In the series devoted to the relationships between parents and their adult children, we focused on forms of intergenerational relationships, mutual support, help, and communication. Through analyzing the data from the Contemporary Czech Family project, we sought answers to questions about people’s attitudes towards intergenerational relationships, the frequency of cohabitation between parents and adult children, the nature of communication between them, and the extent of mutual support.
The results of the first infographic indicate that the respondents view mutual help and support as important. There is a broad consensus that adult children should help their parents not only with care but also with financial matters.
The analysis in the second suggests that about one-tenth of respondents share their housing with their parents, but the proportions differ by age. Among respondents under 30, approximately 14% of women and 17% of men live with their parents. In contrast, after the age of 50, only about 5% of men and women share their housing with their parents. Additionally, the youngest respondents often plan to move out soon. In contrast, the older respondents typically view coresidence as a more stable form of living and do not plan to move out.
The third infographic focuses on the effect of relationship quality on the frequency of contacts. It seems that children and parents who have good relationships communicate more often and vice versa. However, if the parents have separated, part of the father may lose contact, even when the relationship with the children is seen as a good one.
The last infographic focuses on the regular mutual help from parents to children and from children to parents. The most common form of help is taking care of children (grandchildren). More than one-fifth of the respondents aged 35–49 report that at least one of their grandparents helps them with taking care of their child, and two-fifths of respondents older than 65 regularly take care of their children’s children.
Further details can be found in the individual infographics (available in Czech only) . For more results from the Contemporary Czech Family project, see the Notable results.
The Alliance European Digital UniverCity – EDUC is opening the second call for research projects, through which Ph.D. candidates and researchers at EDUC member institutions can apply for access to the research infrastructures of the EDUC Widening partners.
GGP CZ seeks to hire a post-doctoral researcher to join the national GGP team. The successful candidate will participate in the organization of the GGP in Czechia, especially in the implementation of the GGS survey (locally known as “Contemporary Czech Family Survey”).
