FACTORS INFLUENCING AGE AT MARRIAGE AND IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN AMONG THE YOUTH AND ADOLESCENTS OF IN INDONESIA : EVIDENCE FROM THE INDONESIA YOUTH AND ADULT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SURVEY 2007

Despite the fact that marriage is not a straight factor that shapes population growth, but in reality marriage has a important consequence on fertility. In relation to the Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) 2007, the cases of early marriage in Indonesia have achieved the 50 million mark, with the median age at first age of 19.1 years. From this figure, we can conclude that the number of early marriages in Indonesia is still noticeably high.
The main rationale of this study is to consider the connection of chosen socio demographic uniqueness specifically current age of respondents, level of education, type of place of residence and religion of the youth and adolescents on desired and discoursed ages at marriage and ideal number of children, derived from a new analysis of data from the Indonesia Youth and Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey 2007.
Bivariate and multivariate regression examination have been completed to analyse the associations mentioned above.
Chi Square (X2) tests of association have been applied in order to investigate the strength of the relationship between any two variables (Pallant 2007, p. 212). For the multivariate analysis, logistic regression is used to examine the associations of the several independent variables with a preferred dependent variable representing whether a demographic