YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Education, training and learning mobility  87 Figure 2.3: Parents’ expectations of their children’s school performance. My parents demand too much from me in relation to education 2010 2020 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Strongly Disagree Disagree Undecided Strongly Agree Agree 20.9 36.4 26.2 12.3 4.3 15.9 34.3 34.6 11.2 4.0 0% Sources: Mladina 2010, Mladina 2020. Judging by the respondents’ perceptions in the above Figure, young peo- ple did not perceive their parents as demanding. Only a tiny proportion – both in 2010 and in 2020 – perceived that their parents demanded too much from them concerning school (answer ‘true’ or ‘very true’). Com- paring young people’s responses between 2010 and 2020 shows slightly higher expectations from parents in 2020. The following Figure compares parents’ educational attainment and their children’s (respondents’) school performance expectations. The survey results show that young people do not feel much pressure from their parents regarding their school performance. Responses to the prompt ‘Parents demand too much of me/they demand too much of me in relation to school’ are below the average score. The analysis showed that respondents with lower educational attainment felt more pressure from their parents regarding their school performance. The differences are statistically significant mainly according to the educational level of the respondents themselves (p < 0.05) and show that respondents with a low secondary level of education (two- or three-year vocational school completed) perceive the most significant parental pressure on their school performance.