Adolescent fertility becomes an important issue for it gives impact on education, employment, economic status, gender inequality, and poor health or death. The evidence was based on research to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health. However, the matter of adolescent fertility was not well-known in Maluku Province. The importance of this problem to be investigated is related to what factors cause the high incidence of adolescent fertility in Maluku Province.The method used in this study was quantitative approach of 2017 IDHS secondary data analysis which has received approval from ICF Institutional Review Board. The population of this study were all female adolescents aged 15-19 years old in Maluku with a total sample of 371 respondents. The data analysis in this study consisted of univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis. The results showed that the proportion of adolescent fertility in Maluku Province was 9,7%. It was found statistically that the variables of age, education, area of residence, marital status, contraceptive use and economic status had a significant relationship with adolescent fertility (p-value < 0,05). This study also showed that the variable of age became the most dominant variable affecting the incidence of adolescent fertility.
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