Social Policy VI, October

21.12137/AMTS6HKrupavičius, AlgisAlgisKrupavičius0000-0001-6919-6580Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Leader]Bartuškaitė, MiglėMiglėBartuškaitėInstitute of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Butkevičienė, EglėEglėButkevičienė0000-0002-5631-360XInstitute of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Balžekienė, AistėAistėBalžekienė0000-0001-8557-0544Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Telešienė, AudronėAudronėTelešienė0000-0003-0356-1631Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Žvaliauskas, GiedriusGiedriusŽvaliauskas0000-0001-8970-0756Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Social Policy VI, October - December 2015Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2021Social Sciencessocial problemssocial policylabour and employmentsocial securityhealth policyfamily policyeducational policyenvironment policypolitical, social and economic issuesEducational policyHealth care services and policiesEmploymentSocial welfare policyCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA)Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaBurbienė, 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])Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and HumanitiesCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania2017-02-172015-12-012016-01-292025-03-102015-10-08/2015-12-01Survey dataLiDA_SurveyData_026010.15388/STEPP.2019.5455978443836111254441731766218application/x-gziptext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/x-gzipapplication/pdfapplication/pdf3.2The purpose of the study: to examine the attitudes of Lithuanian population towards social policy. Major investigated questions: respondents were asked which problem is the most relevant for Lithuania. Respondents were asked to evaluate policies of health protection, family, education, labour market and employment, social security and environmental protection. It was questioned if respondents are satisfied with their quality of life. Respondents were asked how would they generally evaluate current changes in Lithuania's society. It was questioned if respondents are planning to go abroad for work or to live there for longer than 6 months. 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 analysed if people who we elect as members of the Seimas are trying to comply with promises given during elections. It was questioned if Lithuania should let in all immigrants without huge restrictions and if essentially rights of all ethnic minorities in Lithuania are properly ensured. In order to find out opinion about different groups of people which could come and live in Lithuania, respondents were asked if Jews, Muslims, Christians, Gypsies and black-skinned from other countries should be allowed to come and live in Lithuania. Respondents were also asked if people form neighboring countries (not EU states) should be allowed to come and live in Lithuania. Socio-demographic characteristics: 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, average and total average monthly household income of the respondent, marital status, place of residence.SPSS, 25Dataverse collection “Monitoring of Social Problems” contains surveys studying public opinion about social policy and social issues. The main language of the study is Lithuanian (lit). Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Lithuanian (lit). Dataset (data and metadata) “Social Policy VI, March - April 2015” from 2017-02-17 to 2021-10-01 was available in the portal of Lithuanian Data Archive for Humanities and Social Sciences (LiDA) www.lidata.eu; object PID: www.lidata.eu/data/quant/LiDA_SPS_0297. The first data edition was produced by Žvaliauskas Giedrius 2017-02-17. Klaipėda, LithuaniaResearch Council of Lithuania (Researcher teams' projects)MIP-082/2014