Transformations of the attitudes of Polish families during transformations period to religiousness and family planning

Transition to democracy in Poland has brought profoumd changes in the life of Polish families, My article analyzes the impact of economic and political transition on the position and role o f women and on women’s perception of gender roles using results of our research conducted in Zielona Góra and its vicinity in 1999. We pay special attention to the change gender roles, share of domestic duties within working married couples and women’s perception of their role and position in the family. Position of men and women at work is perhaps the most powerful indicator of gender equality. This fact is contrasted with the perspective prevalent in Polish tradition that motherhood is the most important part of marital life while interpersonal relationship between husband and wife was not openly discussed or focused on. On the other hand, slow changes in the model of religiousness and the most modem profile of contraception can be a good indicator of deeper evolution of attitudes - also in the domain we have mentioned above. This is the main topic of this article