Highest Early Marriage Rate in South Kalimantan in Indonesia

Liputan6.com, Jakarta Early-age marriage still occurs in several regions in Indonesia. PPPA Deputy Minister for Child Development Lenny N. Rosalin, SE, MSc, Mfin conveyed data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) regarding the proportion of women aged 20-24 who were married before the age of 18 by province in 2019.

BPS data shows that South Kalimantan is the province with the highest number of married women before 18 years of age in Indonesia, namely 21.2 percent. Followed by Central Kalimantan 20.2 percent.

From high to low, West Sulawesi ranks third early-age marriage 19.2 percent, West Kalimantan 17.9 percent, Southeast Sulawesi 16.6 percent, Central Sulawesi 16.3 percent.

West Nusa Tenggara 16.1 percent, Bangka Belitung 15.5 percent, Jambi 14.8 percent, North Maluku 14.4 percent, North Sulawesi 13.5 percent, South Sumatra 13.5 percent, Bengkulu 13.2 percent, West Papua 13.2 percent.

Furthermore, Gorontalo reported 13.2 percent, North Kalimantan 12.9 percent, East Kalimantan 12.4 percent, West Java 12.3 percent, South Sulawesi 12.1 percent, Lampung 12.1 percent, Papua 11.2 percent, and East Java 11.1 percent. early-age marriage.

“There are 22 provinces whose numbers are above the national figure. This means that 1 in 9 children get married before the age of 18. This means that children marry at the age of children, have children at the age of children, children have children who are still children, “said Lenny in the PPPA Ministry webinar, Tuesday (8/9/2020).

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