Abstract
Teenage pregnancy has an impact on the outcomes. Teenage pregnancy is at risk of adverse health, an increased risk of domestic violence, poor nutrition, and sexual and reproductive health problems, lower levels of education, and higher levels of poverty compared to women who postpone marriage age. The study aims to determine the relationship between marriage and Adolescent pregnancy with the incidence of stunting in children under five years in Indoneasia. The study used a cross-sectional approach from 2014 IFLS (Indonesian Family Life Survey) data. The bivariate analysis used the Chi-Square Test when the multivariate analysis used logistic regression. The results found the prevalence of stunting in Indonesia in 2014 was 36.6%. The stunting prevalence is higher in toddlers of married mothers of adolescents (42.4%) compared to mothers of married mature (35%). The stunting prevalence was also higher in children under five years from adolescent pregnant women (44.4%) compared to mothers who were of sufficient age (35.6%). Teenage pregnancy is associated with the incidence of stunting. A married teenage woman is 1.2 times at risk, and a woman who is less than 20 years pregnant is 1.3 times at risk of having a stunting toddler. Teenage pregnancy increases the prevalence of stunting. Cross-sectoral integrated interventioans are needed to prevent adolescent pregnancy. It is required to decrease the prevalence of stunting. The various risks that occur in teenage pregnancy are the basis for the importance of pregnancy prevention efforts in this age group by involving the related sectors.
Highlights
Adolescence is a transitional period marked by physical, emotional, and psychological changes
Reproductive health problems that are often faced by adolescents are problems of sexuality, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV / AIDS, abortion, a pregnancy outside of marriage, unwanted pregnancies, and early marriage
Based on the age of the mother during pregnancy, it shows that stunting prevalence is higher in children under five from mothers who are pregnant in adolescence age (44.4%) compared to mothers who married on aged over 20 years (35.6%)
Summary
Adolescence is a transitional period marked by physical, emotional, and psychological changes. Age during pregnancy is a maternal factor that can be a direct and indirect problem with fetal and toddler growth disorders. Samples are toddlers who meet the inclusion criteria, namely biological children, live births, in the implementation of IFLS 2014 children aged 1- 5 years, children live with their biological parents (father and mother), available data on length or height, available data required (factor children, maternal factors and family factors), the child does not experience accompanying harm. Confounding variables are family factors (number of children under five, place of residence, socioeconomic status, access to health facilities, environmental health), child factors (birth weight of children, gestational age, multiple births, infectious diseases, immunization status, exclusive breastfeeding) and maternal factors ( mother’s education, marital status, parity, physical activity, mother’s height, father’s height, quality of ANC and quantity of ANC). Multivariate analysis used multivariate logistic regression controlling for confounding variables
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