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Intergenerational solidarity
in the eyes of Czech and
Slovak youth
Jana Levická
Zuzana Truhlářová
Riga, November 2012
Structure of the presentation
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Aims
Intergenerational solidarity
Methodology
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Research questions
Sample
Results
Discussion
Aims
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Find out how the youth is perceiving the
intergenerational solidarity
Compare the attitudes of Czech and
Slovak youth
Introduction
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Increased interest in the relationship
between different age goups
Interpersonal relationships as a factor with
a strong influence on the quality of life
Intergenerational solidarity
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„Bonding between individuals of different
ages in multigenerational family networks
and among different age groups in the
community.“ (Bengston, 2012)
Perceived to be a basic moral principle
and one of the pillars of social policy
(Botek, 2009, Tomeš, 2010)
Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
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1. January 1993 – establishment of Czeh Republic and
Slovak Republic (as separete countries)
Czech Republic – more liberal; Slovakia – more
traditional – is this present nowadays in young people’s
attitudes?
Methodology
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Research questions:
1. Are there any differencies in the
attitude towards seniors depending
on participant’s country of origin?
2. Are there any differencies in
attitude towards seniors depending
on the participant’s sex?
Methodology
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Qantitavive design
Questionnaire
SPSS 19 for Windows
Mann-Whitney test
Sample
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730 high school students:
 369 from Slovakia
 361 from Czech Republic
Age: 15 – 20 years (M = 16,7; SD =
1,25)
Sex: 44,5% girls, 55,5% boys
Results - Differences according to COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN:
SLOVAK youth more agree
that:
 people should retire as soon
as they reach retirement age
 the government should create
jobs for the young and not
employ retirees
 the pensions should be
increased
 seniors should help their
adult children
 adult „children“ have the
obligation to take care of
their parents
CZECH youth more agree
that:
 the retirement age should
be extended to 70 years of
age
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seniors do not need any
discounts on travelling,
museum visits, etc.
their relationship with their
grandparents is better than
the relationship with their
own parents
Results - Differences according to
SEX:
BOYS more agree that:
 it is good when in one household do live more
generations
 retirement should be person’s own decision (no
age limit)
 the pensions should be increased
 the government should create jobs for the
young and not employ retirees
 seniors do not need any discounts on travelling,
museum visits, etc.
Results - Differences according to
SEX:
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GIRLS more likely claim that:
they like to listen to the life stories of their
grandparents
they like to spend their free time with
their grandparents
Discussion
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The attitude towards seniors correspondates
with the social climate of respective countries,
mainly with the perception of family in society
Slovak youth perceive seniors as an obstacle to
their self-realization in the labor market
Communications of politicians - the government
of Slovakia still emphasizes its good deeds
towards seniors, but the younger generation
seems to remaine overlooked
Discussion
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Slovak public is convinced that pensions
are very low
Slovak society is more conservative –
obligation to take care as normative
solidarity
Conclusion
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It is impossible to reduce the attitude of
young people to seniors to a matter
touching merely different generations.
Future research: identification of factors
affecting the quality of relationships
between generations
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to develop strategies leading to strengthening
of the intergenerational solidarity of youth
This paper has been written under
the project ESF - 2.3 Development
and maintenance of
multidisciplinary scientific and
research team for contemporary
family studies at the University of
Hradec Kralove.