Factors Related to Women's Santri's Intention in Deciding Early Marriage in Semarang City

Abstract

Age restriction is done by considering the readiness and importance of the reproductive system, especially for women. Child age marriages are mostly carried out by Indonesian people, namely women aged 16 to 20 years. Until now the high age of child marriage in Indonesia is quite alarming. According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the percentage of child marriages in Indonesia increased to 15.66% in 2018, compared to the previous year of 14.18% (Sindonews, April 16, 2019). In the Central Java region, in 2017 the marriage dispensation request data reached 30 thousand requests.

This study aims to analyze the factors associated with the intention of students to marry at the age of children in the As Salafiy Al Asror Islamic Boarding School in Semarang. The method used is quantitative with a cross sectional approach in which the dependent variable and independent variable data are collected together.

Data were collected using a questionnaire against a sample of 77 people from a population of 370 people. Univariate analysis showed 36.4% of respondents still had the intention to marry at the age of the child. The results of the bivariate analysis using cross tabulations give the results that the attitude variables, subjective norms, and behavioral control perceptions each have a relationship with the intention variable. The results of multivariate analysis showed that the attitude variable influenced the formation of intention with a p value of 0.014 and an Odd Ratio (OR) of 8.668, while the subjective norm variable had a significant effect with a p value of 0.04 and an Odd Ratio (OR) of 11.549. The behavioral control perception variable has a p value of 0.047 and an Odd Ratio (OR) value of 6.530.

Various learning activities, socialization, training, and briefing need to be intensified for students to provide an understanding of reproductive health. Understanding health of production helps santri more wisely determine the age of marriage.