Youth Insights

The importance of measuring youth’s subjective well-being has been increasingly recognized in contemporary social sciences with a focus on researching the crucial determinants that lead to living a satisfying life. In this article, the author compares life evaluations of young people living in two different types of settlements – rural and urban areas – in Croatia. Additionally, he investigates the relationship between the social cohesion and youth’s life evaluations. This research was conducted on the fes Youth Studies Southeast Europe 2018/2019 database on a sample of Croatian young people aged 18 to 29 with a total of 1218 participants. Contrary to previous research, no statistically significant difference in life evaluation was found between young rural and urban residents. Furthermore, regardless of their settlement type, Croatian youth with a higher trust in people, stronger identity, lower trust in institutions, and higher perception of social justice, show higher life evaluation.