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Comparison of fertility ratios, attitudes and beliefs of Polish and Czech women
 
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Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health in Sosnowiec, Poland
 
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Institute of Nursing, State Higher School of Applied Sciences in Nysa
 
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Institute of Health Care Studies of Tomas Bata University in Zlin
 
 
Corresponding author
Andrzej Brodziak   

State Higher School of Applied Sciences in Nysa phone number: 48 774355951
 
 
Med Srod. 2013;16(2):69-78
 
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Aim of the study:
The aim of this study was to estimate some basic data related to the fertility in the chosen groups of Polish and Czech women. We have tried to acquire and analyze the attitudes and beliefs of these women in motherhood and the desire to have children. These data enable to verify the interdisciplinary hypothesis explaining the decline of birth rate and low fertility in European countries.

Material and Methods:
The authors performed the survey by means of a questionnaire formulated after a comprehensive discussion of possible reasons of birth rate decline. They have tried through the questions of the survey to verify the hypothesis that the decline is the result of the cumulative mental changes occurring in contemporary societies. The questionnaire completed 90 Polish women students pursuing complementary studies of nursing in Higher School of Applied Sciences in Nysa, during the academic year 2012/2013. The questionnaire also completed 53 Czech women students pursuing part-time studies and training at the Tomas Bata University in Zlin (the Czech Republic).

Results:
The above surveyed 90 Polish women gave birth to 132 children, so fertility rates is 1.46. The average age at the birth of the first child was 24.7 years, of the second child 27.5 and of the third child 31.7 years. The surveyed 53 Czech women gave birth to 86 children, so fertility rates is 1.62. The average age at birth of the first child was 24.7 years, of the second child 27.2 and of the third child 27,5 years. The authors present also convictions, beliefs and attitudes of the women under study.

Conclusions:
The multifaceted and interdisciplinary hypothesis (theoretical model) formulated at the outset of our work, can be useful for attempts to estimate the pro-family attitudes in different populations of women. The results in the light of compliance with the proposed theoretical model allow for the formulation of proposals for action, which would counteract the decline in birth rates.

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