Family Structure and Early Marriage on Women in Indramayu Regency
Abstract: Early marriage in
Indramayu Regency in the past two years had increased to three times. The
purpose of this research was to identify the age of marriage and the factors
which caused early marriage by looking at the variables of family structure,
education and economic status of the household. This research used matched case
control study design. The data were collected using questionnaires and
interview guidelines. The samples were taken using simple random sampling
technique. The subject consisted of 94 people. The data were analysed using
McNemar test and conditional logistic regression. The variables which had
significant relationship with early marriage were father’s education, education
of the respondents, and economic status of the household. Meanwhile, family
structure and mother’s education had no significant relationship with early
marriage. It can be concluded that women with low father’s education and came
from poor families had greater chance of getting married early.
Keywords: early marriage,
family structure
Author: Andy Muharry, Mohammad
Hakimi, Budi Wahyuni
Journal Code: jpkesmasgg180005
