Background Indonesia is eighth in the world in the incidence of child marriage, with South Sulawesi province having one of the highest burdens (12.1%) in the country. The study explored the determinants of child marriage in Bone, South Sulawesi, in particular the differences between adolescents and parents. Methods This is a cross-sectional study using a quantitative survey. A total of 1,004 respondents participated (500 parents and 504 adolescents aged 13-15 years). Findings This study found that around one out of four parents or adolescents had perceptions that support determinants of child marriage.  A total of 25.8% of parents and 26.0% of adolescents agreed that a girl is ready for marriage once she starts menstruation. 25.6% of parents and 32.6% of adolescents agreed that girls aged over 18 who are not married are a burden to their families. Using the U-Mann Whitney , Kendall’s tau-b, and Pearson’s correlation test, these differences were found to be significant. Interpretation Overall, the perceptions of parents and their adolescent children do not greatly differ, with some notable exceptions. Positive perceptions towards the benefits of child marriage are still prevalent among both parents and adolescents. This indicates that social norms supporting child marriage are still strong among these groups. Comprehensive interventions are needed to promote the benefits of marrying later, based on local cultural contexts and evidence on efficacy.

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Background: Indonesia was one of ten countries with the highest child marriage rate, and second highest in ASEAN after Cambodia. According to data, South Sulawesi was province with the 4th position contributing to the marriage of children in Indonesia. In South Sulawesi, age of marriage less than 14 years is 0.5 percent, while age of marriage between 15 years to 19 years is 33.5 percent. Objective: This research aimed to know health status of adolescent girls who have conducted child marriage in Makassar City. Method: This research used descriptive research with quantitative approach. The variables in this research health status from child and mother. The population in this study were all girls aged 15-24 years that chosed by Snowball Sampling nonrandom method with sample size 101 girls. Results and Discussion: Health status in this study form mother and child. For mother, Body Mass Index (BMI) category owned by adolescent girls who experience child marriages, underweight 18 people (17.8%), ideal body weight 66 people (65.3%), and overweight 17 people (16.8%). For child, the status of the weight of the first child at birth, low birth weight (LBW) 8 people (9.9%), not experience LBW 73 people (90.1%). Conclusion: The description of the health status of adolescent girls shows some things that are not good for the health of adolescent girls that can be reviewed in terms of two things, namely the condition of the mother and the condition of the child. The most influential health conditions are the nutritional status of children, immunization of children, nutritional status of mothers, and some knowledge about reproductive health that is still low. Keywords: children; health; marriage; status

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ObjectivesThis study aims to assess child marriage acceptability in the two locations in Indonesia by gender inequality, financial security, education rates, legal frameworks, dowry, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).MethodsThis study used a quantitative approach with a cross sectional study design. A total of 1,000 respondents consisting of 500 households in Bone District, South Sulawesi and 500 households in Palu, Sigi, Donggala District in Central Sulawesi participated in the study. Data analyses were conducted based on the Acceptability Child Marriage Index (ACMI) by using the bivariate correlation, ANOVA (analysis of variance) and logistic regression.ResultsThis study found several significant factors contributed to child marriage acceptance in Central and South Sulawesi: household financial security (p=0.016), dowry (p=0.000) and legal frameworks (p=0.017) based on ANOVA analysis. After conducting bivariate correlation, dowry (p=0.000) and sexual and gender-based violence (p=0.000) remain significant factors. Dowry (p=0.000, with expected B=0.122), and sexual and gender-based violence (p=0.001, with expected B=0.064) remains significant after the linear regression analysis.ConclusionsDowry practice and sexual and gender-based violence were the most significant factors contributing to the child marriage acceptance in Central and South Sulawesi. There is a need to conduct interventions to prevent child marriage including providing sexual and reproductive health education.