DETERMINAN FERTILITAS DI DESA RAMBIGUNDAM KECAMATAN RAMBIPUJI KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out whether there was direct influence of education level, income, age at the first marriage, and the period of marriage on fertility and the use of intrauterine device as well as indirect influence of the use of intrauterine device on fertility. This research applied inferential descriptive which aimed at making description on situations or occurences systematically, factually and accuratelly concerning facts and characteristics of particular areas and finding out the influence of independent variable and dependant variable. Data analysis method applied was Path Analysis. Data obtained in this research was primary data through questioner and secondary data. The results of Path Analysis showed that the variables of education level and the period of marriage influenced fertility and the use of intrauterine device significantly directly. In addition, it also influenced fertility through the use of intrauterine device significantly indirectly. Whereas, the variables of income and age at the first marriage influenced fertility and the use of intrauterine device directly but insignificantly and influenced the use of intrauterine device on fertility indirectly and insignificantly. Some suggestions which can be proposed are the need of motivation for discouraging the increase of fertility through counselling concerning Family Planning with the slogan of Happy and Prosperous Small Family as well as counselling concerning the use of intrauterine device conducted by local medical officers supported by Jember District Government