The Trend Of Married Young People In Indonesia Decreases, This Is The Reason According To IPB Experts

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The marriage for some young people who are growing turns out to be very problematic, following the attention of many parties related to the recent decline in the trend of marriage in Indonesia. This social phenomenon has also attracted the attention of researchers, one of which is Family Expert IPB University, Prof. Euis Sunarti.

According to Prof. Euis, the decline in the number of marriages should actually be seen from the recent increasing marriage age. That is, the average age of men and women who marry is higher than in previous years, resulting in delays resulting in a downward trend in the number of marriages.

"What needs to be underlined in the recent phenomenon of the decline in the number of marriages is the shift in views on the readiness to get married. What used to be a certain age is considered ready to get married, but in recent years it is still seen as not ready to get married," said Prof. Euis.

Professor of IPB University from the Department of Family and Consumers, the Faculty of Human Ecology (Fema) added, this condition can occur due to several factors that influence an individual's decision to get married. Starting from economic factors, intellectual, emotional, moral to physical readiness.

Furthermore, Prof. Euis also said that this phenomenon of decreasing the number of marriages needs to be studied further in order to obtain representative data in the field. Is this marriage something that is increasingly feared because they realize that they do not have sufficient readiness or are indeed because of increasingly difficult skills to obtain in order to get a desired condition in marriage.

"Indeed, the hope is that the awareness of the readiness to get married, which is increasingly highlighted, is marked by an increasing marriage age, which can make the next generation better. However, this does not mean that getting married at a younger age is not good. As long as commitment, belief and readiness will of course also produce the next generation which is equally good, "he said.

Although the phenomenon of postponement of marriage is hypothesized to have the potential to create a better generation, Prof. Euis reminded that this trend could also turn into a negative thing for population growth.

"It must be seen how far the limit is. Don't let it be like in several large countries that currently have problems with the fertility rate, causing population imbalance that can lead to a situation of a shortage of the number of next generation," he concluded.