Daftar Isi:
  • Uncontrolled sexual activity causes risks of reproductive health problems. According to IDHS data 2012, adolescents (unmarried 15-24 years old) that have been done an intercourse as much as 0,9% girls - 8,7% boys in urban area and 1,0% girls – 7,8% boys in rural area. This study aims to know the most influential variable toward adolescent’s sexual experience before married in Indonesia according to IDHS data 2012. The method of this research is analytic cuantitative using cross sectional design. The sample is 19.882. Chi-Square is used as bivariate analysis and Logistic Regression is used as multivariate analysis. The results of bivariate analysis show that there are relationships of internal and external factors with adolescent’s sexual experience before married in Indonesia. Internal factors are educational level (p=0.000), knowledge (p=0.000), attitude (p=0.000) and life style (p=0.017). External factors are information source (p=0.000), the completed of information (p=0.005), role of parents, friends and teachers (p=0.000) and type of residence (p=0.000). Multivariate result shows that the value of OR of attitude is the highest, as much as 2,129 (95%CI : 1,963-2,309), it means that adolescent who have bad attitude has 2,129 times of risk to do sexual experience before married than adolescent who have good attitude. Keywords: Adolescent, sexual experience, internal factors, external factors, IDHS data 2012