TY - JOUR AU - Sari, Fanny Mega AU - Ahmad, Syafiq PY - 2021/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Relationship of Education and Work with Early Marriage During the Covid-19 Pandemic at KUA Rao Pasaman Timur, West Sumatra JF - Jurnal kesehatan komunitas (Journal of community health) JA - J Keskom VL - 7 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.25311/keskom.Vol7.Iss3.998 UR - https://jurnal.htp.ac.id/index.php/keskom/article/view/998 SP - 323-327 AB - <p><em>According to UNICEF in the next decade, there will be 10 million girls who will potentially become brides at a very young age, this number will increase by 10% for the next 10 years, in the 3 highest countries namely India, Nigeria, and Africa and including Indonesia. West Sumatra also experienced a spike and for example, Pasaman was ranked first for the incidence of early marriage, totaling 159 couples. This study employed a descriptive quantitative method with a Secondary Data Analysis (ADS) approach. The population was 760 women taken by purposive sampling and simple sampling techniques with a total of 263 women. The instrument used was the master table test, with statistical tests using the chi-square formula based on the results of the relationship between education and employment levels. It can be concluded that the following two variables have a significant relationship with the number of early marriages. The majority of women who are married in KUA Rao Pasaman have and higher education and a job, and there is a significant relationship between the degree of education and the age at the time of marriage, which is categorized as significant.</em></p> ER -