UPN "Veteran" Jakarta Conference Systems, First International Conference on Health Development

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An exploration of child marriage determinants in Indonesia : An analysis of Indonesia Demography and Health Survey (IDHS) 2017
Noor Aulia Ramadhan

Last modified: 2019-11-13

Abstract


Based on the data from Indonesia Demographic Health Survey 2017, the number distribution of child marriage rates, above 10% are evenly distributed throughout the province of Indonesia. The population of children aged 15-17 years experience a fluctuating development and began to decline consistently since 2023.  Trends of increasing and decreasing population aged 0-17 years in the future must be anticipated by the government to plan appropriate programs in order to change the composition of the population of 0-17 years can support the course of development. We used data from the nationally representative 2017 Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey to estimate determinants of child marriage. We ran multivariate models to estimate the association between demographic characteristics and the following child marriage outcome 1) Marriage status aged < 18 years old; 2) Unmarried status aged ≥ 18 years old. Among child marriage research sample (n = 14711, female and male aged 18-24 at time of survey), (62,6%) from 6 out of 10 childrens had risk of having child marriage in Indonesia. The age marriage occurs in the age range of 15-19 years old which is (52,3%). Education and media exposure had a significant effect on child marriages in Indonesia. This research will explore determinant factor of child marriage in Indonesia. Establish cooperation between the government and social media or commercial in promoting health, public health promotion package with the aim of being commercially, packaged as attractive as possible and appearing in every content on social media. Collaborate with culture in Indonesia, making it a variety of ways of delivering information that are more varied in accordance with the Indonesian tribes.


Keyword : Exploration; Child Marriage; Determinants; Indonesia