2014

• Political parties are the institutions that Basque youth trust less (pdf, 132 kb)
• Two-thirds of the Basque youths aged 18 to 29 say they will vote in the elections to the European Parliament next May 25 (pdf, 78 kb)

• 17 October, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (pdf,315  kb)
• The number of young people in the Basque Country has fallen below the 300,000 mark (pdf, 201 kb)
• There are fewer than 70 young people aged 15 to 29 for every 100 people aged over 64 (pdf, 57 kb)
• Basque youths rate their current situation with a score of 5.1 (pdf, 105 kb)
• More than half of Basque youths believe that their personal situation will improve in the next five years (pdf, 68 kb)
• Young people in the Basque Country rate their current personal situation with a 7.2 (pdf, 111 kb)
• Four in every ten young people feel that the outlook for young people is grim (pdf, 104 kb)

• In 2013, 1,138 young women aged 15 to 29 were victims of gender violence in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (pdf, 171 kb)
• Eight out of ten young people believe that women make a greater effort than men when it comes to reconciling work and family (pdf, 294 kb)
• In the Basque Country three in four young people support euthanasia (pdf, 218 kb)
• Seven out of ten young Basques are calling for greater citizen participation in the peace and coexistence process (pdf, 404 kb)
• Girls have less freedom than boys while living with their parents (pdf, 214 kb) 
• 43 % of young people aged 15 to 24 in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country use public transport on a daily basis and 11 % use bicycles (pdf, 183 kb)
• 15 % of Basque youth have used car sharing arrangement with strangers to reduce costs (pdf, 103 kb)
• Indicators of sustainable consumption evolve positively among the young people (pdf, 208 kb)
• Nine out of ten young people find families comprising same sex couples with children adequate (pdf, 62 kb)
• More and more young people in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country are interested in Fair Trade (pdf, 49 kb)
• Scepticism on Europe among Basque youths is on the rise (pdf, 156 kb)
• 42% of Basque youths are responsible consumers (pdf, 40 kb)
• 70 % of young people take advantage of promotions and sales on a regular basis (pdf, 64 kb)

• Zientzia Astea: The graduation rate in higher education in Science, Mathematics and Technology in the Basque Autonomous Region (29.4 ‰) is higher than the European and Spanish average (pdf, 167 kb)
• Most young people in the Basque Country have higher qualifications than their parents (pdf, 357 kb)
• The unemployment rate among young people dropped in the second quarter of 2014 and is currently at 26.7 % (pdf, 179 kb)
• The youth unemployment rate in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country was 30.1% in the first quarter of 2014 (pdf, 93 kb)
• 8.1% of Basque youths aged 15 to 34 have entrepreneurial experience (pdf, 71 kb)
• One in four women (25%) thinks they are likely to lose their job in 2014 (pdf, 94 kb)
• The youth unemployment rate in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country reached 29.7 % in 2013 (pdf, 143  kb)

• International Youth Day focuses on mental health (pdf, 249 kb)
• The use of the Internet is on the increase among young people, but only 1.7 % present dependency problems (pdf, 133 kb)
• Eight out of every ten young people aged 15 to 24 in the Basque Country say they follow a balanced diet (pdf, 110 kb)
• 18% of Basque youths, 59,000 young people aged 15 to 29, have had risky sexual intercourse of any type (pdf, 124 kb)
• Fall in the number of work-related accidents among young people in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (pdf, 89 kb)
• 44 new cases of HIV infections among young people aged 15 to 29 were detected in the Basque Country in 2012 (pdf, 69 kb)

• Reading in Basque increases among youths (pdf, 114 kb)
• Just over half of the young people in the Basque Autonomous Region declare they read books regularly for pleasure - girls more than boys (pdf, 43 kb)
• Cultural practices related to the performing arts are less widespread among Basque youths than the European average (pdf, 67 kb)
• February 21, International Mother Language Day (pdf, 83 kb)

• Basque youth wanting to emancipate alone must dedicate more than half of their salary to pay the rent or the mortgage (pdf, 117 kb)

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