Comparison of nuptiality and divorce rates in selected European countries

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to describe the trends of nuptiality and divorce rates in selected countries and the subsequent comparison of these demographic events using appropriate indicators. Hereafter also finding the reasons for the different trends and comparison of the impact of the identified factors on the behavior of the population. Analysis is comparing three countries (Czech Republic, Spain and Sweden), with regard to nuptiality and divorce rates in the timeframe starting 1990 and ending 2012. The data used for the calculation of the characteristics have been drawn mainly from the European Statistical Office, or from national statistical offices of individual countries in cases when the main source does not provide the necessary data