Social (Pastoral) Services and its Impact on the Citizens of the Czech Republic
In: Clinical Social Work, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 25-33
ISSN: 2076-9741
The article examines social services and their impact on the
citizens of the Czech Republic. This is not only important
from the point of view of the present time, but also for the
acute needs of the localized places of the studied area. The
main objective of the study was based on this aspect in line
with the main research question: How important is the concept
of social services in the networking of religious institutions in
the Czech Republic? The quantitative representative sample (online) consisted of 858 respondents from the Czech Republic, of which 59% (N = 506) were women and 41% (N = 352)
were men. Age group representation was balanced across the
five main categories, with the 41-59 age group dominating at
41% (N = 351). Two-thirds of respondents 67% (N = 575)
reported having a college or high school education. The research sample identified 54% (N = 465) of participants who
identified themselves as atheists in terms of religious beliefs.
Almost half of the 48% (N = 413) surveyed identified having
the Ústí nad Labem region as their place of residence, which
can be considered a positive given the current social issues in
the North Bohemian territory. In turn, we see a balanced view
of our respondents in the five marked groups in relation to the
size of the place of residence. From the research results, we
can conclude that the social sphere plays an important role
in the Czech Republic, where we see a significant role in the
connection of religious institutions. It is from these religious
places that our respondents expect the greatest amount of "social attention".