Social Policy IV, October

21.12137/Q4PIQZButkevičienė, EglėEglėButkevičienė0000-0002-5631-360XInstitute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Leader]Balžekienė, AistėAistėBalžekienė0000-0001-8557-0544Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Bartuškaitė, MiglėMiglėBartuškaitėInstitute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Morkevičius, VaidasVaidasMorkevičius0000-0002-2174-0396Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Šarkutė, LigitaLigitaŠarkutė0000-0002-1835-0186Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Telešienė, AudronėAudronėTelešienė0000-0003-0356-1631Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Žvaliauskas, GiedriusGiedriusŽvaliauskas0000-0001-8970-0756Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Social Policy IV, October - November 2013Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2021Social Sciencessocial problemssocial policylabour and employmentsocial securityhealth policyfamily policyeducational 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, Lithuania2015-03-092013-11-142013-12-182025-03-102013-10-05/2013-11-14Survey dataLiDA_SurveyData_025910.15388/STEPP.2019.521441259084791047431983379482application/x-gziptext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/x-gzipapplication/pdfapplication/pdf4.2The purpose of the study: to examine the attitudes of Lithuanian population towards social policy. Major investigated questions: respondents were asked which problems are 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. Further, respondents evaluated policies of health protection, family, education, labour market and employment, social security and environmental protection. Respondents were asked how would they generally evaluate current changes in Lithuania's society. After a list of various social groups was presented, respondents were asked to evaluate if currently it is good or bad for these groups of people to live in Lithuania. Respondents satisfaction with quality of life was assessed. Further it was questioned about income taxation of people with different salaries. It was questioned if respondents would agree with shale gas extraction in Lithuania. Respondents were asked if they agree that abortions would be prohibited in Lithuania and that euro would be adopted in the near future. At the end, respondents were asked if Lithuania should let in all immigrants without huge restrictions and if homosexuals should be allowed to get married 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, 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.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 IV, October - November 2013” from 2015-03-09 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_0272. The first data edition was produced by Žvaliauskas Giedrius 2017-02-17. Vilnius, LithuaniaResearch Council of Lithuania (National Research Programme “Social Challenges to National Security”)SIN-07/12