Journal for Quality in Public Health
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021): Journal for Quality in Public Health

Dropouts Against Early Marriage in Adolescents in Potil Pololoba Village, Banggai District, Banggai Laut Regency, Central Sulawesi Province

Ripursari, Tety (Unknown)
Fuadi, Ida Sukmawati (Unknown)
Kumalasari, Eri Puji (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Nov 2021

Abstract

One of the problems related to the reproductive system in adolescents that really needs special attention is the incidence of marriage at a young age, namely under the age of 19 years on the grounds that by marrying young, mothers will still be healthy and active at work when their children grow up and can Avoid getting pregnant out of wedlock. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of dropping out of school on early marriage in Potil Pololoba Village, Banggai District, Banggai Laut Regency, Central Sulawesi Province. The design of this research is correlational research with cross sectional approach. Respondents were taken by total sampling technique. The number of samples is 30 people. The independent variable is dropping out of school and the dependent variable is Early Marriage. The results were analyzed using the chi square statistical test. The results showed that almost all respondents as many as 25 respondents (83%) in the category of dropping out of school and most of the respondents as many as 21 respondents (70%) in the category of occurring early marriage. The results of data analysis show that the significance level is 0.000 < = 0.05 so that H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted, thus there is an effect of dropping out of school on early marriage in Potil Pololoba Village, Banggai District, Banggai Laut Regency, Central Sulawesi Province. There is an effect of dropping out of school on early marriage.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JQPH

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Public Health

Description

Journal for Quality in Public Health is a scientific Journal that contains knowledge, philosophy and practice of public health. The scope of the journal includes the following: • Survailens Public Health • Epidemiology • Health Policy and Management • Health Research • Health Statistics ...