Early Marriage In Adolescent Opinion

Indonesia is a developing country with high percentage of young age marriage in the world. Female citizens who married with first marriage in 16 years old about 14.35%. Education association vocational senior high school Samarinda located on Samarinda Ilir. On 2014–2015 it was noted that teenagers who married aged 13–16 years old at 9 cases and become at 19 cases. The young marriage can effect for youths healthy.

This research was qualitative study used descriptive approach. Research subject were male and female students class X in education association vocational Senior High School Samarinda, consisted of 6 informants, 1 support informant, and 1 key informant. Data collecting technique used snowball sampling.

According the informant, early marriage in adolescent opinion in male and female students in education association vocational Senior High School Samarinda, early marriage in adolescent opinion is something scary and nothing special in this time, in the other hand, the other opinion showed the early marriage as something challenging and must try in their life.

There were 2 different opinions about early marriage. 2 informants disagree about early marriage because they want focusing on study and want to make parent happy, the other 4 informants agree about early marriage due to avoid the Zina and their can apply it after graduation school. The differences of opinion informants about early marriage in adolescents. There are those who agree to some who disagree with the reasons they expressed view of the current conditions.