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Životní spokojenost, štěstí a rodinný stav v 21 evropských zemích
The article focuses on the relationship between marital status and life satisfaction in European countries. The first part discusses subjective evaluations of life satisfaction. The second part is devoted to empirical analyses of ESS data. The results show that married people are generally happier than other. This effect is not mediated by divorce rate in the society.…
Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Family
Čemu Češi věří: dimenze soudobé české religiozity
This article analyses the socio-demographic factors that are linked with religious beliefs. There are two dimensions: a "traditional" Christianity and an "alternative" view connected with a belief in the power of magic. Traditional and alternative religious beliefs are connected with numerous socio-demographic characteristics, the most important of which is religious socialisation, measured by the frequency with which a person attended at religious services as a child and by the religious denomination of a per…
Topics: Religion and religiosity
Náboženství a pohlaví: Proč jsou ženy zbožnější než muži?
The article looks at the gender differences in religiosity. It outlines the main sociological theories that explain these differences and it examines the differences in the religiosity of Czech men and women in the ISSP 2008. It shows that Czech women are more religious than Czech men in every measure of religiosity, but does not indicate that these differences can be explained by economic activity or social deprivation measured as a subjective assessment of social status. Some of the differences can, however,…
Topics: Gender, Religion and religiosity
Postoje k manželství a rodičovství
The book is based on an empirical survey "Young Genderation 1997" concerning attitudes towards the family, parenthood and partnership of young single people between 18-30 years of age. Besides the attitudestowards marriage, parenthood and ideal anad expected number of children,the survey was devoted to conditions and motives of concludings marriageand childbearing, to notions about an ideal partner and to attitudestowards divorce, abortions. Attention to other non-family plans of youngpeople was also paid.…
Topics: Value Orientations, Interpersonal Relations, Parenting, Family
Představy mladých lidí o manželství a rodičovství
The book is based on an empirical survey "Young Genderation 1997" concerning attitudes towards the family, parenthood and partnership of young single people between 18-30 years of age. Besides the attitudestowards marriage, parenthood and ideal anad expected number of children,the survey was devoted to conditions and motives of concludings marriageand childbearing, to notions about an ideal partner and to attitudestowards divorce, abortions. Attention to other non-family plans of youngpeople was also paid.…
Topics: Value Orientations, Interpersonal Relations, Parenting, Family
Náboženství a nadpřirozeno ve společnosti. Mezinárodní srovnání na základě empirického výzkumu ISSP
The paper is based on an empirical survey of religion and religious valuesin the society. It analyses a religious orientation, church attendance,values closely connected with Christianity and a proportion of people whodeclare any religious affiliation. The study pays attention to the religiousrevival in the end of the 20th century and poins out different types of religiosity (occultism, evangelicalism) and their spread in modern societies.…
Topics: Value Orientations, Religion and religiosity
Stručné poznámky o ideových přístupech k rodině v období socialismu
The work describes theoretical approaches towards the family from 50s to 80s. The emphasis is especially placed on the Marxist ideology and sociology of family and on the practical implications of these theories. The first phase of the communist regime in 50s was characterised by a strongly anti-family rhetoric and politics, and this was weakened only in 60. Functionalist approach towards the family and endeavour to fight against bourgeois familiarism was typical for the period of 70s and 80s.…
Topics: History of Sociology, Family, Social Policy
Výsledky šetření a reprodukce (FFS)
Despite many similarities, family behaviour varies in European countries. Peoples not only take various attitudes but they also differ in real behaviour especially in regards with type of union (marriage and cohabitation) and fertility. The first part of this study offers an overview of demographic development in recent years. The second and third parts are dedicated to Family and Fertility Survey (FFS). The text concentrates on 4 basic questions: leaving parental home, age and type of the first partnership, p…
Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Family
Diferenciace reprodukčního a rodinného chování v evropských populacích
Despite many similarities, family behaviour varies in European countries. Peoples not only take various attitudes but they also differ in real behaviour especially in regards with type of union (marriage and cohabitation) and fertility. The first part of this study offers an overview of demographic development in recent years. The second and third parts are dedicated to Family and Fertility Survey (FFS). The text concentrates on 4 basic questions: leaving parental home, age and type of the first partnership, p…
Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Family
Vstup do manželství a nesezdaného soužití v České republice po roce 1989 v souvislosti se vzděláním
Study deals with relationship between marriage, cohabitation and education. The first part presents a summary of the sociological theories. The second part verifies hypotheses based on these theories with ISSP 2002 data. The connection between education and entry into marriage canbe fully explained by longer school attendance. More educated people study longer. However, as soon as they complete their schooling, they have the same probability to enter marriage as people with lower education.…
Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Education
Vstup do manželství a vzdělání českých žen: generace 1952-1982
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Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Family, Education
České ženy: vzdělání, partnerství a rodina
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Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Family, Education
Sňatečnost, nesezdaná soužití a veřejné mínění.
The chapter focuses on the attitudes towads the contemorary demographic changes, marriage, cohabitation and non-marital fertility. It shows important educational differences in these attitudes in the Czech population.…
Topics: Parenting, Education
The winners in a globalizing world. Mid-career men in the Czech Republic
The chapter analyzes labor market mobility of Czech men in 1990s. It investigates job-to-job, job-to-unemployment, job-to-maternity/parental track moves. It compares the first and the second half of 1990s and shows that relatively little has changed.…
Topics: Migration and Mobility, Work, Transformation
Employment Exits of Older Workers in the Czech Republic
The chapter analyzes labor market exists of Czech men and women in 1990s. It shows that the pressure on the labor market increased older workers tendency to retire. The risk of retirement and its timing is however heavily dependent on human capital of a worker.…
Topics: Work, Transformation, Age and Aging
Life Satisfaction, Happiness and Marital Status in Four Central European Countries
The text focuses on the relationship between life satisfaction and marital status in 4 central European countries. While it confirms the positive effect of marriage on life satisfaction but it does not support a hypothesis that the effect of marital status will be mediate by the divorce rate in the society.…
Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Family
Kdo u nás rodí děti zasvobodna?
The Chapter describes fundamental characteristics of non-marital fertility in the Czech Republic and shows that the increasing proportion of children born out of wedlock can be atributed to economic as well as cultural factors.…
Topics: Parenting
The More Parties Vote and the Bigger Their Majority is, the Less United They Are
The text aims to explain the voting unity in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic building upon data from the years 1998ů2002. The article presents basic institutional rules which should lead to the unity of political parties in the Czech Parliament and then data measuring the unity of Czech parliamentary party groups. The initial presupposition that institutional factors found within the parliament and political parties will result in an increased unity of PPGs in the Czech Republi…
Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research
The Politics between Parliament and Government - the Institutional Framework and the Reality within the Czech Parliament
Accountability is a problem in every democracy, and particularly in countries currently building a democratic system and market economy. The chapter analyses the policy between parliament and government in connection with the problem of responsibility and accountability in the Czech Republic. Special attention is paid to the institutions that are accountable to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament in the area of the economy. Not only the institutional arrangement, but also the political practice and…
Topics: Trust/Social Cohesion, Civil Society, Public Policy
Central European Parliaments. First Decade of Democratic Experience and Future Prospectives
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Topics: European Union, Civil Society, Public Policy
Agenda setting v sociologické perspektivě
In this paper the author attempts to put forth a new theoretical explanation of how the phenomenon known as “agenda setting” functions. The paper begins with a summary of current knowledge about this phenomenon, including the two theoretical explanations given to date: the psychological explanation and the explanation based on trust in the information media.…
Topics: Media, Politics and Political Attitudes
Třetí sektor a občanská participace v České republice
The paper aims to make a complex analysis of how the third sector and civic participation function in the CR. It describes the types and structures of Czech NGOs, introduces a new typology of NGOs based on selected criteria, evaluates how the Czech third sector functions in the CEE context, and further elaborates on notions of participation among Czech citizens. The paper summarises the strengths and weaknesses of Czech NGOs and points to future opportunities and possible risks in this context.…
Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes
Možnosti a bariéry rozvoje sociálního dialogu v České republice
The paper deals with the opportunities for and barriers to social dialogue in the Czech Republic. It stresses the importance of the role that social partnership and its institutionalised form – the tripartite Council of Economic and Social Agreement (RHSD) – occupied in the transformation processes.…
Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation
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