Immigration and Outmigration in Lithuania, 1959–1990: Distribution of Migrating Residents by Country of Departure and Arrival (hdl:21.12137/3TDWLO)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Immigration and Outmigration in Lithuania, 1959–1990: Distribution of Migrating Residents by Country of Departure and Arrival

Identification Number:

hdl:21.12137/3TDWLO

Distributor:

Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)

Date of Distribution:

2026-01-12

Version:

2

Bibliographic Citation:

Ambrulevičiūtė, Aelita; Norkus, Zenonas, 2026, "Immigration and Outmigration in Lithuania, 1959–1990: Distribution of Migrating Residents by Country of Departure and Arrival", https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/3TDWLO, Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA), V2, UNF:6:6fXhMFwMZo+Eu1zvv34yuA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Immigration and Outmigration in Lithuania, 1959–1990: Distribution of Migrating Residents by Country of Departure and Arrival

Identification Number:

hdl:21.12137/3TDWLO

Identification Number:

LiDA_AggregatedData_0637

Authoring Entity:

Ambrulevičiūtė, Aelita (Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania [Project Member; Data collection])

Norkus, Zenonas (Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania [Project Leader])

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

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])

Date of Production:

2026-01-05

Software used in Production:

MS Excel

Grant Number:

S-VIS-23-15

Distributor:

Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)

Distributor:

Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and Humanities

Access Authority:

Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA)

Depositor:

Norkus, Zenonas (Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-6364-0716])

Date of Deposit:

2026-01-05

Date of Distribution:

2026-01-12

Series Name:

Aggregated data > Historical statistics > Demography

Series Information:

<p>The series "Aggregated data > Historical statistics > Demography" contains historical statistics data about population size, density, population size by place of residence (city or village), gender, confession, ethnic or national, social or estate cast; demographic historical data (birth rates, mortality, marriages, divorces, sickness rate, etc.); data about population migration; census data, etc.

Holdings Information:

https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/3TDWLO

Study Scope

Keywords:

Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, emigration, immigration, net migration, internal migration, population, history, demographic statistics

Topic Classification:

History, Migration

Abstract:

<p>This dataset contains data on immigration and outmigration in Lithuania in 1959–1990, including the distribution of migrating residents by country of departure and country of arrival.</p>

Time Period:

1959-1990

Date of Collection:

2023-2025

Country:

Lithuania

Unit of Analysis:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/AnalysisUnit?code=TimeUnit" target="_blank">Time unit</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Analysis Unit)

Unit of Analysis:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/AnalysisUnit?code=PoliticalAdministrativeArea" target="_blank">Political-administrative area</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Analysis Unit)

Universe:

Immigration

Universe:

Outmigration

Universe:

Net migration

Kind of Data:

Aggregated data: historical statistics

Notes:

<p>The language of the data sources is Lithuanian (lit) and Russian (rus).</p>

Methodology and Processing

Time Method:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/TimeMethod?code=TimeSeriesDiscrete" target="_blank">Time series: Discrete</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Time Method)

Data Collector:

Ambrulevičiūtė, Aelita (Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania [ORCID: 0009-0006-3519-568X])

Frequency of Data Collection:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/TypeOfFrequency?code=EveryYear" target="_blank">Every year</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Type of Frequency)

Mode of Data Collection:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/ModeOfCollection?code=Transcription" target="_blank">Transcription</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Mode Of Collection)

Mode of Data Collection:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/ModeOfCollection?code=CompilationSynthesis" target="_blank">Compilation/Synthesis</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Mode Of Collection)

Mode of Data Collection:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/ModeOfCollection?code=Other" target="_blank">Other</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Mode Of Collection)

Sources Statement

Data Sources:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/DataSourceType?code=RegistersRecordsAccountsAdministrative" target="_blank">Registers/Records/Accounts: administrative</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Data Source Type)

Gyventojų migracijos duomenys / Population migration data. Oficialios statistikos portalas. Prieiga per internetą: https://osp.stat.gov.lt/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize#// [žr. 2025 08 24]

Естественное и механическое движение населения Литовской ССР 1965–1970 г.г. Статистический сборник Центрального Статистического управления при Совете Министров Литовской ССР. Вильнюс, 1971, т. II, с. 140–143

Естественное и механическое движение населения Литовской ССР. Статистический сборник Центрального Статистического управления при Совете Министров Литовской ССР. Вильнюс, 1966, т. II, с. 288–290

Численность, естественное движение и миграция населения Литовской ССР. Статистический сборник Центрального Статистического управления Литовской ССР (для служебного пользования). Вильнюс, 1982, с. 89–97

Численность, естественное движение и миграция населения Литовской ССР за годы девятой пятилетки (1971–1975). Статистический сборник Центрального Статистического управления при Совете Министров Литовской ССР (для служебного пользования). Вильнюс, 1976, с. 157–160

Численность, естественное движение и миграция населения Литовской ССР в 1976–1981 г.г. Статистический сборник Центрального Статистического управления Литовской ССР (для служебного пользования). Вильнюс, 1981, с. 168–171

Численность, естественное движение и миграция населения Литовской ССР в 1985–1986 г.г. Статистический сборник Центрального Статистического управления Литовской ССС (для служебного пользования). Вильнюс, 1987, с. 65–68

Численность, естественное движение и миграция населения Литовской ССР в 1981–1982 г.г. Статистический сборник Центрального Статистического управления Литовской ССР (для служебного пользования). Вильнюс, 1983, с. 84–87

Численность, естественное движение и миграция населения Литовской ССР в 1983–1984 г.г. Статистический сборник Центрального Статистического управления Литовской ССР (для служебного пользования). Вильнюс, 1985, с. 81–84

Origins of Sources:

<p>State Statistical Committee of the Lithuanian SSR</p> <p>State Data Agency</p>

Notes:

<ul> <li>The "Total" column data for 1959–1966, 1971, and 1985 recalculated by the compilers of the table. </li> <li>The Ukrainian SSR net migration figure has been corrected in 1972, the source states: 1042.</li> <li>In the 1959 source, the data for the Kazakh SSR and the Kirghiz SSR were interchanged; the table compilers corrected this error.</li> </ul>

Data Access

Archive Where Study was Originally Stored:

Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania = Sociologijos ir socialinio darbo institutas, Filosofijos fakultetas, Vilniaus universitetas, Lietuva

Extent of Collection:

Main files = Pagrindiniai failai <br> Data files (1, MS Excel format). = Duomenų failai (1, MS Excel format). <br><br> Data and metadata files (3, Text files with tab-separated values). = Duomenų ir metaduomenų failai (3, tekstiniai failai su tabuliacija atskirtomis reikšmėmis). <br><br> Other files = Kiti failai <br> Other files related to the dataset (1, MS Excel format). = Kiti su duomenų rinkiniu susiję failai (1, MS Excel formatas).

Confidentiality Declaration:

<p>Siekiant užtikrinti LiDA Dataverse talpykloje saugomų duomenų konfidencialumą, prieš pradėdami naudotis konkrečiais duomenimis, vartotojai privalo sutikti su konfidencialumo deklaracija. Konfidencialumo deklaracijoje LiDA Dataverse talpyklos duomenų vartotojai įpareigojami saugoti bet kokios informacijos, prie kurios jiems suteikiama prieiga, konfidencialumą, jei ši informacija leistų identifikuoti konkrečius asmenis. Įspėjama, kad sąmoningas ar nesąmoningas šio pasižadėjimo nepaisymas užtraukia atitinkamą atsakomybę pagal galiojančius duomenų apsaugos teisės aktus.</p> <hr> <p> In order to ensure the confidentiality of the data stored in the LiDA Dataverse repository, users must agree to the confidentiality declaration before using the data. The declaration of confidentiality obliges LiDA Dataverse repository users to protect the confidentiality of any information to which they have been granted access, if this information directly or indirectly identifies specific individuals. Intentional or unintentional disregard for this obligation may incur liability under applicable data protection laws.</p>

Restrictions:

Vartotojai įsipareigoja neperduoti LiDA saugomų duomenų, prie kurių jiems suteikiama prieiga, trečiosioms šalims. <hr> Users undertake not to transfer data curated by the LiDA and to which they have been granted access to any third parties.

Citation Requirement:

Publikacijose, parengtose LiDA saugomų duomenų išteklių pagrindu, turi būti nuoroda į LiDA išnašose ar literatūros sąraše į naudojamus išteklius. Šiuo reikalavimu siekiama, kad nuoroda į LiDA patektų į socialinių mokslų citavimo indeksus. <hr> Publications based on the data or other resources curated by the LiDA should acknowledge this by a reference to LiDA. To ensure that such attributions are captured by social science bibliographic utilities, citations must appear in the footnotes or in the reference section of publications.

Conditions:

Vartotojai įsipareigoja pateikti archyvui publikacijų, kuriose naudoti LiDA saugomi duomenys ar kita informacija, bibliografinius aprašus (raštu ar el. paštu: <a href="mailto:data@ktu.lt">data@ktu.lt</a>). <hr> The users are required to provide bibliographic information about all forms of publications referring to the data and other resources curated at the LiDA (in written form or by email: <a href="mailto:data@ktu.lt">data@ktu.lt</a>).

Disclaimer:

Lietuvos humanitarinių ir socialinių mokslų duomenų archyvas (LiDA) neatsako už trečiųjų asmenų (institucijų) išvadas ir interpretacijas gautas naudojant LiDA saugomus duomenis. LiDA neatsako už netiesioginę, atsitiktinę, ar kitokią žalą, ar nuostolius, atsiradusius naudojant LiDA saugomus duomenis, arba negalint jų pasiekti, arba dėl nesankcionuoto jų panaudojimo įsilaužus į sistemą. <hr> The Lithuanian Data Archive for Humanities and Social Sciences (LiDA) bears no responsibility for the uses of the data archived therein, or for interpretations or inferences based on these uses. The LiDA accepts no liability for indirect, consequential or incidental damages or losses arising from use of the data collection, or from the unavailability of, or break in access to the service for whatever reason.

Notes:

<p>Duomenys yra prieinami LiDA Dataverse talpyklos vartotojams pagal <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)</a> sąlygas, jei nenumatyta kitaip. Jei norima naudoti kitaip licencijuojamus duomenis, reikia kreiptis dėl galimybės naudotis konkrečiais duomenimis (raštu ar el. paštu: <a href="mailto:data@ktu.lt">data@ktu.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 <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)</a>.</p> <hr> <p>The data is available to the users of the LiDA Dataverse repository under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>, if not indicated otherwise. Individuals and organizations wishing to use data licensed differently must apply for access to the specific data (in written form or by email: <a href="mailto:data@ktu.lt">data@ktu.lt</a>). Regardless of the data access restrictions, everyone can browse and use all the descriptions of the data stored in the LiDA Dataverse repository (metadata, including fieldwork resources, research instruments and other data collection information) as well as other information under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>.</p> <img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png"/>

<p>Prieiga prie LiDA vidinių dokumentų, susijusių su publikuotu duomenų rinkiniu, nesuteikiama.</p> <hr> <p>Access to the LiDA internal documents related to the published dataset is not provided.</p>

Other Study Description Materials

File Description--f4406

File: LiDA_AggregatedData_0637_Data_Excel_v1.0.tab

  • Number of cases: 39

  • No. of variables per record: 52

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:6fXhMFwMZo+Eu1zvv34yuA==

Time Series

Data processed by the LiDA. = LiDA sutvarkyti duomenys.

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

year

f4406 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1959.0; Max. 1990.0; Mean 1974.5; StDev 9.38083151964686; Valid 32.0

Variable Format: numeric

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Variable Format: character

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Variable Format: character

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ukrainianssrimmigration

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Variable Format: character

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ukrainianssroutmigration

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Variable Format: character

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ukrainianssrnetmigration

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Variable Format: character

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byelorussianssrimmigration

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Variable Format: character

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byelorussianssroutmigration

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Variable Format: character

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byelorussianssrnetmigration

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Variable Format: character

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azerbaijanssrimmigration

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Variable Format: character

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azerbaijanssroutmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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azerbaijanssrnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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georgianssrimmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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georgianssroutmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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georgianssrnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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armenianssrimmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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armenianssroutmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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armenianssrnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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turkmenssrimmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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turkmenssroutmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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turkmenssrnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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uzbekssroutmigration

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Variable Format: character

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uzbekssrnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:eCkfZeQiC00RdwywVHvEPA==

tajikssrimmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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tajikssroutmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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tajikssrnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:eU5BA9IXo840BvfvlWDZhw==

kazakhssrimmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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kazakhssroutmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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kazakhssrnetmigration

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Variable Format: character

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kirghizssrimmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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kirghizssroutmigration

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Variable Format: character

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kirghizssrnetmigration

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Variable Format: character

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moldavianssrimmigration

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Variable Format: character

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moldavianssroutmigration

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Variable Format: character

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moldavianssrnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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latvianssrimmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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latvianssroutmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:Ah78OeY6sC9N6Kj+oB8Sgw==

latvianssrnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:V+rkMl4LND4FKappRfAVsA==

estonianssrimmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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estonianssroutmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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estonianssrnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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totalimmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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totaloutmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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totalnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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foreigncountriesimmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

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totalssrforeignnetmigration

f4406 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:RAjsZyxqoc9/+3zlmcAYFQ==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

LiDA_AggregatedData_0637_Archive_v1.0.tar.gz

Text:

Files providing data sources and/or previous versions of the metadata and/or data and/or data processing syntax files. If you would like to get access to these files, write to data@ktu.lt. = Duomenų šaltinių ir (ar) ankstesnių metaduomenų ir (ar) duomenų versijų ir (ar) duomenų apdorojimo sintaksės failai. Jei norite gauti prieigą prie šių failų, rašykite data@ktu.lt.

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Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

LiDA_AggregatedData_0637_Data_tsv_v1.0.tar.gz

Text:

Data processed by the LiDA. Three sheets (data, variables and readme) of the data in the MS Excel file saved into three separate text files with tab-separated values. = LiDA sutvarkyti duomenys. Trys duomenų lapai (duomenys, kintamieji ir readme) iš MS Excel failo įrašyti į tris atskirus tekstinius failus su tabuliacija atskirtomis reikšmėmis.

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Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

LiDA_AggregatedData_0637_Variables_v1.0.html

Text:

Data variables and cases. = Duomenų kintamieji ir atvejai.

Notes:

text/html