YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Creativity and culture  289 In general, most young people think that there are enough or even too many opportunities for cultural participation. The most opportunities for engaging in culture are within formal institutions (in extracurricular activities within schools/faculties: 79.5%; within other institutions: 85%), and slightly less in informal forms (62.9%), and in youth centres and other meeting places for youth (56.5%) (Figure 8.5). Figure 8.5: Young people’s assessment of opportunities for cultural participation. 10% 20% 30% 50% 60% 80% 90% 40% 70% In other institutions (e.g. music school, dance school). In extracurricular activities within the school/university (e.g. choir, school theater groups, reading clubs). In informal forms (e.g. engaging with music, photography, graffiti etc.). In youth centers and other youth meeting places. 5.4 79.6 15.0 6.5 73.0 20.6 5.1 57.8 37.1 Too much Enough Not enough 52.6 43.5 3.9 0% 100% Source: Mladina 2020. Men (M= 1.69; SD = 0.56) recognize more opportunities for participation in youth centres compared to women (M = 1.5; SD = 0.54), also in infor- mal forms (men: M = 1.75; SD = 0.57; women: M = 1.61; SD = 0.55). There are no statistically significant differences by gender in other institutions and extracurricular activities. Another important factor is the type of settlement, which is significantly associated with the assessment of possibilities for cultural participation in youth centres and youthmeeting places (C = 0.176; p <0.01), in extracur- ricular activities within the school/faculty (C = 0.097; p <0.05), and in in- formal forms (C = 0.135; p <0.01). Young people see the fewest opportuni- tiesforculturalparticipationinvillagesorruralareas,andinmedium-sized cities, while somehowexpectedly they see themost opportunities in larger