The subject matter of the project was a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of childlessness in Czech society, focusing on involuntary childlessness as well as the choice of life without children. An emphasis was on researching life strategies, conditions and identities of childless men and women of three age categories. Childlessness was studied comprehensively, including socio-demographic analysis of the changes in the number and structure of the childless, a media analysis of childlessness, a secondary analysis of quantitative data concerning the issue of family and reproduction, and a qualitative analysis of 60 problem-centered interviews with childless men and women of three age categories.
Project publications (total 18, displaying 1 - 10)
The study examines the phenomenon of voluntary and involuntary childlessness, focusing in particular on its occurrence in Czech society.
Men´s and women´s magazines use biological explanations of reproductive behavior and expect men and women to become mothers and fathers once in their life. Women´s magazines stress value of motherhood because of motherhood itself (mothering as well as becoming a mother). Men´s magazines conceptualize fatherhood as a part of living in heterosexual partnership rather than (a value of) fathering.
Results of an analysis of representative sample data on reproductive preferences and factors influencing reproductive behavior in Czech society. It speculates about consequences of such facts that a) men are not as much decided as women in their reproductive plans, b) there is a tendency towards tolerance of life-long childlessness in Czech society, c) reproductive behavior is influenced by structural and cultural factors, but economic factors are stressed more in new demographic regime.
The article presents results of detailed analysis of differences within subjective evaluation of household’s living standard based on data from regular continual surveys of public opinion.
This study examines whether and in what way parenthood and childlessness are reflected in the gender-specific media targeting men and women in Czech society. The study presents the results of a qualitative and a quantitative analysis of selected women’s magazines and a qualitative study of selected men’s lifestyle magazines published in the Czech Republic after 1989, that is, during a period when important changes in reproductive behaviour have been under way in the population.
Vážené čtenářky, vážení čtenáři, další číslo bulletinu Gender , rovné příležitosti, výzkum je pro Vás opět připraveno, tentokrát v podobě dvojčísla, v široké paletě odborných článků. V tomto čísle nabízíme příspěvky z velmi úspěšného panelu Rodina a gender, který proběhl letos v květnu v rámci Československých sociologických dní. Další, zejména empirické články, jsou převážně výstupy z výzkumných projektů oddělení Gender & sociologie.
Analysis of factors influencing reproductive preferences and behavior of Czech men and women. Focus on factors that influence transition to parenthood. Census data and data from two representative sample surveys are used. Four factors are identified: situational, economic, neighborhood and wish for a child. Economic factors differentiate between young and older generations.
The author analyzes impact of various factors on reproductive preferences and behavior of Czech men and women. She focuses on those factors that influence the transition from childlessness to parenthood. She uses Census data and data from three large representative surveys.
The article is based on comparative analysis of data from the international longitudinal survey ISSP 1994 and 2002 focused on gender roles and family. Based on the analysis European countries were divided according to their inhabitants´ opinions on gender roles and working mothers.
The authors analyze the manner in which the ab/normality of childlessness and normativity of parenthood is established, maintained and affected. For this purpose the authors use an analysis of discourses based on sixty problem-centred interviews with childless men and women of three age categories and public internet chats between parents and the childless/childfree, focused on the topic of parenthood, childlessness and infertility in both cases.
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