IDENTIFIKASI FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN PASANGAN USIA SUBUR DALAM MENGIKUTI PROGRAM KB (STUDI KASUS DI DESA LERABOLENG KECAMATAN TITEHENA KABUPATEN FLORES TIMUR)

Family planning (KB) is a national-scale program managed by the National Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) with very good goals, namely husband and wife or Couples Of Childbearing Age (PUS) so that they can plan the time of pregnancy correctly to create a healthy, happy, and prosperous family or family. For this matter, the BKKBN as the body that manages the family planning program encourages every PUS to use contraceptives to prevent or delay pregnancy until the time is right.However, in its application, many factors influence the decision making of EFA in family planning. This study aims to identify the factors that influence the decision making of couples of childbearing age in participating in the family planning program in Leraboleng Village, Titehena District, East Flores Regency.The approach used in this study was a qualitative approach with 21 informants with data collection techniques namely interviews , observation and documentation. The data analysis techniques used in this study were data collection, data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results showed that the decision of EFA in joining the family planning program in Leraboleng Village, Titehena District, East Flores Regency, especially active PUS was initially initiated by the wives, then husband and wife discussed together so that they finally agreed to join the Family Planning program. However, in terms of making the decision to stop participating in the Family Planning program (drop-out), in general, the initiative actually comes from the husbands. The factors that most influence the decision making of EFA to actively participate in the Family Planning program are socio-economic factors, knowledge factors and EFA's perception of the Family Planning program