SMU Medical Journal

EnyRetna Ambarwati ¹, A. A. Subiyanto ¹, Sapja Anantanyu ¹, Supriyadi ¹

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1 Sebelas Maret Surakarta Univercity, ID

Abstract

Based on population census in 2000, the number of teenagers in Indonesia was 62.594.200 or around 30,41% of total Indonesia population. In Indonesia premarital sex, based on a survey by FEUI Demographic Institution in 33 provinces in 2008, showed 63% Indonesian junior high school (SMP) ageand high school (SMA) age teenagers had premarital sex. In 2010, in several regions in Indonesia, particularly Yogyakarta, 37% of 1.160 teenagers had unwed pregnancies. To analyze the difference of unwanted pregnancy incidences in urban area and rural area based on characteristics of teenagers in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta. The type of this study was analytic observational using retrospective approach. The population in this study was all married teenagers in SlemanRegency, totaling in 472. The sampling technique was total sampling. This study used quantitative correlation analysis, which waschi square. Unwanted pregnancy incidences in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, mostly happened in urban area(31.1%). χ2 count = 5.503 and p value 0.034. OR = 1.789. Living environment was a risk factor of teen pregnancy in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta, risking 1.789 times teen pregnancy. There was difference between unwanted pregnancy incidences in urban area and rural area based on characteristics of teenagers in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta.

Keywords

Unwanted Pregnancy, Rural and Urban Areas, Characteristic of Teenager.

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