The Influence Factors of the Unwanted Pregnancy Risk on Adolescent in Kutai Kartanegara Province of Kalimantan Timur Indonesia 2018

Ika Harni Lestyoningsih¹, Husaini1, Eko Suhartono², Roselina Panghiyangani², Lenie Marlinae³

¹Master of Public Health Science Program, ²Public Health Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, ³Faculty of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia

ABSTRACT

The life cycle that must be passed by humans is adolescence. In adolescence these sexual impulses increase, so intercourse with the opposite sex will continue on the relationship of sexual activity. Unwanted pregnancy in adolescence is one of the effects of free sex behavior. The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence factors for the risk of unwanted adolescence pregnancy in Kutai Kartanegara Regency. The research uses the analytic observational with Cross Sectional Study design. The population in this research are high school girls of class X and class XI in Kutai Kartanegara Regency. While the sampling using Proportional stratifed random sampling technique that has been determined based on inclusion criteria with a sample size of 390 people. The result of correlation test shows that there is signifcant influence between social institution, peer/ community, adolescent information and media knowledge about reproductive health, to the risk of unwanted adolescence pregnancy with the value of p: <0,05 . The result of logistic regression test shows that there is signifcant influence between social institution, peer/community, information media and media knowledge about reproductive health against risk of unwanted pregnancy is shown with p value <0,05. 

Keywords: Social institutions, peer, community, information media, knowledge, unwanted pregnancy, adolescence.

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Corresponding Author:
Ika Harni Lestyoningsih
Master of Public Health Science, Faculty of Medicine,
Lambung Mangkurat University,
Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia,
Jl. A. Yani, Km.36, Banjarbaru, 70714,
Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia
E-mail: [email protected]