Comprehensive research of the situation of families and seniors

Number:

IP70606

RILSA Principal investigator:

Mgr. Jana Paloncyová, Ph.D.

RILSA Co-investigator:

Mgr. Jana Barvíková, Ph.D., Ing. Sylva Höhne, PhDr. Věra Kuchařová, CSc., Mgr. Olga Nešporová, Ph.D., PhDr., Mgr. Kamila Svobodová, Ph.D., Mgr. et Mgr. Lucie Žáčková

Grant provider:

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic

Recipient:

Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs (RILSA)

Project start:

2018

Project end:

2022

Description:

The aim of the project is to gather comprehensive information on families and seniors, thus providing quality and up-to-date data for the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) which is comparable in terms of time and the international context. The research focuses, on an annual basis, on specific types of families via specific so-called “probes”. The families are selected on the basis of an agreement with the contracting authority (MoLSA). The main subjects of interest consist of e.g. the socio-economic situation of families (including housing and the use of the tax and benefit systems, the economic activity rates of family members and the risk of poverty), the reconciliation of family and working life, intergenerational solidarity, the use of social and other services, socialisation in the family, care for dependent persons in the family, the perception of social measures aimed at supporting families, especially those with young children and seniors, etc. In addition, the conducting of the sample surveys of selected families will include the pilot verification of the sampling methodology which will enable the repetition of the survey and the comparison of different types of families while fully recognising their specific characteristics. The results of the project are used for the purposes of the periodic Family Report and for the updating of the MoLSA Family Policy Concept and specific pro-family measures. The results are also available to other state and local government bodies and family support organisations. In 2018, the “probes” targeted families with three or more children and reconstituted families. In 2019, attention shifted to single parents. In 2020, the topic was childlessness and the life of homoparental families. In 2021, research focuses on complete families.

Outputs

KŘEČKOVÁ TŮMOVÁ, Naděžda, Olga NEŠPOROVÁ, Kamila SVOBODOVÁ, Jana PALONCYOVÁ, Jana & Sylva HÖHNE, 2023. Families with children in the period 2018–2022. Praha: RILSA. (only in CZE)

KŘEČKOVÁ TŮMOVÁ, Naděžda, Olga NEŠPOROVÁ, Kamila SVOBODOVÁ, Jana PALONCYOVÁ & Sylva HÖHNE, 2023. Complete and single-parent families during the covid-19 pandemic. RILSA Policy Briefs, 5. (only in CZE)

KŘEČKOVÁ TŮMOVÁ, Naděžda, Olga NEŠPOROVÁ, Kamila SVOBODOVÁ, Jana PALONCYOVÁ & Sylva HÖHNE, 2023. The situation of families with children in the Czech Republic in 2018–2022. RILSA Policy Briefs, 4. (only in CZE)

KŘEČKOVÁ TŮMOVÁ, Naděžda, 2023. Reconstituted families and their attitudes to partnership (results of a comparative study). In. Patchworkové rodiny – trendy a souvislosti. Sborník ze semináře, který proběhl 17. října 2023 v Senátu Parlamentu ČR pod záštitou Podvýboru pro rodinu. Praha: Zdeněk Rampas – Nová vlna, 53–67. (only in CZE)

KUCHAŘOVÁ, Věra, Olga NEŠPOROVÁ, Kamila SVOBODOVÁ, Sylva HÖHNE & Jana PALONCYOVÁ, 2022. Complete Families. Praha: VÚPSV, v. v. i. (only in CZE)

KUCHAŘOVÁ, Věra, 2022. Comparison of financial support systems for families in selected European countries with a focus on cash benefits. Veřejná správa a sociální politika, 2(2), 63–80. (only in CZE)

KUCHAŘOVÁ, Věra, 2022. Family formation in changing economic and societal conditions in the Czech Republic. In. Family formation among youth in Europe: coping with socio-economic disadvantages. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc., 17–38.

KŘEČKOVÁ TŮMOVÁ, Naděžda, 2022. The covid-19 pandemic from the perspective of health workers in non-medical professions. Fórum sociální politiky, 16(4), 19–24. (only in CZE)

NEŠPOROVÁ, Olga, 2022. “I am legally completely excluded” – The experiences of parents in homoparental families in the Czech republic. Sociální studia, 19(2), 111–131. (only in CZE)

KUCHAŘOVÁ, Věra, Olga NEŠPOROVÁ, Kamila SVOBODOVÁ, Sylva HÖHNE, Sylva & Jana PALONCYOVÁ, 2022. Complete families with children and the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. Policy Briefs VÚPSV, v. v. i., 6. (only in CZE)

NEŠPOROVÁ, Olga, 2022. Same-sex parented families in the Czech republic. Policy Briefs VÚPSV, v. v. i., 3. (only in CZE)