Changing nuptiality patterns in the Czech Republic: start of the 21st century contrasted with the eighties of the 20th century

The intention of this study is to compare nuptiality intensity and time distribution during the years 1980 - 1989 and 2000 - 2009. Major part of this study concerns with the nuptiality of unmarried people thus the main source of data for the analysis are nuptiality life tables of unmarried. This study contains also analysis of population structure according to age and marital status, opinion of the Czech population to the institution of marriage and rank of the Czech Republic in the international context. Results of the study shows that in the 80s of the 20th century indicatior of the nuptiality intensity and indicator of the nuptiality conjugation were stable. At that time people got married often and in lower age. The beginning of the 21st century was a dynamic period. During the whole first decade the intensity of nuptiality was decreasing while the age of the first marriage was increasing