Pernikahan usia muda meningkat beberapa tahun terakhir, dan menyumbangkan angka kematian ibu di indonesia. Remaja memilih SMK supaya segera bekerja, SMA untuk melanjutkan pendidikan. Berdasarkan hal tersebut penelitian ini dirancang untuk mengetahui perbedaan niat usia menikah pada siswi SMA dan SMK.
Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah cross sectional dengan obyek penelitian 120 siswi SMA dan SMK di kecamatan Sentolo Mei 2012.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ada perbedaan yang signifikan ( nilai p 0,003) antara niat usia menikah antara siswi SMA dan SMK, dan terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara penghasilan dan tempat tinggal dengan niat usia menikah.
Young age marriage increases in recent years, and contributed to maternal mortality in Indonesia. Teenagers choose vocasional school to get job, high school to continue studying. Based on this fact, this study was aimed to determine the difference of the intention when to get married among high school and vocational school students. The study is a cross sectional survey among involving120 females students of vocational and high schools in the District Sentolo in May 2012. The result found that significant difference (p vale 0,003) intent to get married between high school and vocational school female students, and there was a significant association between income and residence with the age of married intended.
