Childlessness and Low Fertility Intentions: Evidence from Hungary and Czechia - Workshop
Date: April 16, 2026, 11:00–15:15

Venue: Institute of Sociology, Tóth Kálmán utca 4., 1097 Budapest, Room B.1.15

PROGRAM

11:00–11:05 Welcome and introduction – Ivett Szalma
11:05–11:20 Hana Hašková: One Child or None? Determinants of Low Fertility Plans Among Men and Women
11:20–11:35 Kristýna Pospíšilová : Towards Permanent Childlessness: Childless and Voluntarily Childfree Narratives Among Women and Men
11:35–11:50 Judit Takács – Ivett Szalma:
Does Having Children Increase Social Standing? Evidence from a Cross-National Survey
11:50–12:20 Discussion

LUNCH BREAK 12:20- 13:40

13:40–13:55 Dávid Erát: National Identity and Fertility Intentions: Evidence from Hungary
13:55–14:10 Adrienne Bognár – Boglárka Herke – Ivett Szalma: Constrained Reproductive Autonomy: Single Mothers by Choice under Selective Pronatalism
14:10–14:25 Orsolya Udvari: More Than Pets: Companion Dogs, Fictive Kinship, and the Well-Being of Childless Women
14:25–14:45 Adrienne Bognár – Ivett Szalma:  Climate Change Concerns and Men's Reproductive Decisions in a Pronatalist Context
14:45–15:15 Discussion and Closing