<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><metadata xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/"><dcterms:title>Social Policy V, March - April 2015</dcterms:title><dcterms:identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/DIOGZC</dcterms:identifier><dcterms:creator>Krupavičius, Algis</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Balžekienė, Aistė</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Bartuškaitė, Miglė</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Butkevičienė, Eglė</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Telešienė, Audronė</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Žvaliauskas, Giedrius</dcterms:creator><dcterms:publisher>Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)</dcterms:publisher><dcterms:issued>2022-01-28</dcterms:issued><dcterms:modified>2025-08-15T12:07:31Z</dcterms:modified><dcterms:description>&lt;b>&lt;i>The purpose of the study&lt;/i>&lt;/b>:  to examine the attitudes of Lithuanian population towards social policy.
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&lt;b>&lt;i>Major investigated questions&lt;/i>&lt;/b>: respondents were asked which problem is the most relevant for Lithuania. Respondents were asked to which type they appointed this days Lithuanian society and what Lithuanian should be - which type they would choose. Respondents were asked who should care for a person in case of retirement, illness, loss of work, longterm physical or mental disability and child birth. Respondents were asked how safe they personally feel in same life situation. Respondents were asked to assess how many state objectives in assuring society's well-being in Lithuanian are achieved or unachieved based on the list of objectives in social policy of Lithuania gathered form various political documents. First, respondents were asked how they evaluate state efforts in seeking objectives in labour market and employment areas. Next question block to reveal how state is doing in achieving objectives in social equity and social security areas was presented. Next, situation in health care area was assessed. Respondents were asked how, in their opinion, state is doing in achieving its objectives in family policy and child-rearing areas. Last, question block about state achievements in education and environment protection areas was presented. Further, respondents satisfaction with social security system in Lithuania and their quality of life was analysed. Respondents were asked if they agree with euro adoption in Lithuania. It was questioned about income taxation of people with different salaries. Respondents were asked if government should increase taxes and appoint more resources for social benefits and services, or lower taxes and appoint less resources for social benefits and services. It was questioned if abortions should be prohibited in Lithuania and if people of same gender should be allowed to get married in Lithuania. Respondents were asked if people who broke the law should be punished much stricter than now. It was questioned if the right society is that in which people standard of living slightly differs. Respondents were questioned if state should interfere in economy as little as possible and if huge differences in people's income are justified because it is how people get rewarded for uneven abilities and efforts.
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&lt;b>&lt;i>Socio-demographic characteristics&lt;/i>&lt;/b>: gender, age, duration of education, education, employment status of the respondent and his / her husband / wife / permanent partner, profession (occupation), respondent's trade union membership, religion, participation in religious rites, political views, political and social activism, voting in the last Seimas elections, nationality, household size, respondent's average and total average monthly household income, marital status, place of residence, satisfaction with quality of life, change in living conditions, received social benefits, received financial support from abroad living relatives.</dcterms:description><dcterms:subject>Social Sciences</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>social problems</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>social policy</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>labour and employment</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>social security</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>health policy</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>family policy</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>political, social and economic issues</dcterms:subject><dcterms:language>English</dcterms:language><dcterms:language>Lithuanian</dcterms:language><dcterms:date>2015-04-17</dcterms:date><dcterms:contributor>Krupavičius, Algis (Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-6919-6580])</dcterms:contributor><dcterms:contributor>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])</dcterms:contributor><dcterms:contributor>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])</dcterms:contributor><dcterms:dateSubmitted>2015-05-21</dcterms:dateSubmitted><dcterms:temporal>2015-03-03</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2015-04-17</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2015-03-03</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2015-04-17</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:relation>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/XXAXVK " target="_blank"> Social Policy I, November 2010 - February 2011 &lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/IJRSCP" target="_blank"> Social Policy II, November - December 2011 &lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/4BNIN7" target="_blank"> Social Policy III, January - February 2013 &lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/Q4PIQZ " target="_blank"> Social Policy IV, October - November 2013 &lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/AMTS6H " target="_blank"> Social Policy VI, October - December 2015 &lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/RXNUUD" target="_blank"> Social Policy VII, June - August 2016&lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Datasets of which data collection was conducted at the same time as of the study "Social Policy V, March - April 2015" were carried out simultaneously: 
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/KKSPG3" target="_blank"> ISSP 2014: Citizenship II, Lithuania, March - April 2015&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/MIA81C" target="_blank"> Virtual Work II, March - April 2015&lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="" target="_blank"> &lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/MVTU5U" target="_blank"> Virtual Social Networks V, March - April 2015&lt;/a>&lt;/p></dcterms:relation><dcterms:type>Survey data</dcterms:type><dcterms:spatial>Lithuania</dcterms:spatial><dcterms:rights>&lt;p>Duomenys yra prieinami LiDA Dataverse talpyklos vartotojams pagal &lt;a href="https://cc.lnb.lt/cc-by-sa" target="_blank">„Creative Commons“ 4.0 priskyrimo ir analogiško platinimo tarptautinės viešosios licencijos (CC BY-SA 4.0)&lt;/a> sąlygas, jei nenumatyta kitaip. Jei norima naudoti kitaip licencijuojamus duomenis, reikia kreiptis dėl galimybės naudotis konkrečiais duomenimis (raštu ar el. paštu: &lt;a href="mailto:data@ktu.lt">data@ktu.lt&lt;/a>). Nepriklausomai nuo prieigos prie duomenų apribojimų, visi norintieji gali peržiūrėti ir naudoti visų LiDA Dataverse talpykloje saugomų duomenų aprašus (metaduomenis, įskaitant lauko darbų vykdymo medžiagą, tyrimo instrumentus bei kitą su duomenų surinkimu susijusią informaciją) ir kitą informaciją pagal &lt;a href="https://cc.lnb.lt/cc-by-sa" target="_blank">„Creative Commons“ 4.0 priskyrimo ir analogiško platinimo tarptautinę viešąją licenciją (CC BY-SA 4.0)&lt;/a>.&lt;/p> 
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