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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

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

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Jak je v Česku vnímána práce

Jak je v Česku vnímána práce

This publication introduces readers to the concept of ´quality of work life´, its relationship to the quality of life in general, and various perspectives on and interpretations of these categories. The main part of the publication is an analysis of the results of an empirical survey on ´The Quality of Work Life´, which presents a picture of how citizens in the Czech Republic perceive work, how they evaluate their work life and how satisfied they are with it.…

Topics: Work, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Postoje k manželství a rodičovství

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

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Představy mladých lidí o manželství a rodičovství

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

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Náboženství a nadpřirozeno ve společnosti. Mezinárodní srovnání na základě empirického výzkumu ISSP

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

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Stručné poznámky o ideových přístupech k rodině v období socialismu

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

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Standardizované dotazování: komunikační a kognitivní aspekty

Standardizované dotazování: komunikační a kognitivní aspekty

The paper acquitants with methodological form of current public opinion polling in the Czech republic, that almost solely uses some variation of aplication of standardized questionnaire.Inspired by the CASM (cognitiveaspects of survey methodology), the author tries to demonstrate a complex nature of the interview situation and to explain its components and context. The focal point of the presentation is methodological conception of standardization.…

Topics: Research Methodology, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Výsledky šetření a reprodukce (FFS)

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

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Erfahrungen mit der Messung der Qualität des Arbeitslebens in tschechischen Untersuchungen

Erfahrungen mit der Messung der Qualität des Arbeitslebens in tschechischen Untersuchungen

Die methodologisch ausgerichtete Abhandlung befasst sich mit dem Bereich der empirischen Untersuchung der Qualität des Arbeitslebens. Sie stellt den theoretischen Hintergrund, die Entwicklung und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten eines Untersuchungsinstruments zur Messung der subjektiv wahrgenommenen Qualität des Arbeitslebens vor. Anhand einer Analyseserie zeigt sie die Präzisierung eines in klassischen standardisierten Umfrageforschungen anwendbaren Batteriepaares.The chapter deals with the topic of quality of worki…

Topics: Work, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Diferenciace reprodukčního a rodinného chování v evropských populacích

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

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Povaha veřejného mínění a jeho zkoumání

Povaha veřejného mínění a jeho zkoumání

The article addresses two modalities of public opinion. Firstly it describes basic character of public opinion as a social phenomenon, especially its historical development and theoretical reflections. Secondly it elaborates the public opinion in terms of attitudes of citizens, where especially possibilities and difficulties of surveys are pointed out.…

Topics: Research Methodology, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Mezinárodní marketing a informační technologie: Vybrané kapitoly

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Vstup do manželství a nesezdaného soužití v České republice po roce 1989 v souvislosti se vzděláním

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

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Vstup do manželství a vzdělání českých žen: generace 1952-1982

Vstup do manželství a vzdělání českých žen: generace 1952-1982

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Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Family, Education

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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České ženy: vzdělání, partnerství a rodina

České ženy: vzdělání, partnerství a rodina

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Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Family, Education

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Sňatečnost, nesezdaná soužití a veřejné mínění.

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

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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The winners in a globalizing world. Mid-career men in the Czech Republic

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

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Employment Exits of Older Workers in the Czech Republic

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

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Kvantitativní sociologické výzkumy náboženství

Kvantitativní sociologické výzkumy náboženství

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Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Religiozita a demografické charakteristiky

Religiozita a demografické charakteristiky

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Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Life Satisfaction, Happiness and Marital Status in Four Central European Countries

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

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Evropa na prahu sjednocení: životní úroveň a životní styl ve vybraných zemích východní a západní Evropy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Kdo u nás rodí děti zasvobodna?

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

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Češi na prahu nového tisíciletí

Češi na prahu nového tisíciletí

The publication starts with a description of the demographic and social structureof households followed by the analysis of the income differentiation. This is followed by a chapter on the househods amenities. The next chapter deals with a detailed the behavior of people in the area of consumption. The fifth chapter isdedicated to values and strategies. In the concluding chapter discussed arepeoples expectations in the nearest future.…

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Family, Public Opinion, Lifestyle, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Vývoj sociální struktury české společnosti 1988-1999

Vývoj sociální struktury české společnosti 1988-1999

The study based on the results of the 1999 representative survey on "Decade of the Czech Tranformation" states that in connection with the accomplished institutional and social changes in the political and economic system a hybrid social structure emerged in which three types of social differnetiation are intertwinning: the inherited egalitarianism, the emerging polar class relationships and meritocratic stratification.…

Topics: Economy, Social Inequalities, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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