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Over the past five years, total fertility rate in Czechia has fallen from 1.83 to below 1.3 children per woman. While declining fertility is a trend shared by most countries of comparable wealth, the drop in Czechia is among the steepest – fifth worldwide. What lies behind it? What has Covid-19 got to do with it? And what has changed since the 1990s? Radio Prague International spoke with sociologist Martin Kreidl to find out.
Last year, the United Nations reported that global fertility rates are in “unprecedented decline.
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Author: Hannah Vaughan