YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Young people, family, and intergenerational mindsets  259 In the period from2010 to 2020, young people’s expectations regarding pa- rental support significantly declined in all life situations. These trends are also consistent with the broader trend of young people’s individualisation that has already been identified in other spheres of their life. Young people express a higher degree of autonomy, and this can be related to the signifi- cant deterioration in their understandingwithparents over the last decade. From the point of view of life courses, parents are the most important source of support in childcare, suggesting parental support even after young people have started their own families. This indicates a strong in- tergenerational connection, as young people still maintain close contact with their parents, visit them, and use their services. In particular, more women expect childcare assistance, and this is also the only form of as- sistance in which expectations do not decrease with age. Among all im- portant life situations studied, the share of further education assistance is in last place, but this does not mean that it is small. In fact, most young people expect help from their parents in further education. Young people’s expectations that their parents will help them in the fu- ture increase with the family’s self-assessed financial situation, suggest- ing that not all families are equally able to provide help. Correlations are found at all levels of help considered: in finding permanent housing (rho = 0.14; p < 0. 01), in further education (rho = 0. 13; p < 0.01), with money and gifts (rho = 0. 10; p < 0.01), in finding a job (rho = 0.09; p < 0.01), and in childcare (rho = 0.06; p < 0.05). Given that the family is an important supportive community, it is understandable that unequal support from the family increases inequalities among young people (Furlong, 2009: 217). Parents’ support for young people during their transition to adult- hood has been called a “hidden source of inequality” (Swartz, 2008) be- cause the value of the resources that parents transfer is conditioned by the financial, human, and social capital of said parents (Schoeni and Ross, 2005; Swartz et al., 2011). Another important factor in the expected help for young people is their relationship with their parents. In the survey, this was measured by three statements regarding their understanding and communication