Situation of the Disabled in Lithuania, June 2003

21.12137/N607OFSeimas of the Republic of LithuaniaLT: LithuaniaSituation of the Disabled in Lithuania, June 2003Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2025Social Sciencesblindnessbusinessesdeafnesseducational opportunitiesemployment opportunitiesfinancial supporthuman rightsinstitutionsintellectual impairmentinternational organizationsinterpersonal relationsmass mediapersons with disabilitiesphysical disabilitiesprivate voluntary organizationssocial disatvantagesocial securityEquality, inequality and social exclusionCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA)Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaGaidys, 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])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, Lithuania2008-04-282003-06-082010-09-032025-12-232003-06-05/2003-06-08Survey dataLiDA_SurveyData_0481644232285731919452801application/x-gziptext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/x-gzipapplication/pdf1.0The purpose of the study: to investigate Lithuania's citizens attitudes towards disabled people and assess the situation of the disabled in Lithuania. Major investigated questions: Respondents were asked if they have disabled people among family members, friends, colleagues and what type of theirs disability is: movement, vision, hearing, mental disability, etc. Also probed were respondents' feelings when communicating with a disabled person: reluctance to communicate - communication is the same as with any other person. Respondents evaluated the conditions of disabled (the blind/partially-sighted; the deaf; people with movement disability; persons with mental disorders) by specific spheres: job; studies; leisure time; culture / sports; public transport; political life. Respondents were also asked to approve or disapprove the statement that people with mental disability have to be more isolated; obligatory treatment shall be applied more extensively. As well respondents evaluated the situation related to the rights of the disabled in Lithuania and expressed their attitudes towards the protection of rights of the disabled in the society during the recent 10 years. Respondents assessed work of various institutions (state institutions; business; media; non-governmental organisations; international organisations) in improving situation of the disabled in Lithuania. Opinion concerning the spheres of allocation more funds from the state budget to the disabled (treatment/medical care; social allowances, pensions, exemptions, training; creation of new jobs, business initiatives and improvement of living conditions) was tested. Main sources of information on the situation of the disabled (personal experience; friends; TV; radio; national press; regional press) were identified. Socio-demographic characteristics: gender, age, education, occupation, marital status, nationality, total family income per month, number of family members, monthly income per family member, place of residence. The survey data were collected at the request of the Commission for the Implementation of the National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Republic of Lithuania under the Human Rights Committee of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.SPSS, 29The series "Survey Data > Human Rights" contains survey data that allow to study Lithuanian public opinion about the state of the human rights protection system, the ways in which people defend their rights when violated, and their evaluations of the effectiveness of institutions protecting human rights. The main language of the study is Lithuanian (lit). Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Lithuanian (lit). Dataset (data and metadata) “Evaluation of the Situation of the Disabled in Lithuania, June 2003” 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_ZTLT_0010; produced by Gaidys, Vladas; Baublytė, Marė; Kublickienė, Lilija; Sviklas, Eduardas; Štreimikis, Antanas (2008-04-28); revised by Šarkutė, Ligita (2010-09-03).Vilnius, LithuaniaUnited Nations Development Programme (Support to development of national action plan for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Republic of Lithuania)