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Menarche is a landmark to enter puberty among teenage girls. It is an important milestone of girls’ sexual development. However,
menarche is almost missing from the context of reproductive health in the middle income countries. This paper aims to examine
the average age at menarche among Indonesian girls aged 15-24 years old, using the 2012 Indonesia Demographic and Health
Survey in association with birth cohort, health behavior, access to information and socio-economic characteristics. It finds the girls
attained menarche ranging widely from 9 to 20 years old with the peak at 13 years. Controlled for other variables, it indicates a
declining age at menarche across birth cohorts of 1988-1997. Smoking behavior, access to information through listening to the
radio, talking to people about menarche, watching TV about pregnancy, and socioeconomic background are significantly
associated with age at menarche. Growing up in wealthier family, girls tend to have a younger age at menarche. Likewise, living
in more advanced economic regions, the younger the girls experience menarche. Yet, on average it is not early menarche. Girls
with younger age at menarche bring about attentions for their reproductive health. This can be a challenging source of unmet for
reproductive health services.

85 Millennial Adolescent Dating Behavior in an Urban Area (A Case Study in
Semarang City, Indonesia)

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Najib Najib , Arri Handayani , Dias AndrisSusanto
1 BKKBN Central Java, Semarang City, Indonesia. Universitas PGRI Semarang, Semarang City, Indonesia
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3. Fertility, Fecundity, Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights

Abstract

The number of adolescents in Indonesia is growing rapidly. Adolescent dating behavior from year to year has been
increasingly alarming nationally. In 2010, three percent of male teenagers and 1.1% of female adolescents said they
had had sexual relations. This study aims to find determinants of the dating behavior among high school students
in the city of Semarang Indonesia, using a mix methods approach. The respondent population is teenagers with a
sample of 195 high school students. Research instruments used ordinal scales particularly in dating behavior and
the factors that influenced it, and interviews in digging up the control factors on it. The conclusion in
that adolescents dominantly having a meal while courtship. The factors that influenced them doing dating behavior
is dominantly caused by their mates to get the intimate friend. Then the controlling factor on dating behavior is the
norms of the society of Semarang city which fortify adolescents in deviant behavior in courtship. Recommendation
is the adolescents dating behavior can be managed through some roles as the followings; parents, teachers, peers
and social media should support them in directing adolescents to do positive activities.

1443 Risk and Protective Factors affecting Youth Reproductive Health in Indonesia

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Yuniarini Yuniarini , Udoy Saikia , Gouranga Dasvarma
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1 Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. National Population and Family Planning Board of Indonesia, Jakarta,
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Indonesia
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3. Fertility, Fecundity, Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights

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