The primary purpose of Slovenian Youth 2013 study was to comprehensively examine the lives of Slovenian youth (16–27-year olds). As with Youth 2010 study, Youth 2013 study represents a conceptual and methodological continuation of the tradition of youth research in Slovenia, with some further refinements. Basis for a methodological approach were studies already carried out in Germany (Hurrelmann et al., 2002, 2006), and the approaches and concepts that appear in previous researches of youth in Slovenia since 1985. Youth 2013 study and its numerous publications provide insight into the lives, attitudes and practices of not only Slovenian youth, but also of young people from two other Western Balkan countries, namely Croatia (IDIZ-FES Croatian 2012 Youth Study) and Kosovo (IDRA-FES Kosovo 2012 Youth Study). In addition, German data was also used as a point of comparison (Shell 2010 German Youth Study). The cross-national nature of the CEPYUS-FES Slovenian Youth 2013 therefore study provides valuable insight in the field of youth studies and aims to partially fill the research gap in post-communist countries. Among the main research areas of 2013 youth study were: demographic changes and intergenerational cooperation, education and training, (un)employment and entrepreneurship, housing and living conditions, lifestyle, health and well-being, media use, political participation and attitudes, youth mobility and globalization and others.



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