Open AccessMarriage, Childbearing and Single Motherhood: Trends in Attitudes and Behaviour in Czechia and Slovakia from 1991 to 2017
Author(s) -
Beatrice Elena Chromková Manea,
Ladislav Rabušic
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sociální studia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1803-6104
pISSN - 1214-813X
DOI - 10.5817/soc2019-2-25
Subject(s) - czech , macro , politics , demographic economics , demography , survey data collection , political science , sociology , economics , statistics , law , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , computer science , programming language
Given the intensive political and economic transformation process, followedby demographic changes that has characterized the Czech Republic and Slovakia since 1989, we examine the variation in personal values and attitudes towards marriage, childbearing and single motherhood in these two countries. The main goal is to examine if the trends in values concerning marriage, childbearingand single motherhood observed between 1991 and 2017 were accompanied by similar demographic changes. Data from four waves of the European Value Study (EVS) are used, together with official vital demographic statistics. Our analysis shows that the correspondence between attitudinal survey-micro-dataand aggregated (statistical) macro data is quite considerable and that there is a link/association between attitudes and behaviours.