Penelitian ini membahas tentang perilaku seksual pranikah pada anak jalanan usia remaja serta faktor yang berhubungan dengannya. Penelitian ini bersifat kuantitatif dengan menggunakan desain cross sectional, jumlah sampel sebanyak 110 orang, dilakukan di wilayah binaan Yayasan Himmata periode Desember 2013. Analisa hubungan dengan menggunakan uji chi square dan regresi logistik model prediksi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat 33.6% anak jalanan yang berperilaku seksual pranikah berisiko. Hasil uji statistik bivariat menunjukkan ada hubungan bermakna pada variabel jenis kelamin, umur, pendidikan, tempat tinggal, status pekerjaan, pubertas, dan keterpaparan media pornografi. Hasil uji statistik multivariat menunjukkan bahwa pubertas dan pengetahuan kesehatan reproduksi merupakan variabel yang paling dominan berhubungan dengan perilaku seksual pranikah pada anak jalanan. Hasil analisis didapatkan OR yang paling besar adalah pubertas, OR = 8.6 yang artinya pubertas berpengaruh sebesar 8.6 kali terhadap perilaku seksual pranikah pada anak jalanan. Dari hasil penelitian ini diketahui adanya keterkaitan antara sepuluh variabel dengan perilaku seksual pranikah pada anak jalanan usia remaja.

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This study investigated pre-marital sexual behavior and its associated factors among adolescent street children in Himmata Foundation with period of December 2013. A quantitative research using cross-sectional design was employed in this study. The participants were 110 adolescent street children living in Himmata Foundation. The chi square test and logistic regression prediction model was used for analyzing the data.

Data analysis revealed that there were 33.6 % of street children suffered from pre-marital sexual behavior. Factors associated with pre-marital sexual debut were assessed using bivariate and multivariate statistical test.

The results of bivariate statistical test showed significant correlation between gender, age, educational background, place of residence, employment status, puberty, and media exposure to pornography exposure among children.

The results of multivariate statistical tests described that the onset of puberty and reproductive health knowledge were the most dominant variable associated with pre-marital sexual behavior among the children. The largest OR of data analysis was puberty 8.6 which means the puberty was affected by 8.6 times against pre-marital sexual behavior among the respondents.

From this research we know the relation between the ten variables with premarital sexual behavior of adolescence street children.