Kdo plánuje jedináčka a kdo chce zůstat bezdětný? Faktory ovlivňující nízké reprodukční plány mužů a žen

Remaining childless or having just one child are two different experiences
and each is attached to a different social status. However, they can
also be viewed through a unifying lens as phenomena that contribute to low
fertility. Theories that seek to explain low fertility often attribute both phenomena
to the same causes. This article examines what factors are connected
to a person’s intention to remain childless or to have just one child and
whether it is possible to consider intentions to remain childless or have just
one child as low-fertility plans caused by the same factors. Drawing on data
from the Life Course 2010 survey and theories that seek to explain low fertility,
logistic regressions are used to test what factors are connected to intentions to
remain childless and what factors relate to intentions to have just one child.
Some factors were founded to be linked to both intentions to remain childless
and intentions to have just one child: an older age, a lower level of education,
changing reproductive intentions, not having a partner, and less emphasis on
the need to be parent to be fulfilled in life. Other factors were found to relate
only to intentions to remain childless. Intentions to remain childless and intentions
to have one child can thus be regarded as reproductive intentions that
are underpinned by similar but not identical factors.