YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

246 young Slovenians, such as leaving the parental household, and creating a stable partnership and family (see Lavrič and Flere, 2011). The following chapters focus on these family-related trends of transitions after the year 2010. 7.1.1  LEAVING THE PARENTAL HOUSEHOLD One of key transitions to adulthood is leaving the parental household, since this is usually closely related to gaining more independence and taking on responsibilities with less parental supervision, e.g. in decision making, managing their own household, financial decision making etc. Data from 2020 show that many young people in Slovenia remain quite attached to their parental home –most of them live with their parents all the time (62.7%) or at least partially or occasionally (20.4%), while only 15.1% live completely on their own. These household living arrangements are also significantly associated with some sociodemographic factors. Similar to some previous youth research, women tend to leave their pa- rental home earlier than men. With regards to age (C = 0.37; p < 0.01), a considerably higher proportion (30.9%) of older young people (25-29 year old) live on their own, while the majority of 15-18 year olds (85.3%) and 19-24 (65.4%) live with their parents all the time. Stable finances also play an important role – since living independently is more frequent among those who are either employed, self-employed, or live on their partner’s income. Despite a relatively high proportion of young people fully or partially at- tached to their parental household, there have been some important changes in their living arrangements in the last decade. Compared to 2010, fewer young people live with their parents all the time, while more live with them only partially, occasionally, or not at all (Figure 7.1). Such change is not surprising in the light of various recent studies (Billari et al., 2008; Kuhar, 2002; Kuhar and Švab, 2018) implying that in the last three decades more and more young people live their extended youth with parents both apart and together (i.e. LAT phase) 1 . This includes