Compilation of opinions and attitudes of young people in the Basque Country: analysis carried out by the OVJ in 2021

2021

• 18 December, International Migrants Day

• 5 December, International Volunteer Day

• 32.8% of Basque youth aged 15 to 29 say they have read a book in Basque in the last three months

• 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

• 76.8% of people aged between 15 and 29 in the Basque Country have taken part in some artistic or cultural activity in the last year

• Basque youth demand a change in the model of society

• The unemployment rate of Basque youth aged 16 to 29 continues to fall in the third quarter of 2021

• 24 October, International Libraries Day

• 24 October, International Day Against Climate Change

• October 17, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

• Nine out of ten young people in the Basque Country are in favour of free and voluntary abortion

• Basque young people give a pass mark to the work carried out by Basque public administrations on youth-related issues

• More and more young people in the Basque Country are making sustainable journeys on a daily basis. European Mobility Week 2021

• The use of video games is on the rise among young people in the Basque Country, especially young men

• 12 August, International Youth Day

• More than half of young people in the Basque Country aged between 20 and 29 have considered becoming civil servants

• The quality that best defines Basque youth, in their own opinion, is being well educated

• The percentage of young people in the overall population of the Basque Country is 13.8%

• 96.6% of young people in the Basque Country support sex change

• 1.8% of employed youth under 30 are members of a cooperative

• In 2020, eight out of every ten people who had completed vocational training studies the previous year were working (78.5%)

• Three out of every four students in the Basque Country aged between 15 and 29 believe that it is very or fairly likely that they will find a job related to their training when they finish their studies

• Basque youth consider that their economic situation has worsened compared to what it was when they were children

• Three out of every four young people in the Basque Country consider themselves to be very or fairly environmentally friendly

• Almost one in five young people who have taken part in a selection process for a job say they have felt discriminated against because they are young

• 17 May, International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

• 9 May, Europe Day

• The pandemic has had a major impact on the expectations of young people regarding 2021

• 7 April: World Health Day

• The pandemic has had a major impact on the expectations of young people regarding 2021. Study Aurrera Begira 2020

• The Cost of Residential Independence in the Basque Country 2019

• The weight of the youth population within the total population of the Basque Country is quite small, less than 15 %

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