Ideal family size measured by an adapted Coombs scale – first
findings from a Czech survey

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Ideal family size measured by an adapted Coombs scale – first findings from a Czech survey

RABUŠIC, Ladislav a Beatrice Elena CHROMKOVÁ MANEA

Základní údaje

Originální název

Ideal family size measured by an adapted Coombs scale – first findings from a Czech survey

Autoři

RABUŠIC, Ladislav (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Beatrice Elena CHROMKOVÁ MANEA (642 Rumunsko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

European Population Conference 2016, 2016

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

50000 5. Social Sciences

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/16:00088240

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

fertility ideal; Coombs' scale; fertility outcomes

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 17. 10. 2016 10:45, prof. PhDr. Ladislav Rabušic, CSc.

Anotace

V originále

In light of the ongoing very low levels of fertility and population ageing in the developed countries, many studies focus on measuring fertility preferences, ideals, desires and final outcomes. Many researchers point to and discuss the gap between fertility ideals and outcomes (so called fertility gap). Previous studies on Czech population suggest that the low fertility trap hypothesis could be justified even in the Czech environment (see Rabušic and Chromková Manea, 2013). If the ideal family size is correlated with the actual number of children, then given the long term very low fertility level (it has been less than 1.5 since 1994), the new generations of Czechs grow in an environment, where the norm (standard) is a family with a small number of children. The mismatch between the desired fertility ideal and realized one could be also caused by the way how we measure ideals and preferences. Hin and colleagues (Hin et al. 2011) argue that the ‘two children’ might be an expression of indecision or ‘I don’t know’ answer. The goal of this contribution is to explore ideal family size of the adult Czech population by use of an adapted measurement for it. We will use a more elaborated method for measuring the ideal number of children than the ones usually included in surveys. We assume that by using subsequence options for the ideal number of children, we can bring new evidence in understanding the low levels of fertility in the Czech Republic. We work with the following research questions: 1) How do Czech respondents state their subsequent fertility ideals? 2) What are the main socio-demographic determinants of the ideal family sizes? and 3) Is this methodological tool appropriate to be used when measuring fertility ideals in the Czech Republic?

Návaznosti

GB14-36154G, projekt VaV

Název: Dynamika změny v české společnosti

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Dynamika změny v české společnosti

Citovat

RABUŠIC, Ladislav a Beatrice Elena CHROMKOVÁ MANEA. Ideal family size measured by an adapted Coombs scale – first findings from a Czech survey. In European Population Conference 2016. 2016.

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RABUŠIC, Ladislav a Beatrice Elena CHROMKOVÁ MANEA. Ideal family size measured by an adapted Coombs scale – first findings from a Czech survey. In \textit{European Population Conference 2016}. 2016.

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