QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF EARLY MARRIAGE AND THE IMPLICATIONS ON FAMILY LIFE IN BITUNG CITY

Pesak, Ellen and Tangka, Jon W. and Terok, Maria and Tambuwun, Semuel and Sarimin, Dorce Sisfiani and Keloay, Maitha A. W and Momongan, Nita and Bongakaraeng, Bongakaraeng (2020) QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF EARLY MARRIAGE AND THE IMPLICATIONS ON FAMILY LIFE IN BITUNG CITY. 1st International Conference of Nursing and Public Health. pp. 129-135. ISSN ISBN 978-623-97447-4-8

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Abstract

Developments in today's digital era, people face various kinds of adolescent problems, including the incidence of early marriage due to freedom of association, the existence of free mass media showing television, internet, pornographic videos, and others are media that have a major influence on adolescent behavior, another cause is promiscuity. too much and the lack of attention from parents to take care of children because they are too busy with work, often children are only cared for by housemaids (F Rahman 2017). The implications of early marriage for family life include inadequate child care and education, and fights that often end in divorce (Rahmawati, 2014). This study aims to identify the risks of early marriage and analyze the implications of early marriage on family life. The research method is qualitative and presented in an exploratory descriptive manner, the population of all adolescents under 16 years of age for women and adolescents under 19 years of age for men who live in Bitung City, the sample was taken purposively, namely 6 main informants, while for the triangulation of 10 informants totaling 16 people, the data analysis in this study used the method of content analysis (content analysis), namely data collection, data reduction, verification and then presented in descriptive form, the results showed that all informants said that it was very risky. for adolescents to marry early at the age of 16 and under for girls and under 19 for boys. According to informants, early marriage causes many problems, including family life, where teenagers and parents will experience difficulties so that future life is not eternal. The impact of early marriage on the community includes teenagers not being able to socialize with the community, and also the Minahasaculture does not allow teenagers to marry under the age of marriage. This study concludes that adolescents can explain if early marriage causes many problems, both for family life and community life. It is recommended to the government to families and communities to be able to giv loving attention to adolescents in daily interactions and to foster good relations between parents and children as well as families and communities.

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