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Development and current mortality and health patterns in Europe
Liguš, David ; Rychtaříková, Jitka (advisor) ; Kraus, Jaroslav (referee)
This diploma thesis sets up two main aims: the first one is based on evaluation of mortality trends in European states using indicator life expectancy at birth and infant mortality rate. Development of age structure, indicators of demographic ageing and main causes of death is analyzed more in detail for five European states, Sweden, France, Italy, Czech Republic and Latvia. Second aim of this thesis is to describe differences of health status in Europe using descriptive statistics and cluster analysis. In this part of the thesis the differences among European states are evaluated using: health expectancy by self- perceived health, health expectancy by chronic morbidity and health expectancy based on disability. All variables are analyzed at age 65 and more and 80 and more. Conclusion of this thesis answers the question, if the Europe is, after more than twenty years, still divided from the perspective of mortality and health patterns between West Europe and former Eastern Bloc countries. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Impact of christianity on fertility patterns from census and survey data in the Czech Republic
Liguš, David ; Rychtaříková, Jitka (advisor) ; Šídlo, Luděk (referee)
The aim of this thesis lies in findings of relation between Christian belief and a level of fertility, using Czech Republic's census data and parity progression ratio indicator. On the ground of relevant literature, the hypotheses are formulatetd and are asking: Is a level of fertility higher among people who claim themself to be members of some Christian denomination? In the second part of the thesis is to find out the attitudes of university students till the age of thirty years toward religion aspects in general and toward the planned number of childern. By looking for an answer, the Poisson regression method is used. For this second part of the thesis are following variables were examined: stated faith, gender and importance of the marriage. The aim of the second part is to discover to which extent these variables impact on the planned number of children. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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