Publication details
Sociální kontext postojů k řešení neplodnosti
| Title in English | The Social Context of Attitudes towards Various Infertility Strategies |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sociologický časopis |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | infertility; attitudes to infertility solutions; adoption; assisted reproduction; parenthood; Czech Republic |
| Description | Infertility is a problem that affects around 15% of Czech couples of reproductive age. Using data from the survey "Marriage, Work, Family" the objective of this analysis is to identify the attitudes that Czech men and women maintain towards various infertility strategies (adoption, different forms of assisted reproduction) and the factors that influence and shape these attitudes. The first part of the analysis looks for the determinants behind attitudes towards adoption and assisted reproduction in the respondents external characteristics. For example, education and religion were found to have a significant influence. More educated respondents are more open to methods of assisted reproduction; religious respondents are more open to adoption. In terms of inner determinants (the respondent s attitude patterns) the authors found a preference effect among women [Hakim 2000]. The findings are seemingly paradoxical: of three groups of women (work-centred, home-centred, and adaptive) it is work-centred women (and the partners of work-centred women) who are most likely to take various infertility strategies into consideration. The third part of the analysis, an analysis of the external determinants of attitudes towards infertility strategies, revealed that in some cases attitudes are influenced by the characteristics of the partner more than by the respondent s own characteristics, in particular, a woman s attitudes are shaped more by the characteristics of her partner than by her own characteristics. |
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