Harmonizace pracovního a rodinného života matek žijících v Praze s malými dětmi v roce 2015

This bachelor thesis focuses on of women´s harmonization of family and professional life. The theoretical part deals with the development and changes of the Czech society and family life after 1989, particularly with population development, household chang-es, women´s status in the labor market after 1989 and also labor market inequalities. The next section of the theoretical part addresses the return of women to the labour market at the end of parental leave. The chapter about harmonization of women´s family and professional life forms the main basis of the theoretical part. This part defines possible alternative instruments coming from states, employers and other providers of child care services assisting parents in reconciling their professional and parental responsibilities. The goal of the practical part was to determine differences in preferences, attitudes and opinions of women with different levels of education. The practical part examined whether university-educated mothers have a greater tendency to give priority to career over parental responsibilities than mothers with secondary or lower education. It also investigated whether university-educated women make greater use of instruments related to child care. The practical part is based on interview surveys and individual conversations. The established hypotheses have been verified and falsified based the analysis of research results. The conclusion proposes recommendations leading to im-provement of the deficiencies in the examined area.