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Watching the idiot box, that’s how. According to a recent survey by Eurostat, Slovenes spend about 40% of their free time watching television. Not that they’re the only couch potatoes in Europe. The results show that “watching TV and video was the main free time activity for both men and women in almost all countries.” This holds especially true for Hungary — the only surveyed group that spent more than half its free time in front of the boob tube.
The survey includes data from nine EU countries: Belgium, Germany, Estonia, France, Hungary, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Some interesting points about Slovenia and how it compares to other European countries:
- Slovenian men are in last place when it comes to spending time reading.
- Slovenian women are in last place when it comes to spending time doing volunteer work. (The men are also in last place… but they’re in a three-way tie with Belgium and the UK.)
- Slovenes spend more free time than anyone else “resting.”
- Slovenian men have 24% more free time than Slovenian women.
Also worth noting: Norwegian women are the only ones who spend more time socialising than watching television.
Data for more European countries will be available in the future. In the meantime, here are some other results:
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those low figures for volunteerism have been for years and years and years. according to UNDP’s national human development report for slovenia from a couple years ago, slovenia had the lowest proportion of membership in NGOs in eastern and central europe. by 1999, membership doubled by was still below the european average from 1992. today, UNDP estimates that the percent of citizens who are members of voluntary organizations in slovenia is the lowest of all developed countries. this translates into a less than dynamic civil society scene, as well as low membership in political parties and trade unions.
it could be argued that this could lead to major problems not only in society but politically as well…
Volunteerism is simply not a big part of Slovenian culture. The Slovenian people are ready to pay huge taxes in order for the state to take care of the homeless, the poor etc. If you take a look at the healthcare system, you will see the same notions of solidarity. So in essence, I would say Slovenes pay their dues at the office and then prefer to spend free time on themselves.