The Marriage Squeeze and the Decline in the Number of Marriages in the Czech Republic in the 1990s

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Marriage Squeeze and the Decline in the Number of Marriages in the Czech Republic in the 1990s
Original language description
The Czech population went through significant demographic changes during the nineties. The number of marriages has been on the decrease and a new demographic structure has formed where there is a high proportion of young, single people. The fact is, thatduring the nineties, less and less people were getting married in the Czech Republic. Thus, a great supply of potential brides and grooms is now available in the marriage market. The question which the Czech public cannot dismiss is: will these unmarried men and women enter into marriage in the next few years or will they remain single for life? In order to be able to answer this question, I focused on those individuals who have remained single throughout the nineties and thought of the issue as a group of three interconnected questions: Which social groups have remained single during the nineties? Why have they stayed single? What marriage behaviour can be expected of them in the near future? The answer for the first question is: The
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AO - Sociology, demography
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2002
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical
East Central Europe - L'Europe du Centre-Est. Eine wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift
ISSN
0094-3037
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Volume of the periodical
29
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1-2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
101
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