Summer camps are a great assistance for parents 24 May 2020
In the summer, it is a difficult issue for many families how to take care of their children during the holidays. Due to the epidemic, many parents have already used their leave days to take care of their children at home, making it harder for them to provide for childcare during the summer break. A representative survey of 1,000 people conducted by the Mária Kopp Institute for Demography and Families (KINCS) between May 18 and 20 reveals that 40 percent of those raising children under the age of 14 plan to enrol their children to a camp during the summer break. The good news for them is that, according to the government's decision, day camps and summer camps can be organized from June 16 on, in compliance with the applicable epidemiological regulations.
Family cohesion further strengthened in the epidemic 6 May 2020
The difficulties caused by the epidemiological emergency bring family members even closer to each other, according to the latest research of the Mária Kopp Institute for Demography and Families (KINCS). According to a representative survey of 1,000 adults conducted in April, Hungarians rely primarily on their families during this period, with the majority of respondents having a calm attitude towards the epidemic and adhering to epidemiological measures. Major difficulties were reported by less than 20 percent of respondents, with fears of job insecurity and the potential for illness being the most common.
All population indicators in Hungary improved during the winter. The desire to have children has increased significantly in the winter months, according to the latest data from the Central Statistical Office. Between December 2019 and February 2020, 22,929 children were born in Hungary, which is 8.6%, numerically 1,819 more than in the previous winter. As a result, the so-called fertility rate also increased significantly to 1.55, which is 9.2% more than a year earlier. Between December 2019 and February 2020, 10,616 couples have walked down the aisle, nearly double the number of marriages in the previous winter. The number of abortions was 7.7%, 532 less than a year earlier. The number of deaths was 4409, down 11.5% between December and February. Due to a decrease in mortality and an increase in births, natural weight loss has decreased by 36%. The current favorable data can be related to the positive effects of the Family Protection Action Plan launched in July 2019.
Balázs Molnár, Vice-President of our Institute, took part in the international video round table organized by the Ordo Iuris Institute of Poland. In the conversation Polish, Brazilian, Croatian and Hungarian participants discussed the role of the family and institutions in early childhood care.
Hungarian mothers are more self-confident in having children
10+1 facts about mothers who gave birth between 2010 and 2020
3 May 2020 Mother's Day
Since the beginning of the family-friendly governance in 2010, women of childbearing age have given birth to more children, the desire to have children and the number of births per thousand women have also increased, according to the publication of the Mária Kopp Institute for Demography and Families (KINCS) issued for Mother's Day. It is a positive development that siblings are now born closer in time, the number of children born in wedlock has increased and more and more families have had third children in the last 10 years.
Families with children pay more attention to environmental protection 22 April 2020
Hungarian families are well aware of the problems threatening our environment and are willing to act for environmental protection for the future of their children, according to a representative survey of the Mária Kopp Institute for Demography and Families (KINCS) published on the occasion of Earth Day.
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