Abstract:
The low median of age of first marriage in South Kalimantan is partly due to the
high number of adolescent marriages that hinder the maturity age of marriage
program. Adolescent marriages in this study is the age at first marriage for
someone under the age of 20 years. This paper aims to analyze the factors that
influence adolescent marriage in South Kalimantan. The study used a cross-
sectional research design with data from the 2017 Indonesian Demographic and
Health Survey (IDHS), South Kalimantan Province. The sample in this study
were all married women aged 15-49 years who were respondents to the 2017
IDHS, which were divided into two categories as follows. (1) The category of
adolescent marriage was the age of first marriage 15-19 years who met the
criteria, amounting to 305 respondents. (2) The category of adult marriage is the
age at first marriage of 20 years and over who meets the criteria, amounting to
328 respondents. The analysis in this study used univariable, bivariable and
multivariable analysis. The results of the analysis show that 13.3 percent of
women with low education, come from poor households and live in rural areas,
cause adolescent marriages in South Kalimantan.
KEYWORDS
Education; Welfare; Residence; Adolescent
Marriage; South Kalimantan
