The Family Affluence Scale as an Indicator for Socioeconomic Status: Validation on Regional Income Differences in the Czech Republic

Active school transport (AST) is a source of daily physical activity uptake. However, AST seems to have decreased worldwide over recent decades. We aimed to examine recent trends in AST and associations with gender, age, family affluence, and time to school, using data from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study collected in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 in the Czech Republic, Norway, Scotland, and Wales. Data from 88,212 students (11, 13 and 15 years old) revealed stable patterns of AST from 2006 to 2018, apart from a decrease in the Czech Republic between 2006 and 2010. For survey waves combined, walking to and from school was most common in the Czech Republic (55%) and least common in Wales (30%). Cycling was only common in Norway (22%). AST differed by gender (Scotland and Wales), by age (Norway), and by family affluence (everywhere but Norway). In the Czech Republic, family affluence was associated with change over time in AST, and the effect of travel time on AST was stronger. The findings indicate that the decrease in AST could be levelling off in the countries considered here. Differential associations with sociodemographic factors and travel time should be considered in the development of strategies for AST.

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Two primitive trematopid amphibians (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea) from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ◽

10.1017/s1755691018000725 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 109 (1-2) ◽

pp. 201-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Andrew R. MILNER

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Upper Carboniferous ◽

Incertae Sedis ◽

Terminal Form ◽

The Family ◽

Nasal Region ◽

The Many

ABSTRACTSpecimens of trematopid amphibians from the Asturian (Upper Carboniferous) of Nýřany, Czech Republic, are redescribed as two taxa, namely Mordex calliprepes Steen and Mattauschia (gen. nov) laticeps Fritsch. Mordex calliprepes is represented by a single post-metamorphic specimen and has the diagnostic trematopid characters of the nasal region. Mattauschia laticeps is represented by one adult partial skull and mandible plus some fragments and two small post-metamorphic specimens including the species name-bearer. It has the trematopid-type modified lacrimal and a large but oval naris and appears to be the most primitive trematopid yet described. The stratigraphically sequential large trematopids Mattauschia, Fedexia, Ecolsonia and Acheloma show progressive acquisition of the derived features that characterise the terminal form Acheloma.Mordex has a combination of primitive and derived characters and its position within the family is less clear. The many ‘branchiosaurs' in the Nýřany assemblage include specimens that could be larvae of both Mordex and Mattauschia but certain attribution is not possible and they are assigned to Olsoniformes incertae sedis. Mordex and Mattauschia appear to be terrestrial exotic elements in the Nýřany tetrapod assemblage, but with possible larvae in the lake assemblage. Representatives of at least four Palaeozoic dissorophoid families were present in late Middle Pennsylvanian/Asturian strata implying diversification of the Dissorophoidea prior to this time.

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New records of Anthomyiidae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Acta Musei Silesiae Scientiae Naturales ◽

10.1515/cszma-2015-0021 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 151-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Olga Komzáková ◽

Verner Michelsen

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

New Records ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Family ◽

First Time

Abstract Althogether 17 species of the family Anthomyiidae (Diptera) are recorded from the Czech Republic (or Moravia and Bohemia) (16 species) and Slovakia (1 species) for the first time. The most interesting findings are Delia dovreensis Ringdahl 1954 and northamerican species Pegomyia bifurcata Griffiths 1983.

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Self-employment in post-communist Eastern Europe: a refuge from poverty or road to riches?

Communist and Post-Communist Studies ◽

10.1016/s0967-067x(00)00012-x ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 379-402 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Eric Hanley

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Eastern Europe ◽

The Self ◽

The Other ◽

Property Ownership ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Proper Understanding ◽

Self Employment ◽

The One

Researchers analyzing self-employment in post-communist Eastern Europe have frequently adopted a “dualist” model which relegates the self-employed to marginal sectors of the economy. This paper challenges the dualist approach and argues that the self-employed cannot be regarded as refugees from poverty with few resources and few opportunities to earn high incomes and accumulate wealth. Data from the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia are used to show that self-employment in post-communist Eastern Europe encompasses two distinct class locations: the individually self-employed on the one hand, whose socioeconomic status differs little from that of ordinary workers, and employers on the other, who receive incomes and possess assets far in excess of that of both the individually self-employed and ordinary workers. A proper understanding of the manner in which systems of stratification have changed in Eastern Europe thus requires that one acknowledge processes of differentiation among the self-employed as well as the importance of property ownership in generating new forms of social inequality in the post-communist period.

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Aquatic oligochaetes (Annelida: Clitellata) of the Czech Republic: check-list, new records, and ecological remarks

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.2 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2676 (1) ◽

pp. 29 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

JANA SCHENKOVÁ ◽

PETR PAŘIL ◽

KARLA PETŘIVALSKÁ ◽

JINDŘIŠKA BOJKOVÁ

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Threatened Species ◽

Rare Species ◽

New Records ◽

Check List ◽

International Union ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Central European ◽

Aquatic Oligochaetes ◽

The Family

This study contributes to the knowledge of central European clitellates by creating a check-list of Oligochaeta (sensu oligochaetous Clitellata; Erséus 2005) of the Czech Republic, exclusive of taxa in the family Enchytraeidae. In total, 95 aquatic oligochaete species representing 43 genera are reported for the Czech Republic. Rare species are highlighted and associated with the categories for threatened species as outlined by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The first records of Trichodrilus strandi Hrabě, 1936, Pristina jenkinae (Stephenson, 1931), Pristina osborni (Walton, 1906), Rhyacodrilus subterraneus Hrabě, 1963, Aulodrilus limnobius Bretscher, 1899, and Aulodrilus pigueti Kowalewski, 1914 in the Czech Republic are presented. Their ecology, morphology, and distribution are discussed.

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Significance of Family Representation among Family Businesses in the Czech Republic

Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business & Economics ◽

10.5171/2020.639568 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Vojtěch MEIER

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Correlation Analysis ◽

Board Of Directors ◽

Family Business ◽

Family Members ◽

Family Businesses ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Level Of Involvement ◽

The Family ◽

The Board Of Directors

Family businesses are the foundation of any economy. They have been heavily influencing our society for many centuries. The level of involvement among family members is vital to flourish a family business. Therefore, research is conducted to assess the dependencies of six aspects of the selected family businesses in the Czech Republic. Several findings from the family survey are found in the correlation analysis: there is the highest indirect dependence between the number of directors and the number of family members actively involved in a family business, and some factors do not show dependence. This is evidenced by the relationships between the number of members of the board of directors or managing directors and the number of family members who are not interested in family business. Correlation analysis methods are used on top of the methods of analysis, synthesis and comparison.

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Characteristics of Family Lives in Central Europe

Contemporary Family Lifestyles in Central and Western Europe - SpringerBriefs in Sociology ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-48299-2_2 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 21-47

Author(s):

Blahoslav Kraus ◽

Peter Ondrejkovič ◽

Wojciech Krzysztof Świątkiewicz ◽

Lolita Vilka ◽

Ursula Rieke ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Social Policy ◽

Central Europe ◽

Family Life ◽

Social Differentiation ◽

Housing Situation ◽

Way Of Life ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Demographic Situation ◽

The Family

AbstractIn this chapter, authors give a picture of families in individual countries, which participated in the survey, so from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Poland, Ukraine and Latvia. They pay attention mainly to the family changes after the year 1990. There is mainly demographic situation. Furthermore, there are features which present contemporary family such as an increase of democratization in family coexistence in connection with the shifts of roles and disintegration in a family life linked with overall individualism manifested by automation, where one creates his/her own way of life. The contemporary family is more likely affected in all countries by progressive social differentiation; in a different level of unemployment, certain isolation and changes are always seen in intergeneration relationships. The authors also pay attention to family social policy and housing situation when starting a family.

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Quantification of factors influencing the difference in household income in the Czech Republic

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis ◽

10.11118/actaun201361040995 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

pp. 995-1003 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jolana Kvíčalová ◽

Jan Široký

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Household Income ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Income Differences ◽

Transfer Payments ◽

Income Inequalities ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

The Difference ◽

Election Results ◽

Preliminary Description

Income inequalities, resulting from different income of economic entities and the level of redistribution (especially the amount and structure of taxes on one hand and transfer payments on the other) and peculiarities of the market economy, have been increasing.Within the context of the economic crisis, the pressure (proved by election results in many countries) to alleviate such differences, or at least to stop their deepening has been strengthening. The analysis of the increased income differentiation gets into attention of the theory of public finance.The paper theoretically deals with the ways of measuring such inequalities and then it focuses on the factors that may be regarded as significant for increasing income differences in particular conditions of the Czech Republic within the years 2006–2011 for the selected types of households. Based on the preliminary description, deduction and induction, the research objective was to determine, using the mathematic and statistical methods, the relevancy and -where appropriate- the level of dependence of the analyzed effects on particular elements of household income.

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Distribution of stoneflies of the family Taeniopterygidae (Plecoptera) in the Czech Republic: earlier data, new records and recent distributional changes

Casopis Slezského Zemského Muzea (A) ◽

10.2478/v10210-011-0028-1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 60 (3) ◽

pp. 239-258

Author(s):

Jindřiˇka Bojková ◽

Tomáˇ Soldán ◽

Jan ˇpaček ◽

Michal Straka

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

New Records ◽

Reliable Data ◽

Check List ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Past ◽

The Family ◽

Near Threatened ◽

Original Area

Distribution of stoneflies of the family Taeniopterygidae (Plecoptera) in the Czech Republic: earlier data, new records and recent distributional changes Altogether 14 species of Taeniopterygidae were previously mentioned from the Czech Republic; 11 species were listed in check-list of Plecoptera of Czechoslovakia, three species were recorded recently. Main aims of this study were to summarize all known distributional data, reexamine available material, classify species to the categories of threat based on new distributional data, and discuss all species ever supposed to occur in the Czech Republic. In total eight species were found to occur in the Czech Republic with certainty. Two species, Brachyptera seticornis and B. risi, are common in the Czech Republic, the latter exhibiting some expansion in Bohemia at present. Critically endangered Brachyptera braueri missing in the past 40 years has been recently found in several rivers showing some recovery of the original area. Endangered Taeniopteryx nebulosa exhibited considerable decline in lowland and colline streams. New records are presented for near threatened montane species B. starmachi, endangered B. monilicornis, newly classified endangered T. auberti, and vulnerable Taeniopteryx hubaulti. No reliable data have been found as to distribution of Brachyptera trifasciata, Taeniopteryx kuehtreiberi, T. araneoides, and Oemopteryx loewii, respective earlier records were based on misidentification. The occurrence of Rhabdiopteryx acuminata and R. neglecta is doubtful at this moment, because it was based on the problematic determination of larval material. These species cannot be formally considered a part of the Czech fauna due to lack of voucher material. Possible occurrence of other Rhabdiopteryx species showing the area adjacent to the Czech Republic is discussed.

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