This book presents the results of an extensive study of attitudes towards parenthood among young Czech men and women. The Czechs joined the European population decline a generation late. They first reacted to the changes that took place after the fall of Communism by postponing parenthood. Fifteen years later, this strategy has played out; now comes the moment of decision. The weight of the incentives and disincentives to parenthood depends on education, on whether they have a partner or not, and whether they already have children and how many. Attitudes differ between men and women; and the study finds a shift between the generation that was caught up in the changes, and the generation that came before it.
