21.12137/STUYXOCivil Society InstituteLT: LithuaniaLithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2022Social Sciencescitizenship skillscitizen participationpolitical influencesocial participationsocial behaviourcommunity actionpolitical awarenesspolitical behaviourpolitical powerpolitical participationPolitical behaviour and attitudesCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA)Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaŽiliukaitė, RūtaRūtaŽiliukaitėCivil Society Institute, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius university, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0003-4542-3288]Ramonaitė, AinėAinėRamonaitėInstitute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-1867-1852]Degutis, MindaugasMindaugasDegutisFaculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-5464-052X]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])Vilčinskas, Vidas (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-9377-0458])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, Lithuania2015-09-282012-09-162014-02-052025-03-272012-09-07/2012-09-16Survey dataLiDA_SurveyData_036292569207941111740081750application/gziptext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/gzipapplication/pdf2.7<b><i>The purpose of the study</i></b>: to determine the changes in Lithuanian society's interest in public affairs, their civil participation, willingness to be engaged in civil actions at the local and national level, the attitudes towards the available civil power and the assessment of the friendliness of social environment to engage in civil activities. <br> <b><i> Major investigated questions</i></b>: respondents were asked if it is important for them to know daily news about sport, life of famous people, cultural life, political life, business and economy, criminal news and accidents, news about matters of their place of residence, community problems. It was questioned if media in Lithuania (press, newspapers, television, internet news portals) provides reliable news about work and adopted decisions of our country's government. Respondents had an opportunity to indicate how would they act if a serious political, economic or some local significance problem would emerge for them and for a whole society. It was questioned if respondents would participate in the Seimas elections in October. Respondents assessed possibilities of their participation in political life. It was questioned to what extent an ordinary person must be active in his/hers community life. After a group of questions about various forms of political participation and means of community actions or social solidarity was presented, respondents civic activity was assessed. Respondents were asked to evaluate how publicly active Lithuanian residents of different age groups are. Further, all respondents were asked if in current school of Lithuania a civic education is necessary. After different groups of society was listed, respondents were asked to evaluate power of these groups over influence on decision making that affects lives of society as a whole or its different groups. Also, respondents were asked to assess the risk of civic activity when they were asked how it is likely that residents who currently are initiating or actively participating in civic actions, activities would encounter with problems that were listed to respondents. Respondents had an opportunity to evaluate present conditions of living in Lithuania in a ten-point scale. At the end of the survey, respondents were asked what living condition it will be in Lithuania in 10 years. <br> <b><i>Socio-demographic characteristics</i></b>: gender, age, nationality, education, monthly family income per one family member, occupation, place of residence.SPSS, 25Dataverse collection “Civic Empowerment Index” contains surveys studying Lithuanian society as a political community and its development and changes.<p> The main language of the study is Lithuanian (lit). </p> <p> Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Lithuanian (lit). </p> <p> Dataset (data and metadata) “Lithuanian Society’s Civic Empowerment Index, September 2012” from 2015-09-28 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_PGI_0286; produced by Žvaliauskas Giedrius 2015-09-28. </p>Vilnius, LithuaniaEuropean Social Fund; Republic of Lithuania European Commission Operational Programme for the Development of Human Resources)VP1-2.2-ŠMM-10V-02-006Civil Society Institute