Barometer of the Public Opinion Research Center, April 1991

21.12137/IBK0XJ Public Opinion Research Center at the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences LT: Lithuania Barometer of the Public Opinion Research Center, April 1991 Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA) 2021 Social Sciences standard of living economic conditions privatization market economy prices television channels political parties political leaders european union political, social and economic issues Media Economic conditions and indicators Government, political systems and organisations Consumption and consumer behaviour Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and Humanities Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA) Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Žvaliauskas, Giedrius (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-0756]) Vilčinskas, Vidas (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-9377-0458]) Burbienė, Diana (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-8435-090X]) 2021-07-27 1991-04-22 2019-12-18 2021-10-07 2025-03-10 1991-04-17/1991-04-22 1991-04-17/1991-04-22 Survey data LiDA_SurveyData_0270 978-9955-531-54-8 21.12137/6JE5JF 21.12137/EWVKAY 21.12137/ETIYWG 21.12137/CVL3E2 226467 422067 38961 482009 38961 494555 226467 89223 10501755 application/pdf text/tab-separated-values application/x-spss-syntax text/tab-separated-values application/x-spss-syntax text/tab-separated-values application/pdf application/gzip application/gzip 5.2 Custom terms specific to this dataset The purpose of the study: to investigate the attitudes of Lithuanian population about the most important political, social and economic issues during the rapid transformation of society and state. Major investigated questions: respondents were asked whether they had sufficient knowledge of rising prices, government work, compensation arrangements, economic reforms, privatization, investment vouchers, unemployment benefits, and charity and welfare opportunities. The question blocks were used to find out how the diet of respondents and their families had changed as prices rose and whether the certain products and food prices increased too much. It was further asked whether the rise of prices was upsetting and how they intended to adapt to rising prices. How respondents and their families deal with money and what they think about price increase as citizens. The respondents were asked how to deal with the loss-making nature of children's clothing and footwear. It was asked how it plans to use the received benefits (investment checks), as it is planned to sell out 2/3 of the state property and what part of its savings they intend to spend on privatization of the state property. After asking the block of questions the respondents assessed the increase of energy tariffs (prices). Further it was also posed questions what TV channels respondents can see at home, which of the mentioned channels respondents watch most often and how much they trust them. It was asked whether they were not afraid that in the conditions of a market economy the family of the respondents could find themselves in the group of poor, poorly supplied families and what should be the minimum subsistence level set by the state in Lithuania, i.e. what minimum income per month should be guaranteed to a family member, each person (in USSR rubbles). Respondents were asked whether they were satisfied with the financial situation of their family and how much money each family member spent on average per month. It was wanted to know which problems of Lithuania should be solved first of all. Respondents further assessed the activities of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, the Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party, and the Lithuanian Communist Party. It was posed question to know whether they had ever thought that they were not only Lithuanian (Russian, Polish, etc.), but also European. Respondents were asked whether they had heard the terms "European Community", "European Economic Community" and "single market" and whether they knew what they meant. Moreover, respondents were asked to find out their views on the efforts to unite Western Europe and Lithuania's accession to the European Community in the future. Finally, after listing the representatives of the other countries, they were asked to indicate how much they trusted them. Socio-demographic characteristics: gender, age, education, social status, number of minors in the family, nationality, place of residence. The main language of the study is Lithuanian (lit). Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Lithuanian (lit). Dataset (data and metadata) “Barometer of the Public Opinion Resarch Center, Apris 1991” from 2021-07-27 to 2021-10-01 was available on the portal of Lithuanian Data Archive for Humanities and Social Sciences (LiDA) www.lidata.eu; object PID: www.lidata.eu/data/quant/LiDA_VNTC_0335; produced by Žvaliauskas Giedrius 2021-07-27. Barometer of the Public Opinion Research Center SPSS, 25 Lithuania Vilnius City, Kaunas City, Klaipėda City, Šiauliai City, Panevėžys City, Alytus City, Kapsukas (Marijampolė) City, Druskininkai City, Sniečkus (Visaginas) City, Vilnius, Lithuania Public Opinion Research Center at the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences