Partnership satisfaction in Czechia during the COVID-19 pandemic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00134249" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00134249 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/49/24/" target="_blank" >https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/49/24/</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2023.49.24" target="_blank" >10.4054/DemRes.2023.49.24</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Partnership satisfaction in Czechia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Original language description
Background: There are several published investigations of family life during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, only a few describe trends in partnership quality, and none do so for the later stages of the pandemic. Objective: We want to show how various measures of partnership quality develop over time and whether trends differ by respondent’s sex and education. Methods: We use non-parametric descriptive methods based on aggregated weekly measures of subjectively assessed partnership quality and separation proneness. These dependent variables are obtained from a preliminary version of the Czech GGS2 survey; all respondents interviewed between May and December 2021 are retained for analysis. We apply a scatter plot smoother to weekly means and display them graphically. Results: We document a massive deterioration in both measures of partnership quality. For instance, separation proneness increased from 2% to 28% between May and December 2021. The trend was more pronounced among women and individuals without college education. Among less-educated women separation proneness reached 35% in December 2021. Contribution: This paper suggests that the negative effects of COVID-19 may unfold and cumulate over a long period and may become extreme, especially when combined with additional external stressors such as rising price levels and energy market turbulence, which were apparent in Czechia in the latter half of 2021.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50402 - Demography
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-12364S" target="_blank" >GA20-12364S: Partnership satisfaction as a predictor of partnership stability</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Demographic Research
ISSN
1435-9871
e-ISSN
1435-9871
Volume of the periodical
49
Issue of the periodical within the volume
October
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
635-650
UT code for WoS article
001083321300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85177448801