The study based on the Czech Pilot Follow-up data shows that the most restrictive times (April 2021) of the COVID-19 pandemic were considered predominantly unfavourable for childbearing (54% of women and 60% of men). Some women (16%) and men (12%) evaluated it as favourable for childbearing.
Find the study and read more about the effects of the pandemic on reproductive plans here: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288833
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.
