J 2001

Value Change and Demographic Behaviour in the Czech Republic

RABUŠIC, Ladislav

Základní údaje

Originální název

Value Change and Demographic Behaviour in the Czech Republic

Vydání

Czech Sociological Review, Prague, Institute of Sociology, 2001, 1210-3861

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50000 5. Social Sciences

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/01:00004319

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

second demographic transition; value change; social change; cohorts;
Změněno: 18. 7. 2001 16:58, prof. PhDr. Ladislav Rabušic, CSc.

Anotace

V originále

Deep structural changes witnessed in the Czech republic in the past decade, that is establishment of a democratic political regime and market economy, and transformation of the social security system, could not have steered clear of everyday life and behavioural patterns of Czech population. One of the areas that have been profoundly affected is demographic behaviour. Marriage and fertility rates in particular have decreased to an unprecedented level. The main thesis of this paper is that the demographic changes in the Czech republic result from a condensed progress of the second demographic transition which was triggered off by a value change in young age cohorts born in the 1970s and early 1980s. New value orientations of these cohorts, which were latently present already before the political change, manifested themselves fully in the free environment of the new democratic society. The paper will present evidence of the value changes by utilising data from a comparative sociological research titled The European Values Study which was carried out in Europe in 1990/91 and in 1999. It is argued that the coincidence of value and demographic changes can hardly be regarded as accidental.

Návaznosti

GA403/99/0326, projekt VaV
Název: European Values Study 1999 - Česká republika
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, European Values Study 1999 - Česká republika