Reprodukční plány mladých mužů v ČR =Reproductive plans of young men in the Czech republic

Abstract

The paper discusses the circumstances and structural conditions of the male transition between childlessness and the first child based on an extensive sample survey ‘Životní a pracovní dráhy 2010’ (Life and Work Trajectories 2010). The analysis revealed that the chances that a man plans children in his life is significantly influenced particularly by his level of education, partner history and his views on the value of having children in life. Men with a university education who have a partner and believe that a life without children cannot be as fulfilling as a life with children were shown to have the highest chances of having children in the future.