YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

General trends in young people’s values and attitudes  63 Figure 1.14 clearly shows the following. First, immediately after the “Eu- ropean migrant crisis” began, peaking between 2014 and 2016, young people from all four countries (with the exception of Germany) increas- ingly started thinking their countries became somewhat (in Slovenia and Austria) or significantly (in Italy and Hungary) worse to live in. Sec- ond, in the years following the peak, in 2017 and 2018, this opinion began reversing in all countries except for Slovenia. Moreover, in Slovenia, the negative trend continued up till 2020. Also worth mentioning is that young Slovenians are becoming more polarized on this issue. The share of young people expressing a middling position on the topic, answering with a score of five on a 0–10 scale, has shrunk from45% to just 37%. The share of those assigning the highest score (10) has increased from 2% to 3%, while those answering with the lowest score (0) has jumped from 2% to a high of 13%. Figure 1.15: Agreement with the claim that employers should prioritize natives instead of migrants when offering employment, Slovenia and selected countries, 1995–2020. When there are few opportunities for employment, should employers prioritize slovene applicants? (% of youth agreeing) Slovenia Italy Hungary Austria Germany Croatia 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1995–9 2005–6 2008–9 2011 2020 Source: World Value Survey (Inglehart et al., 2018), Mladina 2020. Note: The analysis is limited to the 18–29 year-old youth subgroup to insure proper comparison.