YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

General trends in young people’s values and attitudes  69 perceiving hate speech and having a homosexual orientation (r = 0.10; p < 0.01) is also telling. 1.7  YOUTH RELIGIOSITY Figure 1.18 clearly demonstrates that Catholicism has been losing favour among young Slovenes at least since the beginning of the 21st century. In a broader perspective, this means that religion is losing its potential to be a source of youth identity – the share of those who do not identify with any religion has increased from 24% in 2010 to 40%. Figure 1.18: Self-reported religious affiliation of young people (16–27) in Slovenia, 2000–2020. What is your religious affiliation? 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Catholicism Other None 72.0 66.0 68.0 52.4 44.0 6.0 10.0 8.0 9.9 15.9 22.0 24.0 24.0 37.7 40.1 2000 2010 2013 2018 2020 0% Sources: Lavrič and Boroja, 2014 (for the 2000–2013 period), Youth Studies Southeast Europe 2018/2019, Mladina 2020. Note: to ensure the validity of longitudinal comparison we have restricted the age group to those between the ages of 16 and 27.