Number of young Czechs planning to have children dropping

The number of Czechs planning to have children has fallen significantly in recent years, according to research by scientists from Masaryk University in Brno and Charles University in Prague. Among respondents (aged 18 to 39) surveyed in 2020, 42 percent said they wanted to have a child in the next three years, while just two years later, the number was down to 30 percent. A similar decline was observed in long-term plans to start a family, dropping from 58 percent to 51 percent within two years. Researchers said the decline in childless young respondents was particularly alarming. While in 2020, 39 percent of them said they wanted children at some time in the future, two years later only 29 percent of them said they wanted to have children. “This data suggests that there are a growing number of young people who plan to be childless for life," the authors of the study warned.