This article looks into the circumstances surrounding the starting of young adults' family and childbearing in Slovenia. It examines the demographic and family trends, structural factors that play an important role in family formation (e.g. labour market, housing situation, gender roles), and the findings of quantitative and qualitative surveys on transitions to family lifeamong young adults in Slovenia. The quantitative data indicate high aspirations of young adults for family life and children. The qualitative datashow that subjective rather than objective factors are a key "barrier" to family formation
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