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Almost two-thirds of Czechs will not use the opportunity to contribute to their parents' pensions as offered by the government in its draft pension reform, according to a poll conducted by the agency Millward Brown, commissioned by daily Lidove noviny (LN) that published it yesterday. One-quarter of those polled are considering taking the step, LN writes.
In February, Prime Minister Petr Necas's center-right coalition government agreed on the framework of the pension reform.
The plan wants children in productive age to be able to pass one percent of social insurance to their parents' pension.
As a result, parents of two children could be receiving some 500 crowns a month more.
Some 64 percent of those polled said they would not use the opportunity to contribute to their parents' pension, while 39 percent of them said they would "certainly not do so."
Some 7 percent said they would certainly contribute, 21 percent said they were considering doing so.
Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (TOP 09, a member of the three-party coalition) told LN he was sad at the outcome of the poll, but it was not surprising.
"People have the feeling they do not have to look after their parents. Perhaps they were brought in the notion that the state will take care of everything," Schwarzenberg said.
Other ministers are of the opinion that since the government has explained wrongly the reform to the general public, the participants in the poll believe that they will contribute to the parents' pension from their own pockets.
"This is not so. There is a chance of moving one percent that they would normally send to the state system to their own parents," Industry and Trade Minister Martin Kocourek (Civic Democratic Party, ODS) told LN.
Sociologist Ivo Mozny said people were unwilling to contribute to their parents also because the government poorly explained the reform concept to the public, but a transformation of inter-generational relations may have influenced the result of the poll, too.
"A significant part of adults have divorced parents. If the family does not grow up together, the readiness to contribute to parents' pension may be smaller," Mozny said.
Transport Minister Vit Barta (Public Affairs, VV) said the proposal had been poorly proposed to the general public.
He said the VV had a poll of its own commissioned in which inter-generational solidarity was backed by 64 percent of its participants.
Before the study was conducted, an approval to perform the study was obtained. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants. The participants were selected representing three patient groups. They were informed that the purpose of the study was to learn more about the use and effectiveness of self-care strategies in managing IC.
The IC-SCR, adapted from the Self-Care Responses Tool, was used for the present study. It assessed the cognitive and behavioral strategies used by women in response to a variety of potential and actual threats to women’s sexuality. The IC-SCR was designed to obtain information about self-care to meet universal, developmental, and health deviation needs. Nearly 300 items on the IC-SCR are related to hygiene, diet, cognitive reframing, social support and stress reduction among others. The respondents are asked to indicate how often they have used each strategy during the past year as well as its perceived effectiveness.
Data Quality
The data is of high quality since it can be used for decision-making and planning, which can ultimately improve the self-care effectiveness and health outcomes of women with IC.
Qualitative analysis
The number of self-care and outcome items and the ratio of items to subjects precluded most types of multivariate analyses. Initial correlations between self-care effectiveness factors and outcome measures revealed few significant relationships, partially attributed to data lost due to fluctuations in the numbers of subjects who reported actually using each self-care activity.
Interpretation of results
There is no significant correlation between self-care effectiveness and vocational adjustment. Vocational categories could include work, school, work at home, or some combination of these. There are no significant correlations between self-care effectiveness items and either extended family relationships or domestic relationships. The only self-care effectiveness item that was significantly correlated with one’s relationship to the health care system and providers was the practice of meditation during an acute attack state. T
Almost two-thirds of Czechs will not use the opportunity to contribute to their parents' pensions as offered by the government in its draft pension reform, according to a poll conducted by the agency Millward Brown, commissioned by daily Lidove noviny (LN) that published it yesterday. One-quarter of those polled are considering taking the step, LN writes.
In February, Prime Minister Petr Necas's center-right coalition government agreed on the framework of the pension reform.
The plan wants children in productive age to be able to pass one percent of social insurance to their parents' pension.
As a result, parents of two children could be receiving some 500 crowns a month more.
Some 64 percent of those polled said they would not use the opportunity to contribute to their parents' pension, while 39 percent of them said they would "certainly not do so."
Some 7 percent said they would certainly contribute, 21 percent said they were considering doing so.
Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (TOP 09, a member of the three-party coalition) told LN he was sad at the outcome of the poll, but it was not surprising.
"People have the feeling they do not have to look after their parents. Perhaps they were brought in the notion that the state will take care of everything," Schwarzenberg said.
Other ministers are of the opinion that since the government has explained wrongly the reform to the general public, the participants in the poll believe that they will contribute to the parents' pension from their own pockets.
"This is not so. There is a chance of moving one percent that they would normally send to the state system to their own parents," Industry and Trade Minister Martin Kocourek (Civic Democratic Party, ODS) told LN.
Sociologist Ivo Mozny said people were unwilling to contribute to their parents also because the government poorly explained the reform concept to the public, but a transformation of inter-generational relations may have influenced the result of the poll, too.
"A significant part of adults have divorced parents. If the family does not grow up together, the readiness to contribute to parents' pension may be smaller," Mozny said.
Transport Minister Vit Barta (Public Affairs, VV) said the proposal had been poorly proposed to the general public.
He said the VV had a poll of its own commissioned in which inter-generational solidarity was backed by 64 percent of its participants.
Before the study was conducted, an approval to perform the study was obtained. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants. The participants were selected representing three patient groups. They were informed that the purpose of the study was to learn more about the use and effectiveness of self-care strategies in managing IC.
The IC-SCR, adapted from the Self-Care Responses Tool, was used for the present study. It assessed the cognitive and behavioral strategies used by women in response to a variety of potential and actual threats to women’s sexuality. The IC-SCR was designed to obtain information about self-care to meet universal, developmental, and health deviation needs. Nearly 300 items on the IC-SCR are related to hygiene, diet, cognitive reframing, social support and stress reduction among others. The respondents are asked to indicate how often they have used each strategy during the past year as well as its perceived effectiveness.
Data Quality
The data is of high quality since it can be used for decision-making and planning, which can ultimately improve the self-care effectiveness and health outcomes of women with IC.
Qualitative analysis
The number of self-care and outcome items and the ratio of items to subjects precluded most types of multivariate analyses. Initial correlations between self-care effectiveness factors and outcome measures revealed few significant relationships, partially attributed to data lost due to fluctuations in the numbers of subjects who reported actually using each self-care activity.
Interpretation of results
There is no significant correlation between self-care effectiveness and vocational adjustment. Vocational categories could include work, school, work at home, or some combination of these. There are no significant correlations between self-care effectiveness items and either extended family relationships or domestic relationships. The only self-care effectiveness item that was significantly correlated with one’s relationship to the health care system and providers was the practice of meditation during an acute attack state. T
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