MOTIVASI PADA PEREMPUAN BALI YANG MEMILIH HAMIL SEBELUM MENIKAH
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https://doi.org/10.24843/Abstract
As a social human being, a human cannot live by him/her self; he/she needs somebody else to interact, socialize, and have a relationship, which eventually create new generations through sexual intercourse (Sumpami, 2008). Marriage is a physical and mental bonding between a man and a woman as a wife and a husband to build a happy and eternal family based on one almighty God. Bali is one of Indonesian provinces that still strongly hold its tradition. To have a child is a kind of requisite in Balinese marriage. A preliminary study conducted by a researcher on 2013 shows that 8 out of 20 Balinese women chose to get pregnant before marriage because of the requisition from their partner and partner’s parent (Saraswaty, 2013). Based on this fact, many study are having interest to find out Balinese women’s motivation to get pregnant before marriage.
This research used qualitative method with phenomenology design. Respondents are four Balinese women, which were chosen through purposive sampling method. The research results show that the interviewees have intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on deciding to get premarital pregnancy. The intrinsic motivation, consist of a feeling of have found perfect match, being accepted by partner’s parents, a desire to be loved deeper, felt appreciated and fidelity of partner, tried to prove that be able to have a baby. While the extrinsic motivation are a feeling of being scared of people’s contempt, afraid that her partner will get married again, motivated to get a better life, getting attention from partner and partner’s parents, and having grown up and responsible partner.
Key Words: Premarital Pregnancy, Motivation, Balinese Women.
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