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Názory na manželství a rodinu mladých svobodných lidí v roce 1997
The article is based on ana empirical survey of zoung single people between18 -30 years of age. It surveys attitudes towards the family, parenthood andpartnership. Most of the zoung people would like to marry their partner, but only after some time of "test cohabitation". Young Czech women did notembrace strongly emancipated attitudes was not affected by education of thewomen. Only minimum of young people plans to stay childless and ideal of thefamily with two children is clearly prevalent in the population.…
Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Parenting, Family
Entre transition et stéréotypes de genre : les femmes tchèques sur le marché du travail
This article sets out to show how the position of women in the labour market, and the individual factors that influence their position, have changed over the course of the transformation of Czech society in the 1990s. The main factors affecting the position of Czech women in the labour market are economic reform and various aspects associated with the reform process, particularly the neglect to implement practical solutions to economic and gender inequalities, the state´s social policy, which throughout the 1…
Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes, Work
Preferované partnerské uspořádání: sociodemografické a hodnotové rozdíly
The article deals with partnership prferences in context of socio-demographic characteristics and general value orientation.…
Topics: Value Orientations, Interpersonal Relations
Nezájem pověřených. Přístup českých politiků a političek, úředníků a úřednic k otázkám genderové rovnosti
The aim of this text is to reveal the position of the Czech government and government officials who were responsible for gender and equality issues during the preparation for the Czech Republic’s accession to the EU. Based on this insight I argue that it was the government’s approach to the introduction of legislation on gender equality and on addressing gender discrimination and inequality in Czech society that contributed most to the fact that the new legislation does not work in practice, that no positi…
Topics: Elites, Gender, Politics and Political Attitudes
Editace odpovědi na výzkumný dotaz
The article stands as the fourth part of a series about the question answering process during standardized surveys. Major moments and processes are explained that affect the shape of final answer at this stage. Step by step those phenomenons like rounding of numerical answers, the effect of answering scales in terms of its range, frequency, polarity or response order are elaborated and facts like response styles, range-frequency effect or positivity bias are mentioned. In the end, the problem of social desirab…
Topics: Research Methodology, Public Opinion
Situace standardizovaného dotazování z hlediska kognitivních přístupů
The article focuses on an analysis of the situation in which informationis obtained from respondents in questionnaire surveys. From the perspectiveof the cognitive aspects of survey methodology the article takes a complexview of this situation and applies theoretical concepts and empirical evidencein order to explain the close connection between the interview situation andthe quality of the information obtained. The interview situation is portrayedin its twofold form: personal aspects (the mental operations of…
Topics: Research Methodology, Sociological Data
Děti bez manželství nebo bez otců?
The article is devoted to the increase in non-marital feritlity in the Czech Republic. It reminds that the current sociology offers two explanations: the theory of the Second demographic transition and the system of social benefits. This article suggest an alternative explanation and points out increase in single motherhood.…
Topics: Parenting
Nepříliš harmonická realita. Rodičovské kombinace práce a péče v mezích genderové struktury současné české společnosti
Based on the contemporary gender theories of work/life balance this article aims to move the debate in the Czech sociology towards more detailed conceptualization of this issue and broader understanding of the research results in the context of the development of the Czech society. The analysis stems from the representative research of the Czech parents and their strategies of work/life balance. The author shows how unfriendly the Czech labour market is and that in these conditions Czech parents create strateg…
Topics: Gender, Work, Parenting, Lifestyle
Genderové nerovnosti v odměňování na stejné pracovní pozici: sociální vyloučení žen
Using firm-level data from the Czech Republic in the years 1998, 2002, and 2004, we examine whether the introduction of legislative measures for gender equality connected with the accession to the European Union had significant effects on gender wage gaps. The central conclusion of our analysis is that within-job wage discrimination is a significant factor in the Czech labor market and that there were no substantive changes during the period studied. Women doing the same job in the same company earn about 10 p…
Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes, Work
K otázce historického vědomí obyvatel České republiky
This article describes the results of an initial survey which is a part of broader project ofsociological research into the historical consciousness of inhabitants of the Czech Republic. Firstly,the topic is put into the context of conceptions of historical consciousness and collective memory.This is followed by an outline of the public's interests in history and its different fields, their sourcesof information and self-evaluation of historical knowledge. Next the article deals with the issue ofCzech natio…
Topics: Value Orientations, Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion
Marriage and Educational Attainment: A Dynamic Approach to First Union Formation
The article looks at the relationship between partnership formationand women’s education in the Czech Republic. Education can serve as a proxyfor cultural capital and earning potential. Therefore, it is expected to play a significant role in partnership formation. Analyses of data from the Family andFertility Survey show that the level of education has an impact on the timing ofthe first union. However, when school enrolment is controlled, education doesnot play a significant role in the tendency to enter in…
Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Family, Education
The Legacy of Equality and the Weakness of Law: Within-job Gender Wage Inequality in the Czech Republic
Using firm-level data from the Czech Republic in the years 1998, 2002, and 2004, we examine whether the introduction of legislative measures for gender equality connected with the accession to the European Union had a significant effect on gender wage inequality. The central conclusion of our analysis is that within-job wage inequality plays a significant role in the Czech labour market, and that there were no substantive changes during the period studied. Czech women doing the same jo…
Topics: Gender, Work
Možnosti využití jednoduché sebehodnoticí otázky pro měření úrovně pracovního stresu v průřezových dotazníkových šetřeních kvality pracovního života
This article explores the potential of using a simple self-rating question to measure respondents’ perceived level of workplace stress in standard cross-sectional surveys. This aim is based on practical experience: while there is a range of theoretical-empirical approaches to measuring workplace stress, the design and size of the research instruments derived from them often exceed the limits for being included in a typical cross-sectional survey questionnaire. The potential of using a simple self-rating scal…
Topics: Research Methodology, Work, Public Opinion
Subjective Quality of Working Life and its Measurement in the Czech Republic over the last 20 Years
This article reviews the measurement of perceptions of quality of working life in the Czech Republic over the last two decades. It summarizes the basic results of key surveys and elaborates some of methodological aspects of measurement. In this regard it introduces the original complex instrument for measurement of subjective quality of working life (SQWL), which has been developed in recent years by the author in a series of surveys.…
Topics: Work, Public Opinion
Česká religiozita – církevní příslušnost a víra ve světle Sčítání lidu a data ISSP 2008
The article focuses on the description of the Czech religiosity. It shows that Czech society is not as secularized as i tis often argued. The main argument of the article is that despite the low levels of church affiliation and attendance, the faith in magic is rather common.…
Topics: Religion and religiosity
Reflexe novodobých českých dějin, sametové revoluce a současného vývoje v názorech veřejnosti
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Topics: Economy, Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation, Public Opinion
Indikátor subjektivní kvality pracovního života
The methodological focus of this article is the empirical study of thequality of working life and a description of a population survey instrumentdeveloped by the author called the ‘subjective quality of working life indicator’(SQWLI). The introduction contains a summary of the theoretical and empiricalprinciples that SQWLI is based on. It describes the basic (micro-, mezzo-,and macro-) levels on which quality of working life can be measured and discussesthe problem of the duality of social phenomena consis…
Topics: Research Methodology, Work, Public Opinion
Šetření ISSP 1999 - Náboženství
The report analyses an empirical survey of religious attitudes of the Czech population. With regard to Church affiliation and church attendance, the Czech Republic belongs among the most secularised countries in Europe. However, there is a widely spread belief in the supernatural. Analyses have disclosed the existence of two fundamental types of religious orientation: Christianity and occultism. While Christianity is typical for older people with lower education, occultism is spread th…
Topics: Religion and religiosity
The Czechs and Their History: A Contribution to the Study of Historical Consciousness
Topics: Public Opinion
Marriage and Cohabitation: Qualitative Differences in Partnership Arrangement
The article investigates the differences between marriage and non-marital cohabitation. The main perspective stems from the theory of the social exchange. The author concentrates on the narrow question of financial transfers between partners and presents the hypothesis that cohabitation should represent a lesser bond union because it does not protect investments into partnerships, and it should therefore be more egalitarian. However, this hypothesis is not confirmed by the data. Even though cohabitation is ind…
Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Family
The Velvet Revolution and Modern Czech History in the Eyes of the Czech Population
This paper systematically maps and analyses the opinions of the Czech public on the Velvet Revolution and the social situation in the periods before and after the revolution. It first focuses attention on the image of the Velvet Revolution within the context of Czech modern history, and it explores the opinions of the public on this event. It takes a special look at how the Czech public evaluates the periods before and after 1989 and their perceptions of the entire period since 1989. The Velvet Revolution and …
Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion
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
The Discussion of Subjective Quality of Working Life Indicators
The Discussion of Subjective Quality of Working Life Indicators. This article discusses the main types of methodological approaches to the examination of subjective working life quality. In particular, it points out their common traits and differences and therefore shows their potentials as well as weaknesses in different survey purposes. Analysis of Czech worker survey data is based on the dual concept of the quality of working life, which is addressed in the first parts of the study. Two basic dimensions of …
Topics: Work, Public Opinion
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
Metodologické aspekty zkoumání kvality pracovního života
The Chapter summarizes methodological aspects of the project of quality of working life research that was realized in cooperation of Institute of sociology and Occupational Safety Research Institute in 2006. It outlines a long-term conception of building the indicator of subjective quality of working-life and in this frame it also defines the topic of inquiry and shows the operationalization of the survey subject into the system of connected domains.…
Topics: Research Methodology, Work, Public Opinion
Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph
Department: Public Opinion Research Centre
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