Male fertility in the Czech Republic – new empirical evidence

In the context of very low to extremely low fertility levels recorded in many developed countries during the past two decades, an ongoing debate about the causes of this trend has been conducted amongst scholars and policy makers. When analyzing the results of various studies of data at either the aggregate or individual level, one important issue is worth noticing: a large number of existing analyses on the reproductive process are based largely, if not entirely, on female fertility data, whilst men are more or less absent from data gathering and analysis.
The aim is to build on the survey's theoretical papers and present the first empirical results on male fertility in the Czech Republic. For this purpose, we focus on indicators of male fertility, the preferences regarding family size and the ideal number of children from the personal and general view point. All is done by comparing male and female responses. Based on the findings on female fertility we will answer to following questions: (1) What is the level of male fertility in the Czech Republic? (2) What are the age-specific fertility rates for Czech men? (3) What are the preferences of male population with regard to family size? (4) At what age do men enter parenthood? (5) What are the main factors influencing male fertility levels?