<?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>Attitudes Towards the EU, April 2000</dcterms:title><dcterms:identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/NFPG2U</dcterms:identifier><dcterms:creator>European Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania</dcterms:creator><dcterms:publisher>Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)</dcterms:publisher><dcterms:issued>2026-01-02</dcterms:issued><dcterms:modified>2026-03-04T10:37:34Z</dcterms:modified><dcterms:description>&lt;b>&lt;i>
The purpose of the study&lt;/i>&lt;/b>: 
to give information on the Lithuanians' attitudes towards the European Union and their awareness about the membership of Lithuanian in this international organization.
&lt;br>&lt;b>&lt;i>Major investigated questions&lt;/i>&lt;/b>: 
respondents were asked how they would vote in a referendum on Lithuania's accession to the EU and when it would be particularly relevant for Lithuania to join the EU. They were also asked how the integration into the EU would affect social and political spheres in the country. Respondents indicated their confidence in different countries and unions of countries. They were also asked whether the foreign policy of Lithuania should be more oriented to the West (EU, NATO), to Russia (CIS), or to seek total neutrality. Respondents were asked what TV channels they watch and what newspapers they read in order to get information about political, economic and social events. In general, they were also asked whether the information provided by the Lithuanian mass media is sufficient, and whether, during the last 4 weeks, they watched TV, listened to radio, read newspaper or other things in which Lithuania's accession to the EU and its conditions which was discussed, also whether they discussed this topic themselves. Respondents assessed their knowledge about the EU and the negotiations on Lithuania's accession to the EU. The actions of different state institutions in preparation for accession to the EU were also assessed. Respondents were asked to evaluate the change of their life quality after the economic, political and social reforms in Lithuania. Respondents were asked how their lives would change if Lithuania joined the EU. Respondents also evaluated their (or their family's) financial situation and predicted what their (or their family's) financial situation would be after 12 months. Respondents indicated what language they usually speak at home and what in languages they can communicate. Respondents were asked whether they are interested in politics and for which party they would vote in the Seimas elections if these elections take place next Sunday. Respondents were also repeatedly asked how they would vote in a referendum on Lithuania's accession to the EU if this referendum takes place tomorrow, as well as to evaluate the strength of their opinion in the referendum on Lithuania's accession to the EU.
&lt;br>&lt;b>&lt;i>Socio-demographic characteristics&lt;/i>&lt;/b>: 
gender, age, education, occupation, nationality, monthly family income per one family member, place of residence, region.</dcterms:description><dcterms:subject>Social Sciences</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>consumer protection</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>corruption</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>crime and security</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>culture</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>economic and social development</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>education</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>elderly</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>electors</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>employment opportunities</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>environmental conservation</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>European integration</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>European Union</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>exports and imports</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>information needs</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>information sources</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>institutions</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>international relations</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>languages used at home</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>minority groups</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>national security</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>private voluntary organizations</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>quality of life</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>referendums</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>second languages</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>social security</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>state control</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>trade unions</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>voting</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>well-being (society)</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>youth</dcterms:subject><dcterms:language>English</dcterms:language><dcterms:language>Lithuanian</dcterms:language><dcterms:date>2000-04-30</dcterms:date><dcterms:contributor>Gaidys, Vladas (UAB "Vilmorus", Lithuania)</dcterms:contributor><dcterms:contributor>Žvaliauskas, Giedrius (Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-0756])</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>2010-12-30</dcterms:dateSubmitted><dcterms:temporal>2000-04-26</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2000-04-30</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2000-04-26</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2000-04-30</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:type>Survey data</dcterms:type><dcterms:spatial>Lithuania</dcterms:spatial><dcterms:rights>&lt;p>The description of the dataset (&lt;b>metadata&lt;/b>) is freely and openly available to both registered and unregistered users of the LiDA Dataverse repository under the terms of the &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)&lt;/a>.&lt;/p>
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