significant than the value of α (0.632 > 0.05), so Ho failed to be rejected, which means that there is no relationship between adolescent knowledge daughter with the risk of early marriage in the Working Area of the UPTD Puskesmas Ciamis.