Background: Several health problems happen to young adults related to risk behavior, among others are
smoking, alcohol drinking, drug misuse, and premarital sex. Field data and facts showed that these risk
behavior are inter-related.
Objective: This research was aimed to identify risk behavior determinants, the most dominant variable
related to risk behavior, and inter relationship among each risk behavior of young adults in Indonesia in
2007.
Methods: This research was an analytical study using raw data fromlndonesia Young Adult Reproductive
Health Survey data in 2007 which done in 33 provinces. The respondents were young adults within age
range 15-24 years old with single status, which comprised of 10.830 men and 8.481 women.
Result: Research findings showed that risk behavior determinants among young adults in Indonesia were
knowledge, attitude, age, sex, education level, ecomomic status, access to information and media,
communication with parents and also friends with risk behaviors. The most dominant variable was
sex.Menwere potentially 30 times higher to smoke, 10 times higher to drink alcohol, 20 times higher to
misuse drug, and 5 times higher to do premarital sex, compared to women.
Conclussion: From this research, it was also known an inter relationship among the four risk behavior in
young adults.