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Orientations of young adults in Slovenia toward the family formation
Mirjana Ule is the professor of social psychology at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences. She is the head of the Center for Social Psychology and the coordinator of the postgraduate program, ‘Sociology of everyday life’. Her main topics of research are youth studies, life course, transition and trajectories (from youth to adulthood), identity studies. Ule is the author of many books, namely, Mladina in ideologija (Youth and Ideology), (1988),
Metka Kuhar is an assistant professor at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences. In the period from 2007–2008, she has been conducting a postdoctoral research project titled, ‘Communicative and authority relationships between young people and parents’. She has been also involved in the international project ‘Up2youth — Youth actor of social change’ (2006–2009). Her areas of research expertise are youth transitions to adulthood and family life, body images of youth, and youth participation. From 2004 she has been a national coordinator of the Council of Europe's Network of experts on youth research and information, and correspondent of the Council of Europe's ‘European Knowledge Database’. Address: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva pl. 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. [email: metka.kuhar{at}fdv.uni-lj.si] The article explores the circumstances influencing family formation in Slovenia. Public opinion surveys in Slovenia have shown that young people have high aspirations regarding family life. These findings, however, stand in sharp contrast to demographic indicators, that is, delayed parenthood and a low birth rate. The qualitative analysis comprised both the personal factors, such as family lifestyles identified by young people as being desirable and the role of the family in their plans for the future, as well as structural factors affecting the starting of a family (housing, employment, etc.) and the problems and obstacles accompanying this process. One crucial finding is that personal factors rather than structural constraints are a key barrier to family formation.
Key Words: childbearing • family formation • gender • life course • Slovenia • young adults
Young, Vol. 16, No. 2,
153-183 (2008) This article has been cited by other articles:
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