Abstract
The postponement of fertility has been observed in Czechia since the beginning of the 1990s. This paper employed a mixed-method approach that focused on the various reasons for unplanned postponement.
The survey data describes the quantity of the occurrence of unplanned postponement for declared reasons, while the in-depth interviews serve to describe the relationships between the stated reasons. The qualitative research confirms the expectation of the sequential characteristics of postponement; at younger ages, individually-motivated reasoning was found to be common, followed by partner-motivated reasoning and, finally, by health-motivated reasoning.
Additionally, individually-motivated reasoning represents the postponement due to the re-evaluation of a plan, while partnermotivated and health-motivated reasoning can be considered as unplanned postponement