Head of BKKBN Examining MEKK FEB UI Students
Nino Eka Putra ~ PR of FEB UI
DEPOK – (3/8/2020) National Statistics Agency APBN scholarship student from BPS Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi with a specialization in Population in the Master of Population and Employment Economics Study Program (MEKK) FEB UI, Sih Kawuri Sejati (1806250013) conducted her Thesis Final Examination online, on Monday (3/8/2020).
This examination was chaired by Dr. (H.C.) dr. Hasto Wardoyo, Sp.OG (K), Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN), with Turro Selrits Wongkaren, Ph.D., Head of the Demographic Institute FEB UI as the supervisor , and Prof. Sri Moertiningsih Adioetomo, Ph.D., Professor of FEB UI as the examiner.
The thesis was entitled “The Effect of Husband and Wife Discussion on the Use of Male Contraception in Indonesia”. Gender relations in Indonesia are still colored by the strong division of labor in the family. The idea that certain activities are the responsibility of men (husbands) and other activities are the responsibility of women (wives) is also seen in issues related to family planning (KB).
Based on the 2017 IDHS data, the contraceptive prevalence rate (APK) for the male method in Indonesia is only 7.3 percent of the total GER of 63.6 percent. Apart from using family planning, the choice of male contraceptive methods is still a problem. Based on IDHS data from 1991 to 2017, the choice of male family planning methods is still dominated by traditional methods. One of the things that is thought to have influenced the low participation of male contraception in Indonesia is the lack of support from partners.
Support from wives can be conveyed to husbands through husband and wife discussions about family planning. In addition to conveying support, couples can jointly make decisions regarding preferences for the number of children, husbands and wives can exchange information about various types of contraception methods, as well as convey fears of contraception side effects by wives to their husbands. Based on this, the questions of this study are 1) Does the discussion of husband and wife affect the use of male contraception in Indonesia? 2) Does the husband and wife discussion affect the choice of male contraceptive methods in Indonesia?
This study uses the husband and wife discussion variable as the main independent variable and the wife’s education and the wife’s occupation as the moderator variables. The results of binary logistic regression for male contraception practice, found that husband and wife discussions had a positive and significant effect on male contraceptive use.
Men who discuss family planning with their wives are more likely to use contraception. In addition, men who have discussions with wives with secondary or higher education actually have a lower tendency to use contraception, possibly because the wife’s high education makes the wife more respected by her husband and more empowered in making her own decisions, including in the use of contraception methods. In terms of the choice of male contraception methods, in this study, husband and wife discussion did not affect the contraception method chosen by men.
Concluding, the Examination Board decided to pass Sih Kawuri Sejati (1806250013) who has successfully obtained the title of Master of Population and Employment Economics. Congratulations to Sih Kawuri Sejati, M.E.K.K! (hjtp)
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