The boys are already afraid of their AHV – Switzerland: standard

The AHV is the biggest concern of Swiss youth – for the first time since Credit Suisse publishes its annual youth barometer. According to the latest edition, more than half of the 16 to 25 year olds fear for their retirement. The second and third most urgent problems are the issue of immigration and refugees.

At the first survey in 2010 still designated 42 percent the AHV as their biggest concern for young people, today it is already 53 percentIn the past six years, this share has increased steadily. The fact that the pension provision is at the top for the first time therefore corresponds to a long-term development.

"The younger generations have a remarkable preview."Manuel Rybach, Credit Suisse

Nevertheless, the authors of the study are also surprised about the result: "Given that the young people interviewed only received information about 40 years ago 50 years Retired, the new head care points to a remarkable foresight of the younger generations », says Manuel Rybach, head of Public Affairs and Policy at Credit Suisse. Certainly, the vote on the old-age provisions and their large presence on the media in the past year would have increased the subject more and more in the awareness of the young people, who now would urgently expect the policy solutions.

It is also surprising that despite the urgency of only AHV rehabilitation 36 percent Judges the relationship between old and young as tense – in 2010 that was still the case 40 percent, Most young people (41 percent) neutral in this question, a small part (18 percent) describes the relationship as harmonious.

Although pensions have become more relevant, issues surrounding foreigners and refugees have lost the urgency. In the latest research nearly half of the youth described asylum issues as a major problem, today it is only a good quarter. Immigration is also seen as a considerably less important issue than a few years ago.

By agreeing with the massive immigration initiative "a large part of the population feels", explains Boris Zürcher, head of the Labor Directorate of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, this decline. More recently, the balance between migration and the number of asylum applications has declined. The virulence of the subject has thus somewhat decreased. "However, I assume that the subject will become more important once immigration picks up again," Zürcher says.

Currently nothing indicates. The young people even judge that living together with young foreigners becomes increasingly harmonious. 2010 were alone 11 percent In this opinion it is three times more today. The proportion of those who view the relationship as problematic has halved in the same period. Solidarity also increasingly characterizes the millennials. Equality between women and men, for example, seems to occupy young people.

"We have a high social, economic and political willingness to make change possible."Boris Zürcher, State Secretary for Economic Affairs

In the coming years, the fear of unemployment could also increase. At the moment this is less than a quarter of 16 to 25 year olds as a major concern. However, the authors of the study assume that the job security in this country is generally overestimated. It is also possible that the Swiss felt safe enough because of well-developed social insurance.

Therefore only fear 34 percent young people that could disappear because of technological progress. The experts explain it this way: Switzerland is lagging behind the development of the international labor market and the shock has yet to come. Or it is better prepared for the challenges of digitization, automation or artificial intelligence. "We have a high social, economic and political willingness to make change possible", argues Boris Zürcher.

The list of things that & # 39; in & # 39; be clearly identified by digitization. Below the Top 10 in Switzerland include the Smartphone, WhatsApp, YouTube and Instagram.

"Out" are drugs and smoking, as are clubs and parties. Instead of going out in the evening, more and more millennials rely on healthy nutrition and fitness training. Spending his free time with a commitment to political parties or youth organizations is considered uncomfortable.

The young Swiss feel less and less a member of a group or social unit, most likely the circle of friends (82 percent) and the family (81 percent)But here too, the feeling of solidarity has declined sharply in recent years. Only two-thirds of young people are still connected to Swiss society and barely half of an association. This general decline can lead to thinking – or it shows how independent and self-aware this generation is.

(Tages-Anzeiger)

Created: 27.08.2018, 12:03 clock