When experienced in the critical period of adolescence and emerging adulthood, discrimination was previously found to have short- and long-term impact on health outcomes. Certain resources, on the other hand, may buffer the negative impact of discrimination on health. The aim of the present study was to examine 1) the prevalence of overall discrimination and of seven specific reasons for discrimination; 2) the impact of discrimination on subjective health; and 3) whether cultural and political activities act as protective resources that buffer the impact of discrimination on health. We used a nationally representative sample of Slovenian youth (16–27–year-olds). Results indicated that the most prevalent perceived reasons for discrimination were economic status (39%) and gender (31%). Furthermore, discrimination had a significant negative impact on health. Finally, neither cultural nor political activities buffered the impact of discrimination on health, but even magnified it. The implications of the results are discussed.
International mobility of young people - working, studying or volunteering outside their country of residence - has been increasing in recent years, including in Europe. At the same time, mobility is one of the priorities of the European Union and its Member States. International youth mobility can have positive effects on individuals and society in the countries of destination and the countries of origin. We analysed the data of the Slovenian Youth 2018 survey, which was conducted on a representative sample of 14–29-year-olds living in Slovenia. The results showed that just under 18% of Slovenian youth lived abroad for educational reasons; 20% of men and 15% of women were previously mobile. Older young people were more likely to report previously living abroad compared to post-adolescents and adolescents. Youth with more educated parents were more likely to live abroad. The results of multivariate analyses showed that the number of books in the respondent's home was not related to his/her past mobility, while more frequent cultural participation proved to be one of the strongest statistically significant positive determinants of mobility among all analysed variables. [1.04 Professional article]
The main purpose of our research was to examine the relationship among various indicators of educational habitus and subjective health using a nationally representative survey sample of school-enrolled young people (Slovenian Youth 2013 Study) aged between 16 and 27 years. Subjective health was measured with four indicators: self-rated health, mental health, self-perceived stress and depression. Educational habitus was measured with six indicators: perceived school stressfulness, average academic grade, hours of studying daily, satisfaction with Slovenia’s educational system, school adjustment (willingness/desire to attend school) and youth’s expectations of getting employment after completing schooling. The results indicated that 1) one third of bivariate correlation coefficients between habitus and health were statistically significant; 2) the strongest correlation was between self-perceived stress and self-assessed difficulty of the school process; 3) the most consistent health predictor was satisfaction with Slovenian educational system, which was in bivariate analysis associated with three out of four indicators of subjective health and with composite measure of overall health; 4) in multivariate analysis only a few coefficients remained significant; 5) there were twice as many statistically significant associations between indicators of habitus and health among girls than among boys.