Living Conditions in Lithuania after Joining Euro-Atlantic Institutions, November 2004

21.12137/MAXHTC Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania LT: Lithuania Living Conditions in Lithuania after Joining Euro-Atlantic Institutions, November 2004 Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA) 2026 Social Sciences artistic activities attitudes culture customs and traditions educational background electors employment abroad environmental conservation European Union families information sources national identity national security political participation quality of life religion social class social life values voting International politics and organisations Media Economic systems and development Matulionis, Arvydas Arvydas Matulionis Institute for Social Research, Lithuania Kasparavičienė, Vida Vida Kasparavičienė Institute for Social Research, Lithuania Kocaj, Elena Elena Kocaj Institute for Social Research, Lithuania Krukauskienė, Eugenija Eugenija Krukauskienė Institute for Social Research, Lithuania Liutikas, Darius Darius Liutikas Institute for Social Research, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-0336-266X] Maniukaitė, Gražina Gražina Maniukaitė Institute for Social Research, Lithuania Novelskaitė, Aurelija Aurelija Novelskaitė Institute for Social Research, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0003-0654-8715] Trinkūnienė, Inija Inija Trinkūnienė Institute for Social Research, Lithuania Vosyliūtė, Anelė Anelė Vosyliūtė Institute for Social Research, Lithuania Žilinskaitė, Viktorija Viktorija Žilinskaitė Institute for Social Research, Lithuania 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 Gaidys, Vladas (Institute for Social Research, Lithuania) Baublytė, Marė (Institute for Social Research, Lithuania) Kublickienė, Lilija (Institute for Social Research, Lithuania) Sviklas, Eduardas (Institute for Social Research, Lithuania) Štreimikis, Antanas (Centre for Information Technology Implementation, Faculty of Informatics, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-5594-0580]) Šarkutė, Ligita (Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-1835-0186]) Žvaliauskas, Giedrius (Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-0756]) 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]) 2008-04-28 2004-12-23 2008-04-16 2026-01-02 2004-11-13/2004-11-23 2004-11-13/2004-11-23 Survey data LiDA_SurveyData_0617 1978315 572059 72728 855841 651959 32435 text/tab-separated-values application/x-gzip application/x-gzip application/pdf text/html application/x-gzip 1.0 Custom terms specific to this dataset The purpose of the study: to describe the model of social stratification in Lithuania as new member of European Union, to identify existing social economic strata in society. Major investigated questions: The main groups of indicators of social stratification were investigated: power, payment, occupation, demography, activity, place of residence. It was sought to identify attribution of oneself to a certain social stratum; attitude towards one's class position; respondents' employment and occupational group, occupational position. Respondents were asked to characterize their own material condition; possession of property / capital (works of art, valuables, musical instruments, land, forest, house, etc.); to assess their dwelling. Respondents answered questions focusing on participation in politics; made assessment of power and political creed. As well respondent answered questions about church attendance and partaking in religious rites; modes of leisure time and attitude towards leisure; assessed various aspects of social and cultural behaviour; evaluated their health and conditions of cure. Respondents were asked whether they use the Internet, mobile telephone, and other communication means at work, home, libraries, at friends, etc.; do they participate in youth's organization, human rights organization, support-charity fund, local community, etc. Also probed were respondents' views towards specific social groups: the unemployed, poor, homeless; people of other races, nationalities, religions, homosexuals, and other. Respondents were asked to assess the importance of preservation of traditional culture; to make judgment on traditional and new holidays (All Soul's Day, Halloween and other); to express their attitudes to items characterizing Lithuania: landscape, history, language, culture, identity and its preservation; to assess migratory processes. Respondents' attitudes towards drinking alcohol, smoking, and drug taking were identified. Social demographic characteristics: gender, age, education, nationality, number of children under 18 years, monthly income per family member, place of residence, region. The main language of the study is Lithuanian (lit). Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Lithuanian (lit). Dataset (data and metadata) “Influence of EU Membership on Social Structure of Lithuania, November 2004” from 2008-04-28 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_LTES_0030; produced by Gaidys, Vladas; Baublytė, Marė; Kublickienė, Lilija; Sviklas, Eduardas; Štreimikis, Antanas (2008-04-28); revised by Šarkutė, Ligita (2010-12-14). Survey Data > Monitoring Social Problems SPSS, 29 Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania