YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Young people, family, and intergenerational mindsets  247 their social independence on one hand and partial or total economic de- pendency form their parents on the other. The LAT phase is a typical liv- ing arrangement, especially for those who are studying at university, a fact that was also confirmed by this study. Figure 7.1: Share of young people living in their parents’ household, 2010 and 2020. Do you live in your parents’/guardians’ household? Yes, fully (all the time) I do not live with my parents/guardians Yes, partly (for example, on weekends and holidays) I only occasionally sleep at my parents'/guardians' Other 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 62.5 68.7 14.2 13.0 2010 2020 6.2 4.0 15.1 14.0 2.0 0.3 80% 0% Sources: Mladina 2010, Mladina 2020. Evident changes in young Slovenians’ decision to leave their parental household in the last decade are obvious also in comparison with some other EU countries. Although in 2019 the estimated age of leaving the pa- rental household in Slovenia (27.7 years old) was still above the European average (26.2 years old), it has declined for almost two years in the period between 2010-2019. As depicted in Figure 7.2, this implies that Slovenia is gradually distancing itself from the pattern in other Mediterranean countries, where the estimated age has even grown (Croatia and Italy), and is drawing closer to some continental countries and the EU average.