Unemployment as a Cause of Declared First Birth Postponement? Cover Image

Nezaměstnanost ženy jako příčina deklarovaného odkladu založení rodiny?
Unemployment as a Cause of Declared First Birth Postponement?

Author(s): Jitka Slabá
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Labor relations, Family and social welfare
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: First childbirth postponement; unemployment; Czech Republic;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to identify the effect of personal unemployment experience before the first childbirth on its timing. The data from the Women 2016 survey and the Czech Generation and Gender Survey 2008 includes 1212 respondents. There are two types of personal experience of unemployment which negatively impact fertility timing. These are job loss (the direct transition from employed to unemployed status) and worse economic conditions on a macro level (in this study it is represented by the period after the beginning of financial crisis in 2008).

  • Issue Year: 52/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 132-152
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Czech