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Analysing fertility developments in selected European countries between 1970 and 2014 using alternative methods
Vachuška, Jakub ; Kurtinová, Olga (advisor) ; Šťastná, Anna (referee)
Analysing fertility developments in selected European countries between 1970 and 2014 using alternative methods Abstract Transversal fertility indices as the total fertility rate are distorted by tempo effect when timing of childbearing is changing. New indices as the tempo-adjusted total fertility rate remove this distortion and give another perspective on fertility trends in countries with present tempo effect. These countries are former Eastern Bloc countries and other European countries. This thesis uses the tempo-adjusted total fertility rate and data from Human Fertility Database to describe tempo distortion in fertility level in Sweden, Norway, Czechia, Slovakia, Estonia and Lithuania in period 1970-2014. A more detailed analysis by parity in Sweden and Czechia is conducted in the same period. Negative tempo effect has been present from 1970s in Sweden and Norway and then from 90s in the countries left with fertility postponement being very widespread. The tempo effect level in Sweden and Czechia was substantial at parity one and diminishing with higher parities. Keywords: fertility, timing, level, postponement, adjusted total fertility rate, tempo effect Number of characters without blank spaces: 138 653
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Regional differentiation of fertility in the Visegrád Four countries at NUTS 2 level in the period 1993-2016
Vachuška, Jakub ; Šídlo, Luděk (advisor) ; Hašek, Oldřich (referee)
Regional differentiation of fertility in the Visegrád Four countries at NUTS 2 level in the period 1993-2016 Abstract Bachelor's thesis deals with the regional differentiation of selected fertility characteristics in the Visegrad Four countries between 1993 and 2016. Part of the thesis is dedicated to discussing reproductive behaviour changes in former socialist countries which started in the 1990s. The thresis puts an emphasis on the clarification of the causes of these changes, with the second demographic transition and economic changes mainly discussed. The section analysing regional differentiation of fertility is conducted at NUTS 0 level for single years and at NUTS 2 level using eight three-year periods. Regional differentiation of the rate, timing and age structure of fertility is analysed. During most of the period examined, convergence of the rate and timing of fertility occurred. Some regions as regions of capital cities were distinguished by different fertility characteristics. During the analysed period there is a noticeable significant shift in fertility age structure towards higher ages in all regions, and this gradually affected fertility rate in all of them. Keywords: regional differentiation, fertility, Visegrad Group, rate, timing
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