factors and the impact of marriage at an early age

Marriage is a physical and spiritual bond between a man and woman in a positive sense and contains the values ​​of sacral full of charismatic. Marriage is a sacred bond and sturdy. According to Article I Marriage Act, marriage is a physical and spiritual bond between a man and a woman as husband and wife in order to establish a family (household) a happy and eternal based on Belief in God Almighty.

Welfare in the family as a desirable, is not as easy as turning the hand. Therefore, the prospective bride must have been mature enough to implement this wedding. Those who have grown tend to have physical and psychological maturity compared to those who are still teenagers and even children. So it will be easier to understand and accept complaints, trials and obstacles that block. However, why is this happening in the Village Bumirejo early marriage that should be done by those who have grown up, and of course this is contrary to Article 7 paragraph (1) of the Marriage Act and how Islamic law addressing this phenomenon.

The steps used to obtain data in this study is a research field. Field research is used to collect information that is conducted through in-depth interviews (in-depth interviews) against a number of respondents from some elements of society, among them actors early marriage, early marriage perpetrator parents, the village chief, head of KUA. Along with field observations to observe directly the causes of early marriage.

By using the method of approach to normative, juridical, and sociological. The result of this study is that factors that cause people to preserve marriage in the village early this Bumirejo are
(1) factor of tradition (Adat-customs),
(2) Economic factors,
(3) lack of public interest factors to education,
(4) personal desires factor, (5) Factors pregnant out of wedlock,
(6) Factors understanding of religion.

 The positive impact of early marriage in this village are
(1) to ease the economic burden of parents,
(2) Survivors of the influence of promiscuity.

While the negative impacts are
(1) Personality is less mature,
(2) The number of problem pregnancies at an early age,
(3) Troubles in family finance.
Sadz-Dzari'ah perspective Dzari'ah by weighing the risk of dangerous enough, it is wisdom to be taken to prevent early marriages that occurred in the village this Bumirejo for continuity and family welfare, and also for the safety of mother and baby.

Early marriage actually brings harm also for girls:

1. Prone to Violence
According to the Plan's findings, 44 percent of girls who marry early experience domestic violence (domestic violence) with a high frequency level. The rest, 56 percent of girls experienced domestic violence in low frequency.

2. Risk of death
In addition to high rates of domestic violence, early marriage affects the reproductive health of girls. Girls aged 10-14 years had likely died five times greater, during pregnancy or childbirth, compared with women aged 20-25 years. Meanwhile, children who were married at the age of 15-19 years have the possibility of two times greater.

3. Interruption of access to education
In education, early marriage resulted in the child is not able to achieve higher education. Only 5.6 percent of girls marry early are still going to school after mating.

Plan Indonesia Country Director John McDonough expressed concern over the rate of early marriage in Indonesia. According to him, the empowerment of girls can prevent the occurrence of these underage marriages.

McDonough added that this empowerment program gives optimum results by also involving fathers, brothers, and husbands. Not only women, men also need to be involved in creating gender equality.

The program includes the family's economic empowerment, advocacy, education and research on early marriage, as well as campaigns for empowerment and participation of girls. "These programs empower girls who possessed Plan also involves adult men and children," he said.