The new round of data collection will contain questions related to the Covid-19 context and its outcomes. The GGS Baseline questionnaire already contains many questions relevant to the current situation - for example questions concerning relationship satisfaction or work conditions. In addition, national teams have the opportunity to add some country-specific questions including Covid-19.
So far Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Moldova, Sweden have confirmed funding with further countries awaiting outcomes.
A significant decrease in short-term and long-term fertility plans occurred among young people aged 18-39 between 2020 and 2022, when the data collection of the first wave of the "Contemporary Czech Family" (Czech GGS-II) took place. In 2022, respondents indicated that they wanted to have a child in the next three years and in the more distant future less often than in 2020.
