The master's thesis presents the concept of universal basic income (UBI), the arguments for introducing the UBI into modern social systems and explores the position of various social groups in Slovenian society regarding its introduction. UBI is defined as an unconditional income that is paid to all members of society on an individual basis, with no employment criterion or requirement. The concept dates back to the 16th century, however, in the past decade we have been following several pilot projects that are trying to predict the outcome of such an intervention through various simulations. In addition to the results of these simulations, an important factor in increasing the possibility of the future implementation of UBI is public support, which is the focus of the master's thesis. With a secondary statistical analysis of the Slovenian Public Opinion Survey (2013, 2016) data, I examine who supports or does not support the introduction of UBI in Slovenia. The results of my analysis, contrary to the proposed hypotheses, show that gender, age, level of education, monthly household income or type of settlement do not significantly affect the (lack of) support for the introduction of UBI. In general, I have identified an unconditional and increasing support for the UBI from more than half of the Slovenian population. Based on this, I speculate that citizens are following social trends, keeping up with sociological controversy and are increasingly preparing for the possible introduction of UBI. The results show a unity among social groups, which is considered a positive result and a potential argument for the implementation of feasibility studies in Slovenia. The key proposal of the master's thesis is to direct further efforts towards finding the optimal possibilities for realizing the introduction of UBI.
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