Societal-Military (Mis)Alignments in Slovenia: A Socio-Structural Inquiry

Which statistical region are you from?
	Percentage	Percentage checking each option
	General population	SAF – total	Soldiers	NCOs	Officers
Osrednjeslovenska	26.62	17.79	12.57	19.42	29.27
Podravska	15.56	24.04	30.37	23.3	12.2
Savinjska	12.33	11.06	12.57	13.59	6.1
Gorenjska	9.86	6.97	4.71	7.77	9.76
Obalno-kraška	5.61	5.05	4.19	6.8	4.88
Goriška	5.57	2.88	2.62	2.91	3.66
Primorsko-notranjska	2.55	4.33	5.76	3.88	3.66
Pomurska	5.35	10.82	13.61	10.68	8.54
Koroška	3.32	4.57	4.71	1.94	3.66
Jugovzhodna Slovenija	6.96	5.53	4.71	2.91	8.54
Zasavska	2.69	2.4	1.57	2.91	3.66
Posavska	3.58	4.57	2.62	3.88	6.1
		Valid N=416	N=191	N=103	N=82
		Valid N=416	Valid N=376

Table 2:

Ideological self-identifications

In politics, people often talk about the left and the right. On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is left and 10 is right, where would you put yourself?
	Percentage checking each option
	SJM 2024	SAF – total	Soldiers	NCOs	Officers
0	5.7	2.2	0.9	4.2	1.7
1	3.7	1.1	0	0	3.4
2	5.5	3.2	3.6	2.8	3.4
3	8.4	4.3	3.6	1.4	5.1
4	7	5.7	3.6	6.9	10.2
5	33.9	9	5.5	6.9	15.3
6	8.8	12.5	10.9	12.5	18.6
7	8.8	16.5	19.1	15.3	16.9
8	5.5	18.6	16.4	23.6	13.6
9	2.3	6.8	8.2	8.3	3.4
10	10.2	20.1	28.2	18.1	8.5
Mean	5.2	6.9	7.46	6.99	5.97
	Valid N=844	Valid N=279	N=110	N=72	N=59
			Valid N=241

Teble 3:

Religious self-identification)

Regardless of whether you attend religious services or not, would you say that you are ...
	Percentage checking each option
	SJM 2024	SAF – total	Soldiers	NCOs	Officers
Religious	57	51	60.8	57.4	46.9
Non-religious	23.6	23.3	24.2	25.7	25.9
A convinced atheist	12.1	17.2	15.1	16.8	27.2
N.A.	7.3	8.5	/	/	/
	N=1089	N=459	N=186	N=101	N=81
	N=1089		Valid N=368

Teble 4:

Self-identification of social hierarchy status)

In our society, there are groups of people who are near the top and groups who are further down. Below is a scale from the top (10) to the bottom (1). Where would you place yourself on this scale?
	Percentage checking each option
	SJM 2024	SAF – total	Soldiers	NCOs	Officers
10	1.2	2.6	6.1	0	3.2
9	2.2	2.6	4.1	2.7	4.8
8	9.1	6.5	5.4	12.3	12.7
7	15.2	17.6	21.6	23.3	49.2
6	17.3	3.1	3.4	9.6	1.6
5	22.7	15.9	27	21.9	14.3
4	4.7	9.4	14.2	16.4	7.9
3	5.1	5.9	10.8	6.8	6.3
2	1.6	2.6	4.7	2.7	0
1	1.9	2	2.7	4.1	0
Don’t know	12.4	10.2	/	/	/
No response	6.6	/	/	/	/
Mean	5.77	5.65	5.49	5.48	6.53
	N=1089	Valid N=360	N=148	N=73	N=63
	N=1089	Valid N=360	Valid N=284¹

1 In responses based on rank, missing values and answer don’t know have already been omitted.

Teble 5:

Marital status

What is your official marital status?
	Percentage checking each option
	SJM 2024	SAF – total	Soldiers	NCOs	Officers
Married	50.2	38.8	38.5	70.5	57.5
Separated (I am married but separated)	1.5	2.8	4.7	3.4	1.4
Divorced (separated)	5.8	5.2	4.7	8	8.2
Widower/widow	7.5	0.5	0	0	0
Single – never married or in a registered civil partnership	25.7	33.3	52.1	18.2	32.9
N.A.	9.2	19.4	/	/	/
	N=1089	N=459	N=88	N=73	N=73
	N=1089	N=459	Valid N=243

Table 6:

Voting

Some people do not vote for various reasons. Did you take part in last year’s elections (April 2022) for members of the Slovenian National Assembly?²
	Percentage checking each option
	SJM 2024	SAF – total	Soldiers	NCOs	Officers
Yes	73.2	69.3	66.8	85.4	85.4
No	16.4	22.9	32.6	14.6	14.6
Did not have the right to vote	3.8	1.3	0.5	0	0
N.A.	6.6	6.5	/	/	/
	N=1089	N=459	N=190	N=103	N=82
	N=1089	N=459	Valid N=375

2 The elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia were held on Sunday, 24 April 2022. According to the data of the District Electoral Commissions, 1,203,522 voters, or 70.97% of all eligible voters, cast their ballots at polling stations in Slovenia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cmc-2026-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2463-9575 | Journal ISSN: 2232-2825

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Published on: Mar 31, 2026

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