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Using mixed modes to address nonresponse bias in surveys
Röschová, Michaela ; Hamplová, Dana (advisor) ; Remr, Jiří (referee) ; Hruška, Lubor (referee)
Declining response affecting population surveys in the past decades led to a shift of focus from response rate to nonresponse bias. From a theoretical perspective on nonresponse, reducing nonresponse bias requires altering the differential response propensities of sampled units through the application of unequal intensity or type of effort across the units. At the same time, it is acknowledged that implementing nonresponse bias reduction strategies is more challenging than focusing solely on response maximisation because these two may constitute conflicting objectives, especially in the context of increasing fieldwork costs. This dissertation aims to contribute to the discussion on strategies to address nonresponse bias in the conditions of decreasing response rates and under less favourable survey conditions in general. It explores the barriers to a more widespread application of nonresponse bias strategies and formulates criteria for a more feasible nonresponse bias strategy that would be accessible to a wider range of survey entities. It argues that mixed methods are particularly suitable for offering a solution. The empirical part assesses whether the application of a CAWI conversion attempt in a random probability face-to-face survey may serve as a feasible nonresponse bias reduction strategy....
A summary research report focusing on cumulative effects of social disadvantage on health and quality of life
Hamplová, Dana ; Klusáček, Jan ; Adámková, Věra ; Kudrnáčová, Michaela ; Sládek, Martin ; Sumová, Alena ; Topinková, Renáta
The report assesses the impact of socio-economic conditions on quality of life and health. It draws on both a sociological perspective and sociological indicators (i.e. subjective health, subjective quality of life) and a multidisciplinary perspective and biomedical indicators (i.e. biomarkers). The report documents in detail the differences in health by education and marital status, taking into account the work situation. Significant attention is paid to risk behaviours and sleep patterns.
20 years of research in social stratification in the Czech Republic
Karnet, Martin ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Hamplová, Dana (referee)
This bachelor thesis summarizes the most important personalities who devoted to the topic social stratification in the last twenty years. In the first chapter, the term social stratification is explained and other important terms are defined. The next part of the work analyses stratification researches in the period of the dominance of the communistic regime in the Czechoslovakia. This period is mainly connected with Pavel Machonin who executed an important sociological research in 1967. The most extensive part of this thesis is devoted to the period after the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic. In this chapter are compared themes that authors devoted to the topic social stratification during several years after the Velvet revolution with the contemporary reflection of social stratification. Key words: social stratification, Czech Republic, Czech society, research
Contemporary reflection on the relationship of social stratification and consumption
Podsedníková, Klára ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Hamplová, Dana (referee)
This bachelor thesis summarizes theories that deal with the relationship between social stratification and cultural consumption. In the first chapter, basic theories of social stratification are briefly summarized. Then the author introduces Pierre Bourdieu's distinction theory and his follower's and critic's contributions. The second part of the work deal with the contemporary theories of social stratification and cultural consumption relationship, focusing especially on the cultural omnivores concept. However, two other basic concepts of the relationship - the homology concept and the concept of individualism - are presented as well in this part.
Educational differences in family behavior and attitudes
Kubincová, Michaela ; Hamplová, Dana (advisor) ; Sedláčková, Markéta (referee)
The aims of this work are to determine how the education affects attitude to parenthood, real behavior and the way how affects the attitude to parenthood and real behavior in the context of education in last two decades. The theoretical part summarizes knowledge of Czech sociologists. Answers questions how and why the parenthood in Czech society has been changed and influenced by accomplishments of individuals. According to Czech scientists since 1989 the economical change of society, the change of personal values and combinations of this two factors are causing differences in parenthood. The first analytical part is description of real development in birthrate complemented by diagrams. Second analytical part takes a look on female education according to family behavior.The analysis explains that the different family behavior of women is divided according to their education, resulting to the number of children, and in some extent, to their marital status. The third analytical part is based on a quantitive data analysis and is focused on attitudes of different education groups. In this analysis were used data from the ISSP Family (1994, 2002, 2012). It use the percent chance frequency and contingency tables, factor analysis and multivariate regression. The main topic investigates the development of...
The link between work conditions and subjective health in the Czech Republic
Krátká, Tereza ; Hamplová, Dana (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
The relationship between health and working conditions represents an important topic of sociologic research. Still, in the Czech context this theme has not been sufficiently dealt with. This work's aim is to contribute to the research in the branch, to offer a detail study of the relationship between subjective health and working conditions. Firstly, the theoretical part of the text offers definitions of the concepts subjective health and working conditions. Secondly, there are defined three hypotheses about the relationship between the categories subjective health and working conditions. Then, the hypotheses are tested using contingency tables and regression analysis. Afterwards, there is offered a comparison between the study's conclusions and outputs of similar foreign works. The results of the analysis correspond with those reached in foreign context - in comparison with unemployed, economically active people feel them healthier. Using the regression model, significant influence of education on this relationship was proved. Other testing brought a conclusion that people working in difficult conditions evaluate their health worse than people who do not have to cope with hard working conditions. There was not proved a significant difference between men and women in evaluation of subjective health...
Factors underlying parental decisions about childood vaccination
Kočišová, Eva ; Podaná, Zuzana (advisor) ; Hamplová, Dana (referee)
The presented thesis deals with the issue of mothers' decision-making in relation to their child's vaccination against pneumococcal infections. An on-line survey of mothers was conducted (n = 180) in order to obtain data for the theoretical model based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). A hierarchical logistic regression was then performed in order to analyze the model with the intention to vaccinate as the dependent variable. The results of the regression analyses were supplemented by results of correlation analyses and non-parametric tests. The theory proved itself as a strong predictive instrument and the results suggest that the attitude is the main predictor of the decision in this non-representative sample of mothers. The subjective norm, as the second construct of the TPB, contributes only in certain case and the perceived behavioral control was not found influential at all. The perception of thread of contraindications of the vaccine proves also influential next to the attitude. The beliefs that mothers hold about the vaccine were analyzed according to mothers intentions to vaccinate (n = 70) or not to (n = 110). These results support the idea that mothers, especially those who do not want to vaccinate their children against pneumococcal infections, decide particularly according to...
The absence of a male role in the family and its association with the attitudes towards gender role and partnerships
Hřebenářová, Veronika ; Hamplová, Dana (advisor) ; Buriánek, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with perception of gender roles and partnership of males who had been growing up without father. It contains description of current situation of unstable families and analysis of influence that divorce and single-parent families has on children and later also on adult men. The attention is concentrated on the influence of future perception of gender roles and their own partnership. Empirical part tries to confirm this influence as well in Czech repuclic based on the EVS data from 2008.
Interrelationship dynamics of certain subjects of healthcare system: pharmaceutical industry, physicians and patients
Matúšová, Petra ; Vinopal, Jiří (advisor) ; Hamplová, Dana (referee)
1 Abstract: The diploma thesis applies sociological perspective on interrelationships of pharmaceutical industry, physicians and patients. Its main focus is on the role of pharmaceutical industry in context of relationships with the two other actors. The first part of the work summarizes available Czech and mainly foreign social science literature referring to the broad network of relations. The transformation of medical profession in current society and the development of international pharmaceutical industry in the Czech Republic are also discussed. The empirical part of the thesis reports the findings of a qualitative interview study undertaken with ambulatory physicians concerning their relationships with pharmaceutical companies. The goal of the research was to explore how and why Czech physicians interact with the pharmaceutical companies, gain insight into their ethical evaluation and assessment of consequences and detect the strategies and rationalizations they use to cope with these relationships. Keywords: pharmaceutical industry, physician, patient, conflict of interest, sociology of medicine
Marital status and health in the Czech Republic
Šeflová, Kristýna ; Hamplová, Dana (advisor) ; Duffková, Jana (referee)
This work examines the relationship between marital status and self-perceived health in the Czech Republic. The first part discusses both empirical and theoretical international works on this subject as well as overview of Czech studies followed by theoretical background of the problem and definition of crucial terms like state of health, self-perceived health and marital status categories. In the last part the data from Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) are analyzed. Results confirm effect of age on self-perceived health as well as gender differences. Differences in self-perceived health by marital status was confirmed only for women, the results were not significant for men.

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