Stories of roma mothers in the context of the current trends in birthrate

This bachelor work deals with birthrate of Romany mothers that exceeds the average birthrate. This work at first involves reasons which caused that the birthrate wanes in The Czech Republic since the year 1989. Next theme is about a woman-mother, her roles, position in society and above all in the family. Furthermore several interviews with eight Roman mothers of four and more children were conducted. At the beginning of the interview the respondents were asked to narrate their life stories why they are the mothers of more children. The interview shows 3 factors which caused that all eight women have thirty seven children overall. The original family, chance and a new partner. The work also contains the comparison of the results from this research and the results from dissertation written by Jana Valešová, who dealt with the birthrate of a women's sample from Brotherhood's Church