Research on the Status and Impact of Underage Girls’Arranged Marriage through Computer Collection and Analysis : -Indonesia’s poor areas as an example

Abstract

Through computer collection and analysis, this interview is being conducted to see the clear prespective of informant or girls in early marriage and how socio-cultural aspect have impact in this practice and to directly analyze the impact to them either from health or mental and cultural aspect. Besides, we also collect the information from the woman in same area, headman, and religion leaders and also the parents of female adolescent in early marriage. This interview is being conducted to find deeper information about the socio-cultural norm and ethical point of view, the knowledge about the risk of early marriage and reproductive health. Based on this research several strong factors that influence adolescent marriage was found include poverty especially from female parents, lack of reproductive and sexual health knowledge, so they think its ok for an adolescent between 10-14 years of age to get pregnant, education factors also ethnic and cultural factors where they are believing that a woman’s success when they could get married faster and to help their parents reduce economic burden. In area of study, has been found that most of the adolescent marriage result in mental health problem. First, the adolescents will fell the marriage pressure and sudden shift of their role in family, from a daughter to wife or even parents. This changes, will have serious psychologic effects even lead to depression. This is become one of the reason of early marriage. The prevention of this practice requires the assistance of government. To achieve thoasegoals, we have to urge the government to put more effort, attention and solution to this problems.