A new study by Martin Kreidl and Barbora Hubatková from Masaryk University focuses on the development of partnership quality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Czechia. Analyzing data from the Czech GGS2 („Contemporary Czech family study“), they found a massive deterioration of partnership quality between May and December 2021. This trend was especially pronounced among women and respondents without a college education.
Find the paper here: https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/49/24/
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.
