| dc.description.abstract | Nowadays, Indonesian teenagers seem to be tolerant of premarital lifestyle.
Premarital pregnant women are usually encountered by two difficult choices. Based
on the preliminary survey at Kelurahan Terjun Medan Marelan Subdistrict, March
2012 with 26,093 people and 574 pregnant woman, there were j2 premarital
pregnant woman (5. 5 7%o).
The aim of the research was to analyze the behavior (lcnowledge, attitude,
norrn, the simplifying and complicating factors) of premarital pregnant womon
toward the viability of their fetus and babies at Kelurahan Terjun. The type of the
research was observational with retrospective study approach. The reseorch was
conducted at Kelurahan Terjun, Medan Marelan Subdistrict from March until
November, 2012. The population and the samples of the researchwere 32 premarttal
pregnant womon who had S two year-old children and lived at Kelurahan Terjun,
Medan Marelan Subdistrict. Dota collection with questioner. The data were analyzed
by using Spearman Correlation and simple linear regression test.
The result of the research showed that there was the inJluences of attirude
p:0.018) and norms @:0.001) on the behavior of premarital mothers toward the
viability of their fetw and babtes. Knowledge (p:0.668) and simplifying and
complicatingfactors did not hne any influence (p:0.410).
It is recommended that premarital pregnant motlrcrs should be responsible for
what they hm,e done. Families, public, and Puskesmas at Kelurahan Terjun should
give support to premarital pregnant woman in order that they will keep their feas
and bobies alive. | en_US |
