Petr Fučík
Biographic Data
| ID | 4610703 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Petr Fučík |
| GIVEN NAMES | Petr |
| FAMILY NAME | Fučík |
| SIGNATURE | FUČÍK P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Masaryk University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5763-8748 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Informal Care among Men and Women Aged 50 + in 25 European Countries: Gender Differences and Reciprocity
Informal care plays an important role in later life and may take different forms across age groups. We focus on men and women aged 50 + in 25 European countries and use data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) wave 9 to explore how they provide informal care. We investigate the gender distinctions and similarities, particularly with regard to age differences and the role of reciprocity. The theoretical starting poin…
Systemic barriers and untapped potentials: A SWOT study on the implementation of natural/small water retention measures in Europe
There is strong evidence that ecosystem-based approaches, such as Natural/Small Water Retention Measures (NSWRMs) can be an important solution to problems associated with managing water quality and quantity, soil erosion, and nutrient loss. Moreover, they deliver multiple co-benefits such as increased biodiversity, climate change adaptation and mitigation, alongside aesthetic and recreational functions. However, despite their apparent advantages …
Research Dilemmas of Using Video Recordings to Capture Mealtimes Practice in Institutional Settings: The Multi-Case Study of the Meaning of Food in Care Homes
The increasing accessibility and ease of video recording, coupled with advancements in editing technologies, present significant opportunities for research within the social sciences. This study builds on the established tradition of visual data usage in ethnographic and anthropological research, particularly through the lens of video ethnography, which seeks to analyze the content of video recordings and the underlying meanings they convey. Focu…
Couple disagreements and partnership stability in 10 European countries: Could differences in gender equality explain cross-national variations
This article focuses on the association between couple disagreement and partnership stability. In particular, we explore the mediating role of macrostructural gender inequality on the effect of couple disagreements on partnership stability in a cross-national comparative perspective. We analyzed data from two waves of the Gender and Generations Survey (fielded between 2004 and 2011) to explore the varied effects of couple disagreements on thought…
Trends in Divorce Acceptance and Its Correlates across European Countries
This study examines how the public acceptance of divorce has changed in European countries in recent decades. Taking advantage of the large-scale, comparative, and long-run measurement of value orientations in the European Values Study 1981-2017 it focuses on value change connected with divorce in a macro perspective. The article explores the acceptance of divorce in three aspects: 1) it measures and compares the trends in the acceptance of divor…
Social Participation of Older Adults in Relation to Their Partnership History
How will the instability and diversity of family forms today impact the nature of people's close social relationships in the future when they are older? In this article I examine how the social participation of older adults is impacted by their different partnership histories. I am particularly interested in whether there are any differences in the social participation (activities involving contact with family, friends, acquaintances, children, g…
The Use of Preschool Education in the Czech Republic: Who Can't Get a Spot in Preschool
This article seeks to contribute to the debate on social stratification in Czech education and at the preschool level in particular. It draws on secondary data from several surveys and examines whether the use of preschool varies by parental education and income. Combined with data on preferred employment regimes, the article explores the question of whether parents with higher levels of education and income are advantaged when it comes to their …
Gender Aspects of Divorce: How the Study of Divorce Can Contribute to Theoretical Approaches to the Sociology of the Family
This review article maps a specific area of divorce research, which is important, but almost uncited in Czech sociology of the family: the connection between divorce and gender. It shows that although the concept of gender is implicitly embedded in the social phenomenon of divorce, the majority of empirical research on divorce conceptualises gender only as differences in the behaviour of men and women. This approach can be useful for explaining t…
Where Are The Effects of Family Structure? The Educational Level, Current Partnership and Income Level of the Czech Adult Population Socialised in Single-Parent Families
Socialisation in a single-parent family has been associated with negative consequences both in previous research and popular discourse. This article investigates whether this association may be different in a society with a high rate of divorce and extramarital fertility. Using data from the Czech contribution to the EU-SILC survey, it tests hypotheses concerning the difference between the current situation of adults who grew up in single-parent …
The Emergence of a Specific Kind of Individualization Habitus Among Divorced Women
The expanding "divorce culture" is a relatively new phenomenon that has taken on greater importance over recent decades, and we can assume that it will influence the principles of social reproduction. The theoretical question on the broadest level is this: How will the mechanisms of social reproduction differ in a situation where the growing probability of divorce is expanding the circle of people who are forced to redefine their life paths and r…
The Long-Term Trend in the Timing of Births and Marriages: Does the Individualisation Theory Hold Up in the Light of Demographic Data
Sociological theories that work with the concept of individualisation assume, among other things, the occurrence of changes in the life course and especially in the timing and incidence of demographic transitions. Although it is not easy to establish a firm definition of individualisation, most researchers studying demographic phenomena work with the concepts of differentiation and de-standardisation. If we understand individualisation as a struc…
The relationship between educational homogamy and educational mobility in 29 European countries
This article deals with the relationship between educational homogamy and educational mobility in 29 European countries. It answers three interrelated questions: (1) Is there any relationship between educational mobility and educational homogamy? (2) Does educational homogamy diverge from educational mobility (negative relationship) or does educational heterogamy strengthen educational mobility (positive relationship)? (3) If there is any positiv…
The Social Context of Attitudes towards Various Infertility Strategies
Infertility is a problem that affects around 15% of Czech couples of reproductive age. Using data from the survey 'Marriage, Work, Family' the objective of this analysis is to identify the attitudes that Czech men and women maintain towards various strategies for overcoming infertility (adoption, different forms of assisted reproduction) and the factors that infl uence and shape these attitudes. The first part of the analysis looks for the determ…
He Age Homogamy of Czech Marriages, 1920-2000
The article examines the long-term changes and the age homogamy of marriages that took place in the Czech Republic between 1920 and 2000. The analysis of data acquired from a study of vital registration is divided into a descriptive part -describing the age structure of the marriage market and the absolute degree of age homogamy -and an exploratory part -creating a log-linear model of the structure and changes of relative age homogamy. Three hypo…
The relationship between educational homogamy and educational mobility in 29 European countries
This article deals with the relationship between educational homogamy and educational mobility in 29 European countries. It answers three interrelated questions: (1) Is there any relationship between educational mobility and educational homogamy? (2) Does educational homogamy diverge from educational mobility (negative relationship) or does educational heterogamy strengthen educational mobility (positive relationship)? (3) If there is any positiv…
Trends in Divorce Acceptance and Its Correlates across European Countries
This study examines how the public acceptance of divorce has changed in European countries in recent decades. Taking advantage of the large-scale, comparative, and long-run measurement of value orientations in the European Values Study 1981-2017 it focuses on value change connected with divorce in a macro perspective. The article explores the acceptance of divorce in three aspects: 1) it measures and compares the trends in the acceptance of divor…
Where Are The Effects of Family Structure? The Educational Level, Current Partnership and Income Level of the Czech Adult Population Socialised in Single-Parent Families
Socialisation in a single-parent family has been associated with negative consequences both in previous research and popular discourse. This article investigates whether this association may be different in a society with a high rate of divorce and extramarital fertility. Using data from the Czech contribution to the EU-SILC survey, it tests hypotheses concerning the difference between the current situation of adults who grew up in single-parent …
He Age Homogamy of Czech Marriages, 1920-2000
The article examines the long-term changes and the age homogamy of marriages that took place in the Czech Republic between 1920 and 2000. The analysis of data acquired from a study of vital registration is divided into a descriptive part -describing the age structure of the marriage market and the absolute degree of age homogamy -and an exploratory part -creating a log-linear model of the structure and changes of relative age homogamy. Three hypo…
Social Participation of Older Adults in Relation to Their Partnership History
How will the instability and diversity of family forms today impact the nature of people's close social relationships in the future when they are older? In this article I examine how the social participation of older adults is impacted by their different partnership histories. I am particularly interested in whether there are any differences in the social participation (activities involving contact with family, friends, acquaintances, children, g…
The Use of Preschool Education in the Czech Republic: Who Can't Get a Spot in Preschool
This article seeks to contribute to the debate on social stratification in Czech education and at the preschool level in particular. It draws on secondary data from several surveys and examines whether the use of preschool varies by parental education and income. Combined with data on preferred employment regimes, the article explores the question of whether parents with higher levels of education and income are advantaged when it comes to their …
The Long-Term Trend in the Timing of Births and Marriages: Does the Individualisation Theory Hold Up in the Light of Demographic Data
Sociological theories that work with the concept of individualisation assume, among other things, the occurrence of changes in the life course and especially in the timing and incidence of demographic transitions. Although it is not easy to establish a firm definition of individualisation, most researchers studying demographic phenomena work with the concepts of differentiation and de-standardisation. If we understand individualisation as a struc…
He Age Homogamy of Czech Marriages, 1920-2000
The article examines the long-term changes and the age homogamy of marriages that took place in the Czech Republic between 1920 and 2000. The analysis of data acquired from a study of vital registration is divided into a descriptive part -describing the age structure of the marriage market and the absolute degree of age homogamy -and an exploratory part -creating a log-linear model of the structure and changes of relative age homogamy. Three hypo…
The Social Context of Attitudes towards Various Infertility Strategies
Infertility is a problem that affects around 15% of Czech couples of reproductive age. Using data from the survey 'Marriage, Work, Family' the objective of this analysis is to identify the attitudes that Czech men and women maintain towards various strategies for overcoming infertility (adoption, different forms of assisted reproduction) and the factors that infl uence and shape these attitudes. The first part of the analysis looks for the determ…
The Long-Term Trend in the Timing of Births and Marriages: Does the Individualisation Theory Hold Up in the Light of Demographic Data
Sociological theories that work with the concept of individualisation assume, among other things, the occurrence of changes in the life course and especially in the timing and incidence of demographic transitions. Although it is not easy to establish a firm definition of individualisation, most researchers studying demographic phenomena work with the concepts of differentiation and de-standardisation. If we understand individualisation as a struc…
The relationship between educational homogamy and educational mobility in 29 European countries
This article deals with the relationship between educational homogamy and educational mobility in 29 European countries. It answers three interrelated questions: (1) Is there any relationship between educational mobility and educational homogamy? (2) Does educational homogamy diverge from educational mobility (negative relationship) or does educational heterogamy strengthen educational mobility (positive relationship)? (3) If there is any positiv…
The Emergence of a Specific Kind of Individualization Habitus Among Divorced Women
The expanding "divorce culture" is a relatively new phenomenon that has taken on greater importance over recent decades, and we can assume that it will influence the principles of social reproduction. The theoretical question on the broadest level is this: How will the mechanisms of social reproduction differ in a situation where the growing probability of divorce is expanding the circle of people who are forced to redefine their life paths and r…
Gender Aspects of Divorce: How the Study of Divorce Can Contribute to Theoretical Approaches to the Sociology of the Family
This review article maps a specific area of divorce research, which is important, but almost uncited in Czech sociology of the family: the connection between divorce and gender. It shows that although the concept of gender is implicitly embedded in the social phenomenon of divorce, the majority of empirical research on divorce conceptualises gender only as differences in the behaviour of men and women. This approach can be useful for explaining t…
Where Are The Effects of Family Structure? The Educational Level, Current Partnership and Income Level of the Czech Adult Population Socialised in Single-Parent Families
Socialisation in a single-parent family has been associated with negative consequences both in previous research and popular discourse. This article investigates whether this association may be different in a society with a high rate of divorce and extramarital fertility. Using data from the Czech contribution to the EU-SILC survey, it tests hypotheses concerning the difference between the current situation of adults who grew up in single-parent …
The Use of Preschool Education in the Czech Republic: Who Can't Get a Spot in Preschool
This article seeks to contribute to the debate on social stratification in Czech education and at the preschool level in particular. It draws on secondary data from several surveys and examines whether the use of preschool varies by parental education and income. Combined with data on preferred employment regimes, the article explores the question of whether parents with higher levels of education and income are advantaged when it comes to their …
Trends in Divorce Acceptance and Its Correlates across European Countries
This study examines how the public acceptance of divorce has changed in European countries in recent decades. Taking advantage of the large-scale, comparative, and long-run measurement of value orientations in the European Values Study 1981-2017 it focuses on value change connected with divorce in a macro perspective. The article explores the acceptance of divorce in three aspects: 1) it measures and compares the trends in the acceptance of divor…
Social Participation of Older Adults in Relation to Their Partnership History
How will the instability and diversity of family forms today impact the nature of people's close social relationships in the future when they are older? In this article I examine how the social participation of older adults is impacted by their different partnership histories. I am particularly interested in whether there are any differences in the social participation (activities involving contact with family, friends, acquaintances, children, g…
Couple disagreements and partnership stability in 10 European countries: Could differences in gender equality explain cross-national variations
This article focuses on the association between couple disagreement and partnership stability. In particular, we explore the mediating role of macrostructural gender inequality on the effect of couple disagreements on partnership stability in a cross-national comparative perspective. We analyzed data from two waves of the Gender and Generations Survey (fielded between 2004 and 2011) to explore the varied effects of couple disagreements on thought…
Informal Care among Men and Women Aged 50 + in 25 European Countries: Gender Differences and Reciprocity
Informal care plays an important role in later life and may take different forms across age groups. We focus on men and women aged 50 + in 25 European countries and use data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) wave 9 to explore how they provide informal care. We investigate the gender distinctions and similarities, particularly with regard to age differences and the role of reciprocity. The theoretical starting poin…
Systemic barriers and untapped potentials: A SWOT study on the implementation of natural/small water retention measures in Europe
There is strong evidence that ecosystem-based approaches, such as Natural/Small Water Retention Measures (NSWRMs) can be an important solution to problems associated with managing water quality and quantity, soil erosion, and nutrient loss. Moreover, they deliver multiple co-benefits such as increased biodiversity, climate change adaptation and mitigation, alongside aesthetic and recreational functions. However, despite their apparent advantages …
Research Dilemmas of Using Video Recordings to Capture Mealtimes Practice in Institutional Settings: The Multi-Case Study of the Meaning of Food in Care Homes
The increasing accessibility and ease of video recording, coupled with advancements in editing technologies, present significant opportunities for research within the social sciences. This study builds on the established tradition of visual data usage in ethnographic and anthropological research, particularly through the lens of video ethnography, which seeks to analyze the content of video recordings and the underlying meanings they convey. Focu…
Sociology (10 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Czech (5 works)