Neplánovaný odklad mateřství do vyššího věku v životní dráze českých žen
The Unplanned Postponement of Motherhood to Later Ages in the Life Course of Czech Women

Summary/Abstract: The Unplanned Postponement of Motherhood to Later Ages in the Life Course of Czech Women. The postponement of fertility has been observed in Czechia since the beginning of the 1990s. This paper employed a mixed-method approach that focused on the various reasons for unplanned postponement. The survey data describes the quantity of the occurrence of unplanned postponement for declared reasons, while the in-depth interviews serve to describe the relationships between the stated reasons. The qualitative research confirms the expectation of the sequential characteristics of postponement; at younger ages, individually-motivated reasoning was found to be common, followed by partner-motivated reasoning and, finally, by health-motivated reasoning. Additionally, individually-motivated reasoning represents the postponement due to the re-evaluation of a plan, while partner-motivated and health-motivated reasoning can be considered as unplanned postponement.

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