Peer-reviewed article
The relationship of adolescent knowledge about the risks of early marriage with the desire to engage in early marriage
Kadek Noni Angraeni, Sri Lestari ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined whether adolescent knowledge about the risks of early marriage is related to their willingness to marry early. Researchers surveyed 137 grade 10 students in Indonesia using a questionnaire. The majority of students had good knowledge about the risks and did not want to marry early. The study found a strong statistical relationship between better knowledge of risks and lower desire to marry early.
Key points
- 96.4% of adolescents surveyed had good knowledge about the risks of early marriage
- 98.5% of adolescents did not want to engage in early marriage
- A strong positive correlation (0.625) was found between knowledge of risks and reduced desire to marry early (p=0.001)
- Early marriage is defined as marriage before age 21 for women and before 25 for men, when health and psychological conditions are immature
- Researchers recommend midwives continue education in schools, with emphasis on the social risks of early marriage
Limitations
This is a cross-sectional study of high school students at one school in Indonesia, so results may not generalise to other populations, settings, or adolescents who have already left school. The study shows association but cannot establish causation or rule out other factors influencing marriage intentions.
Abstract
According to BKKBN, early marriage is a marriage that occurs before the child is 21 years old for women and before 25 years for men, at which age the health and psychological conditions are immature. Early marriage can cause health risks for mothers and babies born, psychological risks, social risks and even high rates of early marriage can negatively risk economic growth and a country's ability to alleviate poverty. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between adolescent knowledge about the risk of early marriage and the desire to do early marriage. This research method is quantitative correlation with cross sectional approach. The sample was taken using the purposive sampling method with a total of 137 respondents in grade X students at SMAN 1 Banguntapan Bantul. The tool in this study was a questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed univariately and bivariately. Based on the level of knowledge about the risks of early marriage, most adolescents have good knowledge as many as 132 people (96.4%) and based on the desire to do early marriage, most adolescents do not want to do early marriage as many as 135 people (98.5%). The results of the chi square analysis obtained a value of p-value = 0.001 (p-value = <0.05) with a correlation coefficient value of 0.625 or in the strong category (0.6-0.799). It was concluded that there is a relationship between adolescent knowledge about the risks of early marriage and the desire to marry early. The suggestion for midwives of Banguntapan 1 Health Center is to maintain cooperation with SMA N 1 Banguntapan Bantul in providing education to students, especially emphasized the social risks of early marriage