Kontakt 2008, 10(1):68-71 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2008.009

Change in the family social situation in association with birth of a childHealth and Social Sciences

Jitka Macháčková
Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra supervize a odborné praxe

Changes in the family life and its social and economic conditions can be currently observed, which exert principal effects on the demographic development. These conditions have subsequently adverse effects on the foundation of families. The motherhood and parenthood is a generally expected part of the human life and is associated with the period of maturity in the sense of the life contents and life tasks. The decision to have a child is currently quite not simple and social conditions and financial support of the family play important roles in considering the planned parenthood. The purpose of the research work was to find what social and economical changes occur in the family in association with the birth of a child - what is the extent and way of affecting the family life by the presence of the child. To obtain the data necessary for achieving the target, a method of inquiring - questionnaire - was used for the data accumulation. 170 respondents were contacted - parents on maternity or paternity leave, provided that 124 questionnaires were completely useful for the research. In all the cases these were women - mothers of childbearing age. 96% of respondents represented a complete family. The child in the family was their own, neither adopted nor in foster care.
Within the framework of the research it was found that in association with the delivery of the child, social as well as economic situation of the family is changed and the parents assume a more difficult return to employment after the maternity/paternity leave. The results of the work demonstrated that the delivery of the child is not a simple problem for a number of couples. Conditions for the foundation of the family are quite not favourable.

Keywords: child; economic situation; maternity, paternity leave; family; social situation

Received: February 14, 2008; Accepted: May 6, 2008; Prepublished online: June 27, 2008; Published: July 27, 2008  Show citation

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Macháčková J. Change in the family social situation in association with birth of a child. Kontakt. 2008;10(1):68-71. doi: 10.32725/kont.2008.009.
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