21.12137/VPOEAYButkevičienė, 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, MiglėInstitute 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 Public Policy and Administration, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member; Data curation]Virtual Social Networks IV, October - November 2013Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2022Social Sciencesinternetinformation societyinternet usesocial mediainformation and communications technologyInformation technologyŽvaliauskas, GiedriusGiedriusŽvaliauskasCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaVilčinskas, VidasVidasVilčinskasLithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and HumanitiesCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania2015-05-192013-11-142013-12-182023-12-022013-10-05/2013-11-14Survey dataLiDA_SurveyData_045521220041734290016924666856910application/gziptext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/x-gzipapplication/pdfapplication/pdf2.1<b><i>The purpose of the study</i></b>: to analyse Lithuanian residents attitude towards virtual social networks, behaviour and intensity of involvement in networks. <br> <b><i>Major investigated questions</i></b>: respondents were asked how often do they use the internet and when did they started using it. Respondents were asked if they belong to any like-minded group, organization or community that mainly interacts via internet. After a list of different means of internet use was presented, respondents were asked how often they use internet for those purposes. Respondents who visits electronic social networks were asked which social network they visit mostly. Further, it was analysed in what kink of activity they engage when visiting that electronic social network. <br> <b><i>Socio-demographic characteristics</i></b>: 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 “Digital Profile of Lithuania” contains surveys studying Lithuanian public opinion on new information and communication technologies and practices of their usage.<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) “Virtual Social Networks IV, October - November 2013” from 2015-05-19 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_SLT_0273; produced by Žvaliauskas Giedrius 2015-05-19. </p>Vilnius, LithuaniaResearch Council of Lithuania (National Research Programme “Social Challenges to National Security”)SIN-07/12