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Ade Devriany, Zenderi Wardani, Emmy Kardinasari
Background: Several villages and sub-districts in Bangka Belitung still have stunting prevalence rates above 20%, particularly Serdang Village, a stunting locus in South Bangka Regency, since 2022 with a prevalence of 10%. Various risk factors for stunting in Indonesia can originate from maternal, child, or environmental factors. Early marriage, resulting in teenage pregnancy, is one of the risk factors causing stunting in children. This research examines the relationship betwee early marriage and the proportion of stunting in Serdang Village, South Bangka Regency.
Methods: This study was observational, with the quantitative research using a cross-sectional design conducted from August to November 2023. The sample size in this study was 84 mothers with children aged 0-59 months recorded in February 2023 in Serdang Village, South Bangka Regency.The statistical method used by the researchers to determine the relationship between two influencing variables is the Chi-square test.
Results: Reveal no significant relationships between maternal and child factors and stunting incidence. Among mothers who married early, 64.3% of their children were stunted compared to 35.7% for those who did not, with a chi-squarep-value of 0.694 and an OR of 0.7. For employment status, stunting affected 3.6% of children with working mothers and 96.4% with non-working mothers, yielding a p-value of 1.000and an OR of 0.7. Regarding education, 42.9% of children of elementary-educated mothers experienced stunting, compared to 3.6% for those with higher-educated mothers (p=0.541). Mothers who did not receive complete antenatal care had a 57.1% stunting rate in their children compared to 52.9% in those who did, with a p-value of 0.396 and an ORof 1.7. Exclusive breast feeding and gender were also non-significant, with p-values of 0.758 and 0.396, respectively.
Conclusion: The practice of early marriage in Serdang Village does not significantly affect the incidence of stunting.
