Attitudes Towards the EU, February 2004

21.12137/VJTFMLEuropean Committee under the Government of the Republic of LithuaniaLT: LithuaniaAttitudes Towards the EU, February 2004Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2025Social Sciencesdevelopment aid (international)economic and social developmentEuropean integrationEuropean Unioninformation needswell-being (society)International politics and organisationsCenter 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, Lithuania2008-04-282004-02-082008-04-152025-12-302004-02-05/2004-02-08Survey dataLiDA_SurveyData_06155205620866915749217611application/x-gziptext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/x-gzipapplication/pdf1.0The purpose of the study: to identify Lithuania's citizens' attitudes towards European Union and their opinion on the membership of Lithuania in the EU. Major investigated questions: respondents were asked do they support the membership of Lithuania in the EU and point out main reasons for this support (improvement of private well-being; increase of security of Lithuania; reduction of Russian influence; European Union financially supports less developed countries, other). Respondents assessed the sufficiency / insufficiency of information on Lithuania's admission to the European Union; pointed out what information related to the EU membership of Lithuania is the most interesting to respondents (EU institutions; business opportunities in the EU market; employment opportunities in EU countries, consumer rights protection, other). Respondents also gave judgement on the changes that take place in Lithuania after joining the European Union in May, 2004: expectations of positive changes and fears of concrete negative changes. Also probed were respondents' attitudes towards the readiness of Lithuania for EU membership; discussions on topics of oncoming membership with one's people, relatives, friends. Socio-demographic characteristics: gender, age, education, occupation, nationality, number of family members, monthly income per family member, place of residence, region.SPSS, 29The series "Survey Data > Lithuania and the European Union" contains survey data that allow to study Lithuanian public opinion towards the EU, their opinions on membership in this international organization, as well as the assessment of the impact of EU membership on Lithuania’s development. The main language of the study is Lithuanian (lit). Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Lithuanian (lit). Dataset (data and metadata) “Attitude Towards the EU, February 2004” 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_LTES_0020; produced by Gaidys, Vladas; Baublytė, Marė; Kublickienė, Lilija; Sviklas, Eduardas; Štreimikis, Antanas (2008-04-28); revised by Šarkutė, Ligita (2010-12-03). Vilnius, LithuaniaEuropean Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania