How Indonesian Millennials Perceive Marriage JAKPAT Survey Report

Millennials right now are in the age range where a person usually get married at, which is around 22 to 37 years old. But millennials tend to be different from the older generations. Based on Susenas data year 1995 to 2016, the trend of the first marriage age is increasing. Millennials tend to delay marriage and they also tend to see marriage differently.

Thus, JAKPAT conducted research to find out their view of marriage as well as to find out the ideal age to get married according to this generation in Indonesia. There were 1903 respondents, both male and female, and married and single, to see if their perspectives are different between these groups. The topic covered in this research is the ideal age to get married, the things that a person need to achieve before getting married, their expectations of marriage, why do some people delay marriage, why do some also afraid of it, the ideal number of kids, as well as the pressure to get married from surroundings.