Judul: Marriage Age Preference, Desire to Have Children, Children's Value, and Family Readiness among Undergraduate Students of IPB University
Abstrak: Family readiness is one way to measure a person's level of readiness to build a family and have children. It is important to study the perception of having children along with the emergence of the childfree phenomenon. This study aims to analyze the influence of age preferences for marriage, desire to have children, and children's values on family readiness among IPB students. This study was attended by 206 respondents, aged 19-24 years, and single status. Retrieval of research data was carried out online using a purposive sampling method. The results showed that age preferences for marriage ranged from 24-25 years, most of the samples stated their desire to have children, as well as the value of children and family readiness in the samples were in the moderate category. The correlation test showed that age preference for marriage had a significant negative relationship with family readiness, while the value of children and the desire to have children had a significant positive relationship with family readiness. PLS test results, the child's value variable has a significant positive effect on family readiness. The higher the value of the benefits of children owned by a person can increase the readiness to start a family. This research suggests that it is important for young adults to increase the value of their children by building positive communication with their parents.
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Judul: The Influence of Marital Quality Knowledge and Family Readiness on Age Preference for Marriage among College Students
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh karakteristik responden, pengetahuan kualitas pernikahan, kesiapan berkeluarga, dan preferensi usia menikah mahasiswa. Penarikan responden menggunakan teknik convenience sampling. Data dikumpulkan dengan menyebar kuesioner online dan diperoleh 132 Mahasiswa IPB yang telah menempuh studi S1 lebih dari 2 tahun. Uji beda menunjukkan bahwa indeks kesiapan berkeluarga laki-laki lebih tinggi dari perempuan. Perempuan memiiki preferensi usia ideal dan siap menikah lebih muda dari laki-laki. Hasil uji hubungan menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan kualitas pernikahan memiliki hubungan yang positif dengan kesiapan berkeluarga. Pengetahuan kualitas pernikahan berhubungan positif dengan kesiapan berkeluarga, namun berhubungan negatif dengan preferensi usia menikah. Kesiapan berkeluarga berhubungan negatif dengan usia siap menikah, dan usia ingin menikah. Pendidikan orang tua berhubungan negatif dengan kesiapan berkeluarga dan preferensi usia menikah. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan semakin tinggi pengetahuan kualitas pernikahan maka semakin tinggi kesiapan berkeluarga, namun semakin rendah preferensi usia menikah. Temuan penelitian ini hanya berlaku bagi mahasiswa dengan kelompok usia 19 hingga 23 tahun., This research aims to analyze the influence of respondent characteristics, knowledge of marital quality, family readiness, and age preference for marriage among university students. Respondents were selected through convenience sampling, and data were collected via online questionnaires from 132 IPB University students who had completed at least two years of their undergraduate studies. Differential analysis revealed that the family readiness index for males was significantly different and higher than females. Additionally, females exhibited a preference for an ideal marriage age and expressed readiness for marriage at a younger age compared to males. Knowledge of marital quality was positively associated with family readiness but negatively linked to age preferences for marriage. Family readiness was negatively related to the age at which individuals were ready for marriage and their desired marriage age. Parental education showed a negative association v with family readiness and age preferences for marriage. The findings of this study highlight that a higher level of knowledge regarding marital quality corresponds to increased family readiness but lower age preferences for marriage. These results are particularly pertinent to university students within the age group of 19 to 23 years.
Keyword: Dewasa awal, kesiapan berkeluarga, pengetahuan kualitas pernikahan, perbedaan jenis kelamin, preferensi usia menikah, age preference for marriage, family readiness, gender differences, marriage quality knowledge, young adult

Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii