This report is written by Aas Tejasmara,SS.,M.Ap.Pop.St as the result of the master coursework for the Master Degree
Program in the area of Applied Population Studies at Flinders University, Adelaide. In this report she identified that
the 2007 IDHS revealed that the TFR appeared to have stagnated at the level of 2.6 children per woman since the
2002-2003 IDHS. Therefore, by using secondary data from the 2002-2003 and the 2007 IDHS surveys, she mentioned that this
study attempted to address why the TFR did not decline by analysing the determinants of fertility and examining whether
a stalling fertility has occurred.
Provincial Fertiliy Adjusted For Under-Recording of Women In The SDKI 2002-3 and 2007
This report is written by Dr Wendy Hartanto and Professor Terence H. Hull as a follow up activities
constructed based on the result study of the Revitalization of Family Planning in Indonesia for BKKBN and UNFPA in 2008,
identifying that the under recording of women in the household listings of Indonesia Demographic Health
Survey (IDHS) 2002/3 and 2007 caused the inflated fertility estimates in the period between 2002/3 to 2007.
In this study, Dr Wendy Hartanto and Professor Terence H. Hull had calculated an adjusted estimate
for national total fertility rate of 2.4 for IDHS 2002/3 and 2.3 for IDHS 2007.
The result of the study also indicated that many of the interpretations of fertility change in
the last ten years need to be adjusted. It points to the need for greater investment in the maintenance of a
proper sampling frame for the IDHS and other sample surveys in Indonesia.
This report is written by Sari Kistiana,SIP.,M.Ap.Pop.St as the result of the master coursework for the Master Degree
Program in the area of Applied Population Studies at Flinders University, Adelaide. In this report she noted that
women's exposure to media, women's age, birth order and place of residence had a significant relationship
with the utilization of antenatal care and modern delivery care. The women's and husbnad's education showed a strong
relationship with maternal health care utilization, indicating higher use of quality care for pregnancy and delivery
by high educated women and by wives of high educated men. She also mentioned that almost all social, economic and
demographic variables are significantly associated with all forms of maternal health care, namely the use of antenatal
care, place of delivery and assistance during delivery.
Factors Influencing Fertility in East Nusa Tenggara Province, 2007
This report is written by Uswatun Nisa, S.Sos, M.Ap.Pop.St as the result of her master coursework for the Master Degree
Program in the area of Applied Population Studies at Flinders University, Adelaide. In this report she identified
the contraceptive use as the main direct factor determining fertility. She also identified that the use of contraceptives
methods were influenced most by age, educational attainment and ideal number of chidren.Women aged betwen 34 -49 years
had a 2.4 times higher probability to ever use any contraception methods compared to those in age group 15-24 years old.
While women with highest educational attainment (junior or higher level)were almost five times as likely to practice
any contraception methods as those who never accomplished any level of education.Meanwhile, women who
deemed 2 or fewer children ideal were 2.24 more likely to use any contracepton methods compared to those who said the ideal number
of children was up to God or gave some other none numeric answer.These results indicate several policy implications in regard to
the family planning services since it reveals that contraceptives commonly were practiced by women at the oldest age group
with high parity and larger family size. Thus, the promotion and the improvement of family planning services in this province
should be constructed to meet the need of women in younger age.Program to increase women's education also could increase the use
of contraception as it was identified as the factor with the highest influence to fertility through contraceptive use.
The effects of socio-economic and proximate determinants on mother's experience of infant loss in Indonesia:
Evidence from the 2007 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey
This report is written by Dian Kristiani Irawaty , M.Ap.Pop.St as the result of her master coursework for the Master Degree
Program in the area of Applied Population Studies at Flinders University, Adelaide. In this report she identified
that breastfeeding was the main predictor of mothers' experience of infant loss, while of
all the socio-economic factors, wealth index of the household
has been found to be the most significant predictor of mothers' experience of infant.
Among all the proximate maternal factors, birth interval has been found to have the most significant
contribution to mother's experience of infant loss. An unexpected result was found in
that mother's age at first birth revealed a weak association with mother's experience of infant loss.
It was also found that sanitary toilet facilities have a higher impact on mother's experience of
infant loss compared to source of drinking water and use of mosquito nets
Based on these results, she then argued that low infant loss in Indonesia can be achieved through interventions
involving a comprehensive approach among socio-economic, maternal, environmental and nutritional factors.
However, this would require a good cooperation between the Indonesian Government, non-governmental organisations
as well as the community itself. She noted too that several interventions which are recommended by this study
are already being implemented by the Government; however, the success in reducing the level of infant loss
in Indonesia lies in the continuation of the current interventions and starting new ones with the full availability
of resources and commitment.
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL FIVE ON MATERNAL HEALTH IN INDONESIA, 2007
This report is written by dr. Irma Ardiana, M.Ap.Pop.St as the result of her master coursework for the Master Degree
Program in the area of Applied Population Studies at Flinders University, Adelaide. In this report she mentioned that in a response
to reduce high Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in Indonesia relative to the global and ASEAN region levels, the Government
of Indonesia has reaffirmed a declaration, namely the Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG 5), to improve the status of maternal
health along with striving to achieve other developmental goals. She then argued that a number of maternal indicators have been
developed and at national level, Indonesia has made a substantial progress in two out of the eight indicators. They are achieving
90 % births attended by Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs) and meeting near universal coverage of Antenatal Care (ANC) program.
However, she stated too that if the current annual rate of change in maternal health measures is disaggregated at urban and rural
level, it appears that the progress has been different in these places of residence from that achieved at the national level.
This country report provides current situation of population and human resources development in Indonesia.
This report also discusses about the population and human resources development programs in the future, including
population dynamics, poverty eradication, basic education, gender equality and women empowerment, improving
the health of mother and child, family planning and reproductive health, as well as environment conditions.
Revitalization of Family Planning in Indonesia A Strategy for Empirically Based Implementation
This book contains the consultancy of Gary L. Lewis and Harry Purnomo which provide objective inputs on
the revitalization of the family planning program in Indonesia. It is intended to guide the process of change
needed to re-strengthen the program. It also become the last part of a series consultations aimed to develop
implementation strategies developed based on the first two consultancies done by Terence H. Hull, Henry Mosley,
Muhadjir Darwin and Sukamdi, to be used to stimulate the planning process for a revitalized program.
The three critical message come out of this exercise are 1) despite past successes
there are still serious population problems and issues with the reproductive health and family planning program
2) there is a very large role to be played by the Governmnet in addressing these critical issues and
3) changes in the vision, mission and organizations will be required to meet the challenges faced by
the program and by Indonesian couples seeking healthier families.
This report is written by Ria Rahayu,S.Si.MSR., as the result of her master coursework for the Master Degree Program
in the area of Social Research at Australian National University (ANU). In this report she stated that for almost
forty years fertility in Indonesia has declined dramatically. The total fertility rate (TFR) declined from 5.6 children
per woman between 1967 and 1970 to 2.6 children per woman in 2007 (Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey, 2007).
She mentioned too that much of the decline is due to an increase in the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) from 18 percent
in 1976 to 61 percent in 2007 (Hull and Mosley, 2008; IDHS, 2007). Thus, she argued that this reflects the success of the
national family planning program in Indonesia that was implemented by the National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN),
the state agency that had the major responsibility for family planning
Determinants of Unintended Pregnancy among Ever-Married Women in Indonesia: An Analysis of the 2007 IDHS
This report is written by Nurdjaeni,S.Si.MSR., as the result of his master coursework for the Master Degree Program
in the area of Social Research at Australian National University (ANU). In this report he stated that despite growths in
contraceptive prevalence rate and declines in total fertility rate, many women in Indonesia still experience
unintended pregnancies. Thus, he argued that it is essential to identify the determinants of unintended pregnancy to facilitate
policy makers and programme managers to design programmes and services especially for women who have the highest likelihood
of having unintended pregnancy. In this study, he analysed factors that influenced ever married women in Indonesia to classify
their pregnancy as mistimed or unwanted by using bivariate tables and multivariate logistic regression to
investigate the relationship between women's pregnancy intention status and a number of socio-demographic variables
(maternal age, previous birth intervals, number of previous births/parity, level of education, place and region of residence,
ever used of contraception, husband's desire for family size, and economic status).
The IYARHS 2007 is expected to provide data and information on knowledge, attitudes, and practices
of adolescents on human reproductive aspects including sexual activities, HIV and AIDS, as well as
other sexually transmitted diseases. The survey will be of great importance
for program managers and decision makers.
This report summarizes the findings of the 2007 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) carried out by
Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik-BPS). The IDHS is part of the worldwide Demographic and
Health Surveys program, which is designed to collect data on fertility, family planning, and maternal and child health.
Country Report for The Commission on Population and Development. The Implementation of International Conference on Population
and Development Programme of Action in Achieving Millennium Development Goals
This report shows the current situation of population and human resources development in Indonesia.
Moreover, this report also discusses about the population and human resources development programs
in the future that include poverty alleviation, basic education, improving the mother and child health,
family planning and reproductive health, gender equality and women empowerment
Revitalization Family Planning Program in Indonesia. The Government of Indonesia and United Nations Population Fund
This publication aims at providing inputs on population and family planning policy
and programme guidance including institutional reforms to the Mid-term Development
Plan of the Government of Indonesia 2010-2014. This report is the outcome of the
consultancy done by Prof Professor Terence H. Hull of Australian National University, and
Professor Henry Mosley of John Hopkins University, USA.
The manual “Happy, Prosperous and Responsible Family in Christian Perspective” is an important elucidation material
for the church community in Indonesia. Through this book we try to formulate the understanding about human, matrimony,
family and building a prosperous family, as to help the church community in Indonesia to manifest themselves as
responsible families. The Indonesia Christian family is an integral part of the existing families in the Indonesian
compound community. The role and commitment of the Christian family in building prosperous families is an inseparable
part of the Christian contribution in strengthening future Indonesia.
Building Harmonious, Prosperous, And Quality Family In Confusius Perspective
In Kong Hu Chu, family plays central role, not only in
economic sector, but also in moral and spiritual values. In family,
somebody gets the first and the main education in the effort to
develop the seeds of good deeds which has been stated by Tian in
Himself.This book is expected to be able to help Indonesian
nation to re-understand the essential values of family’s
establishment in the Holy Way (Dao) of the only one God. With
understanding the essential values of family’s establishment, they
are wished to be able to support Indonesian nation to undoubtedly
follow Family Planning Program.
This manual book is published with the purpose to ease the
socialization of prosperous family (sukhinah) in accordance with
Hindu, especially in the cases of mother – child’s health,
adolescent’s reproductive health, family planning, and the
prevention of Narcotics abuse, sexual transmitted infection (STI)
and HIV/AIDS.
Building Prosperous and Responsible Family: Catholic Perspective
The book “Building Prosperous and Responsible Family
According to Catholic Perspective” is published in regards to follow
up the cooperation between the Family Commission of the Indonesia
Bishop Conference (KWI) and the NFPCB.
The idea of arranging this book comes from the aspiration to
help in gaining the participation of the Catholic people in the
prosperous family development program. This book is expected to
be a learning material and a reference for the Catholic families to
create and build prosperous family in a responsible manner.
This IEC material contains the Buddhist teachings related to the concept
of prosperous and happy family. According to the Buddhist teachings,
Buddhists try to develop
and to bequeath better life’s quality to their next generation.
Therefore, it is necessary to develop some efforts to improve their
quality started from their family’s quality. Here is where the role
and the contribution of Buddha Religious Leaders taking place in
developing the quality of Buddhist and the nation.
During the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York,
the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,
together with the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg
and a number of other leaders launched this global call to address MDG4 and 5.
Through a group of Sherpa network of Leaders, discussions were made to
bring greater application to ensure the 2015 targets for MDG 4 and 5 be attainable.
This book is a brief country paper of Indonesia on attaining MDG 4 and 5.
Its content, although reflective of Indonesia's situation dares to
provide a solution that may be applicable not only to the majority
of developing countries, but also specific to the needs
of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
The 2007 IDHS is designed to provide information on population, family planning, and health.
A scientifically selected sample of ever-married women age 15 to 49 years and currently married
men age 15-54 were interviewed. Women were asked questions about their background, the children
they had given birth to, their knowledge and use of family planning methods, the health of their
children, reproductive health, and other information that will be helpful to policymakers and
administrators in the health and family planning fields. The questionnaire for men was shorter
than that for women, as it excluded detailed questions on individual children and children's health.
However, men were asked about their knowledge, attitude and practice regarding health care for
their wife and children. This report presents a first look at selected findings of the 2007 IDHS.
A comprehensive analysis of the data will be published later. While considered provisional,
the results presented here are not expected to differ significantly from those to be presented in the final report.
Contraceptive Security in Indonesia: What do the Data Say?
Contraceptive prevalence in Indonesia may rise or fall, or may continue at the present level.
What does that mean in terms of numbers - demographic and programmatic? Projections follow that
encompass more detail than those in the text, which concern only users. These are from a full
population projection including the age-sex distribution and fertility and mortality assumptions.
This also embraces a set of program characteristics for prevalence, method mix, and failures, with
outcomes for demographic results and commodities needed. The purpose is to show the
implications of three assumptions concerning the future path of contraceptive prevalence.
(1) Assume it remains flat at the value of 57.4% (taken from the 1997 IDHS;
the Susenas data indicate no change since then; also the 57.4 includes a small share of traditional methods).
(2) Assume prevalence rises at one-half point a year, so over the 15 years to 2015 it reaches 64.9%.
(3) Assume instead that due to various difficulties prevalence instead falls at one-half point a year,
so over the 15 years to 2015 it declines to 49.9%.
This analysis uses the Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey (BPS 2003/IDHS). Starting at the traditional,
non-contracepting, TFR level of about 6 in the 1960s, the TFR decline has been essentially unbroken.
It fell again in the latest IDHS, carried out in 2002-2003.
However the slope has been softer since about 1991, at only .043 points fall per year.
The current TFR of 2.6 is well above replacement. The recent decline is in a positive direction, but is small.
Understanding the Constraints and Supports to the Family Planning Practices of the Poor
It is widely believed that the poor have more limited access to family planning than their non-poor counterparts.
The Government of Indonesia (GOI) has implemented many programs to try to address this perceived disadvantage.
In fact, during the financial, social and political crisis starting in the late 1990's, the poor should
have been hardest hit, but there was no decline in contraceptive prevalence. The poor shifted to
injectable and away from the pills (Susenas) - despite the fact that injectables have greater recurrence
and opportunity costs than the pill. The current study is designed to provide a better understanding
of how the poor cope with their difficulties in accessing and using family planning methods.
This paper aims to review the situation in which the National Family Planning Program
finds itself at present and suggest directions for its future development.
Specifically it is to: (1) review past achievements and lessons learned in FP in Indonesia;
(2) argue the vital importance of continued and enhanced efforts in FP if the country
is to attain its development goals; (3) suggest that the development of Indonesia's population could be
helped by the Government establishing tighter policy linkages between FP and population development;
(4) support the view that Indonesia's development goals could also be served by reintroducing a
Ministry of Population (or at least a strong badan focusing on population development issues); and
(5)discuss the changing role of BKKBN in these developments.
Increasing Patient Participation in Reproductive Health Consultations: An Evaluation of "Smart Patient" Coaching in Indonesia
This paper presents the result of evaluation of Smart Patient Coaching. This study tested
whether the individual coaching can give family planning patients the confidence
and communication skills to talk more openly and more vigorously with providers. The analysis
found that patients who received coaching articulated significantly more questions and concern than others.
To improve the quality and use of RH and FP services in Indonesia,
STARH assisting the BKKBN, the MOH, and its partners on the
communication-support components to act as a catalyst for social change.
STARH has developed a communication plan called "the Smart Initiatives"
(Smart Client, Smart Provider, and Smart Community).
The objectives of the Smart Initiative are: 1) to improve
the quality of interaction between reproductive health providers and clients
including clinical/technical performances, technical information exchange, and decision
making process; 2) to increase community participation in improving access
to and delivery of quality reproductive health services.
The national "Smart" campaign will be launched in April 2002.
Formative research was conducted in order to understand how clients,
community and providers view quality. This information would be used to help
design messages and to action while establishing benchmarks for client
and provider perceptions of quality.
Self-Assessment and Peer Review: Improving Indonesian Service Providers' Communication with Clients
Training alone may not be sufficient to prompt complex and lasting changes in the performance
of family planning providers. Affordable and effective reinforcement mechanisms are needed to
ensure that providers apply new skills on the job.
In December 1997 and January 1998, 201 providers working at 170 clinics in Indonesia attended
a training course on client-centered counseling. They were divided into three subgroups for
follow-up. One group (controls) received no reinforcement, one conducted weekly self assessments and
the third attended peer-review meetings in addition to conducting self assessments.
Data were collected before training, immediately afterward and after four months of reinforcement to
measure changes in provider and client behavior. The result of study shows that self-assessment
and peer review help maintain providers' performance after training and prompt continuous quality improvement.
The purpose of this paper is to provide background information for the USAID "Tiahrt
Team" and other interested persons. The purpose of the Team Visit is to determine
whether all the family planning and family planning- related activities in
Indonesia which are supported, partly or in full, directly or indirectly,
with US population-assistance funding comply with the requirements of the Tiahrt Amendment of
the Foreign Appropriations Act. This paper does not attempt to make that determination;
instead it provides some background information and takes a broad look at the
national family planning program as a whole from the perspective of the Tiahrt requirements.
Participation by clients and nurse midwives in family planning decision making in Indonesia
This paper provides the result of study on participation by clients and nurse midwives in
family planning decision making in Indonesia. The results show that family planning clients make
a significant contribution to the quality of decision making process, most notably by identifying
the problem requiring a decision, expressing their feeling about using a method and asking question.
Client involvement may compensate for provider weakness, which tend to be in areas calling for interpersonal
rather than technical skills.
This paper presents findings from a set of studies conducted in early 2003. Using a combination
of 20 focus groups and interviews with 1680 community members in 10 communities representing major ethnic
groups in Java and Sumatra, these studies explored perceptions of community leadership and community participation
in health improvement. Community members see health improvement as an obvious arena for the exercise of
leadership and are more likely to participate in community-wide health improvement activities, if activities are
championed by leaders with characteristics defined locally as desirable.
Public-Private Partnership to Increase Contraceptive Choice with Socialization and Training of Health
Professional in the Use of Emergency Contraception Pills
Emergency Contraception Pills (ECP) can reduce the risk of pregnancy after unprotected intercourse.
ECP may be provided in two ways: using increased doses of certain oral contraceptive pills, and there
are branded hormonal pills packed and formulated specifically as ECP. According to the 2002/03 IDHS,
17% of births are the result of unintended pregnancies, either because they are mistimed (9.5%)
or because they are unwanted (7.3%). Given that the number of children born in Indonesia each year is estimated at
3.3 million, this means that there are roughly 550,000 pregnancies each year that are either not wanted at the time
they are conceived (310,000) or not wanted at all (240,000). By giving couples access to good
quality family planning services, information and method choices to match their specific reproductive issues,
as many as one half unintended pregnancies could be prevented each year.
Improved quality and enhanced choice can be achieved in partnership with BKKBN, DEPKES,
districts, civil society groups (NGOs, women's and community-based organizations) and the private sector
(both non-profit and for profit). Raising quality and promoting informed choice is likely to be achieved in
a sustainable manner through greater participation of the private sector. Clients who pay for their
services are more likely to make decisions based on informed choice about methods and service providers and
are more likely to demand higher quality services. Moreover, the greater number of clients purchasing
their contraceptives from the private sector, the reduced burden of provision on the Government of Indonesia
There is increasing concern about the quality of health care in Indonesia. Since the Contraceptive Prevalence
Rate is relatively high, organizations involved in the provision of family planning services are now focusing efforts on
improving service quality. In their search for efficient strategies for achieving quality, the Indonesian Ministry of
Health (DEPKES) and National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN) have expressed interest in developing and
implementing primary health care accreditation models. The purpose of this issues paper is to outline key characteristics
and options for accreditation models that can serve as a basis for further discussion between
the STARH Program and its counterparts. It lays out the benefits and challenges other countries have
experienced in quality accreditation and explores the opportunities and challenges for such an effort in
the Indonesian context.
This report presents a new view on the issue of contraceptive use among the Indonesian poor.
A significant gap exists in modern contraceptive prevalence between the extremely poor, the moderately poor and the
better off (43%, 53% and 59%, respectively), access and cost do not seem to be the major reason for this gap.
Contrary to widespread assumptions, the results suggest that attitudinal barriers such as desire for more children, opposition to
family planning or concerns about health effects of contraceptive methods are equal or more powerful deterrents to contraceptive adoption.
Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health In Indonesia: Status, Issues, Policies, and Programs
This paper is to highlight the reproductive health status of adolescents in Indonesia within the context
of the lives of adolescent boys and girls. The report begins with social context and gender socialization
that set girls and boys on separate lifetime paths in terms of life expectations, educational attainment, job prospects,
labor force participation, reproduction, and duties in the household.
The report also outlines laws and policies that pertain to ARH and discusses information and service delivery programs
that provide reproductive health information and services to adolescents. The report identifies operational barriers
to ARH and ends with recommendations for action to improve ARH in Indonesia.
Islam has a comprehensive and detailed teaching on the family issue. There are a
number of verses of the Al-Qur’an and hundreds of Hadist (stories on the Prophet’s
deeds/words) that give very clear guidance regarding family issues, from the
forming of a family, the rights and obligations of every element of the family, to the
inheritance and guardianship issues. Indeed Islam puts a big attention on the family
organization. This is shown by the one-fourth of the law of Islam (fiqh) known as
rub’u al-munakahat (one-fourth of the marriage law) discusses about family.
This report provides brief information on the population changes and its implication
for the Indonesian government as well as international communities. Furthermore,
this report provides information of government and NGOs’ efforts in responding the
fast progress of demographic transition in Indonesia. We emphasize this report on
how the importance of family planning programmes to be continued in responding
further demographic transition.
In its 36 anniversary the national Family Planning/
Reproductive Health Program has proved that it is
indeed a dynamic and change-oriented program. In
approximately one generation it has changed the
Indonesian demographic panorama, with a significant
reduction of fertility rates from couples having an
average of 5.6 children in 1970 to 2.6 in the year 2002-
2003. It has also contributed markedly to the reduction
of Maternal Mortality Ratio from 624 per 10,000 live
births thirty years ago to 307 today. Significant contribution was also made to
reducing Infant Mortality Rate from 124 per 1000 live births to what is now estimated
at 35.
INDONESIA COUNTRY REPORT 2004 : NATIONAL PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE ICPD PROGRAMME OF ACTION 1994 - 2004
This Report describes the ICPD Programme of Action implementation in
Indonesia during the last ten years. Many progresses have been made, even-though
there have also been shortfalls and gaps. Based on current trends; many provinces
might fall short of the agreed goals of the Programme of Action.
This report also take account the impact of economic crisis and decentralization
on the programme development particularly population programme. The economic
crisis had greatly influenced availability of funding for development. Meanwhile,
many potential population benefits associated with decentralization which took place
since January 2001. Decentralization is notably enabling citizens to become involved
systematically in decisions regarding population policy goals, design, and financing,
and in monitoring and influencing service provision and performance of other
functions. Decentralization also offers an unusual opportunity to rethink population
sector or institutions and operating mechanisms which are no longer adequate.
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This Report has been demonstrating a substantial progress on the ending of rapid
population growth, and fertility closed to replacement level. Most of couples are
closer to achieving their desired family size and spacing of children. Mortality is
declining in most provinces; and there is evidence that many provinces are taking
the necessary steps to confront HIV/AIDS and other health crises; and the
Indonesian Government is initiating processes to address concerns related to
international migration.
INDONESIA COUNTRY REPORT 2003 : POPULATION AND EDUCATION
Education is an integral part of the rapid social and cultural changes taking place in
Indonesia. In the field of population, education has contributed to population change in
Indonesia in the last two decades. Fertility and mortality have been declining substantially
and it closely related with education status of population. On the other hand, the rapid
change of population dynamic represents a challenge and also opportunity for education.
Until 1997, the Indonesia Demographic and Health Surveys (IDHS) had been conducted every
three years. The current survey is conducted more than four years after the last one. In the course of the
global rapid development progress, there have been tremendous changes in the country’s political and
socio-economic situation, which have led to changes in the strategic environment of the Indonesian
Family Planning Program. BKKBN has adopted a new Family Planning Movement (FPM) paradigm,
which has moved from concentrating on demographic objectives to a people- and family-centered
approach. This approach emphasizes the importance of human and family development, and strives to
change reproductive health and family planning attitudes. The new paradigm also strives to provide high
quality information and services, and to improve family welfare and prosperity. The new paradigm is
presented in the new vision ”The Quality Family by 2015”.
and for economic development.
INDONESIA YOUNG ADULT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SURVEY 2002-2003
This report summarizes the findings of the 2002-2003 Indonesia Young Adult Reproductive Health
Survey (IYARHS) carried out by Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS-Statistics Indonesia). The IYARHS is a
subsample of the 2002-2003 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS). The IDHS is part of the
worldwide Demographic and Health Surveys program, which is designed to collect data on fertility, family
planning, and maternal and child health.
While Indonesia has been able to reduce
fertility and improve the overall quality of life
of the population, poverty still persists in
many areas. It has even increased in some
areas, particularly since the 1997-1998 Asian
financial crisis. However, even in areas where
fertility has declined there are still areas and
population subgroups which are in general
poorer and for which access to health
services, including reproductive health/family
planning services, remains inadequate. There
has been a serious rethinking of the
population-development links in Indonesia.
