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Number of Teachers in Secondary Schools in Estonia, 1919-1939
No full textThis dataset contains data on number of teachers in secondary schools in Estonia in 1919-1939.
Dataset "Number of Teachers in Secondary Schools in Estonia, 1919-1939" was published implementing project "Historical Sociology of Modern Restorations: a Cross-Time Comparative Study of Post-Communist Transformation in the Baltic States" from 2018 to 2022. Project leader is prof. Zenonas Norkus. Project is funded by the European Social Fund according to the activity "Improvement of researchers' qualification by implementing world-class R&D projects' of Measure No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712".</p
ESS6, Interviewer's Questionnaire Data, Lithuania, May - August 2013
No full textThis dataset was created using version 2.0 of the integrated data file of countries participating in the ESS Round 6 (Lithuanian data) published in the ESS Data Archive on 2014-05-14. </p
Schoolchildren' Civic Empowerment Index, September 2012
No full textThe purpose of the study: to determine the changes in Lithuanian pupils' 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.
Major investigated questions: 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. It was questioned how often respondents talk about politics with their friends, parents and teachers. Respondents were asked if they are interested in politics. 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 initiative in school related with solving political, economic or local problems would be supported by teachers, classmates, other students, parents and people outside school (community of city or village). 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. It was analysed in what way participation in civic activities (activity of civic organizations, civic actions, activity of community, etc.) could be important personally. After a list of different pupil organizations was presented, respondents were asked if currently they participate, have participated or never participated in activities of those organizations. It was questioned how much attention is dedicated to civic education in school where respondents study and if civic education is useful. After a list of statements was presented, respondents were asked about civic education in school. It was questioned if citizenship of pupils is educated in classes of Lithuanian language, history and ethics/religion. 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. Further, respondents were asked what living condition it will be in Lithuania in 10 years. At the end of the survey, respondents were asked if they would like to permanently leave Lithuania and go live in another country.
Socio-demographic characteristics: gender, age, nationality, education, monthly family income per one family member, occupation, place of residence
IntUne Elite Survey Wave 2, 2009
No full textThe purpose of the study: to explore the attitudes of political and media elites and trade-unions leaders towards the development of European identity and citizenship in the context of EU change and enlargement.
Major investigated questions: respondents were asked to answer if they have lived in other European state. It was questioned in which foreign languages do respondents speak. Respondents were questioned how often in the last year they have contacted with EU characters and institutions, and with characters and institutions from other countries (not from EU or international organizations) in their political activity (political elite) and professional activity (media and trade-unions elite). It was analysed how much respondents relate themselves with their region, their country or Europe. Respondents evaluated importance of different things when being a countryman/countrywoman. It was questioned what threatens EU integrity. Respondents were asked if the purpose of EU should be the increase of competitiveness of economic of Europe in world market or assurance of better social security for all of EU citizens. A question was asked - in which scale left-right respondents see themselves. Political elite was questioned - what are their first thoughts about whom they represents. Further, all respondents were asked if unification of Europe should be reinforced or it is already too much. After question block was presented, respondents were asked if member states should remain the main EU characters or European Commission should become authentic EU government and if powers of European Parliament should be reinforced. It was analysed if there should be a joint European army or if every nation should have their own national army. Respondents indicated how much they trust in European Parliament, European Commission and Council of Ministers of Europe's ability to make right decisions. Media and trade-unions elite was asked how much they trust in national parliament, state government and regional authority's ability to make right decisions. It was questioned if people who adopt decisions in EU level are not considering interests of states enough and if some member states interests have a larger weight in EU level. Different ways on how members of national parliament and media and trade-unions elite of state can affect political decisions of EU were assessed. It was analysed if EU should have a president and what means of his/hers appointment would be the most suitable. According to financial crisis and existing need to reduce its negative influence on state's economy, respondents marked solution alternatives based on importance. After list of political fields was presented, respondents were asked if every field is currently the most decided on and if it should be mostly decided on local, national or EU level. Respondents evaluated importance of different things when being European. When thinking about EU in 10 years from now, respondents were asked to evaluate these statement: one tax system in Europe; common social security system; one foreign policy in respect of states that are outside EU and greater help for EU regions that are facing economic and social difficulties. It was questioned how much are respondents satisfied with how democracy operates in EU and which institution is more suitable to care for safety of Europe. It was questioned if respondents are planning to pursue political (political elite) or professional (media and trade-unions elite) carrier in European level. It was questioned how often respondents use other than their own country's media sources to get information. Respondents were asked if in the last year they contacted with interest groups of Europe; social movements of Europe (not from their own country) and non-governmental organizations and parties of other EU states. It was questioned if respondents country had or had not benefited from being member of EU. It was questioned what amount from hundred units of national currency (that citizen pays for taxes) should be appointed to regional, national and EU level. Respondents evaluated influence to solving important state questions made by ordinary citizen; member of national parliament, with or without experience in government or important committee of parliament; member of EP; leader of biggest state companies, banks or employers organizations; representative of the most important media tools; leader of the biggest trade-unions and person with similar position as respondent.
Socio-demographic characteristics: for confidentiality purposes information about respondents social and demographic characteristics is removed. Also, in order to assure respondents confidentiality, there is no data of Austria in general data file. To access the list of variables of social and demographic characteristics please contact [email protected]
Preparing for Higher Education Studies: Survey of School Teachers, April - September, 2017
No full textThe purpose of the study: to investigate teachers' attitudes towards students' and bachelors' readiness for higher education and to identify the factors that influence the quality of readiness.
Major investigated questions: respondents were asked about the school they work in and whether they like being a teacher. Relationships with administrative staff, other teachers, students, and students' parents were assessed. Working conditions at the school and the work of the administrative staff were also evaluated. Questions were asked about how the public evaluates the teaching profession. After a block of questions, respondent was asked to describe its school. It was clarified which students the respondents pay more attention to. Respondents were asked to rate their school's approach to learning this year. Respondents were also given the opportunity to name what they would like to change first in their school. It was asked if bullying was prevalent in the school. Furthermore, it was asked to rate the fact that students hire tutors or attend special classes to prepare for exams. Respondents' attitudes towards additional training with tutors or attending courses to prepare for the matriculation exams were asked. The questionnaire block was intended to clarify the importance of additional support from tutors or attending special courses for higher education. Views were sought on the proportion of students in this year's program at the respondents' school who engage in additional learning, and why students usually engage tutors or attend courses in preparation for matriculation. Respondents were asked to respond if they were a tutor for high school graduates this school year and to indicate the number of students. Respondents were asked if the preparation of high school graduates for the maturity exam has changed in the last five years. It goes on to explain what is most important for the first-year student to be ready for college matriculation. After a block of questions, students were asked to rate their school's readiness for this year's college readiness. It was clarified how many respondents paid attention to students' career orientation in school and what students' learning outcomes depended more on. It was asked whether freshers' motivation should be assessed when entering a higher education institution and how it should be assessed. Respondents also assessed the current situation in general education and higher education and commented on current and planned changes in higher education. Clarification was sought on how graduates should be admitted to the humanities program and how many state matriculation examinations should be passed in order to enter a university. The goal was to find out what the minimum score for a state matriculation exam should be in order for graduates to be admitted to a college. Finally, it asked who should receive public funding for college.
Socio-demographic characteristics: age, gender, place of residence, whether respondent have completed schooling, education, how many years respondent have been working as a teacher, qualification category of teacher, when respondent upgraded qualification, number of hours worked per week, income.
This survey was conducted at the initiative of the Research and Higher Education Monitoring and Analysis Centre (MOSTA). On January 1, 2019, MOSTA was reorganized into the Government Strategic Analysis Center (STRATA)
Number of Pigs in Estonia, 1919-1939
No full textThis dataset contains data on number of pigs in Estonia in 1919-1939.
Dataset "Number of Pigs in Estonia, 1919-1939" was published implementing project "Historical Sociology of Modern Restorations: a Cross-Time Comparative Study of Post-Communist Transformation in the Baltic States" from 2018 to 2022. Project leader is prof. Zenonas Norkus. Project is funded by the European Social Fund according to the activity "Improvement of researchers' qualification by implementing world-class R&D projects' of Measure No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712".</p
Average Daily Wage of Day Agricultural Workers in Kaunas Province (Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania), 1897-1914
No full textThis dataset contains data on average daily wage of day agricultural workers in Kaunas Province (within the current borders Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania) in 1897-1914.
Dataset "Average Daily Wage of Day Agricultural Workers in Kaunas Province (Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania), 1897-1914" was published implementing project "Historical Sociology of Modern Restorations: a Cross-Time Comparative Study of Post-Communist Transformation in the Baltic States" from 2018 to 2022. Project leader is prof. Zenonas Norkus. Project is funded by the European Social Fund according to the activity "Improvement of researchers' qualification by implementing world-class R&D projects' of Measure No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712".</p
ESS6, Main and Supplementary Questionnaire Data, Lithuania, May - August 2013
No full textThis dataset was created using version 2.0 of the integrated data file of countries participating in the ESS Round 6 (Lithuanian data) published in the ESS Data Archive on 2014-05-14.</p
ISSP 2017: Social Networks and Social Resources III, Lithuania, July 2018
No full textThe purpose of the study: to explore the opinions of Lithuanian citizens on social networks, their social activities and their interactions with specific people.
Major investigated questions: a list of jobs that might be held by people respondents know (family members or relatives, close friends or someone else) was proposed with job titles (bus or lorry driver, a senior executive of a large company (etc.; 10 jobs in total)), and the questionnaire asked whether respondents knew a number of people, who works in one of the mentioned jobs. Respondents were asked whether they agree or disagree on the following statements, such as “Differences in income in Lithuania are too large”; “For a society to be fair, differences in people’s standard of living should be small” (etc.; 4 statements in total). The questionnaire asked who should primarily provide health care to the sick and who should care for the elderly. Respondents were asked in the past 12 months, how often they have taken part in activities of groups or associations of leisure, sports and culture, activities of political parties, political groups or political associations, as well as activities of charitable or religious organisations that do voluntary work. The evaluation of the statement “People like me don’t have any say about what the government does” was taken into consideration. After providing the list of situations, the respondents were asked who they would first turn to for help during the listed situations (10 situations in total). Furthermore, the respondents were asked to say how they felt during the last 4 weeks, had they felt that they lacked companionship, were they isolated from others and were left out. Lithuanian respondents were asked to answer whether people would try to take advantage of them if they had the opportunity, if they would try to be honest with them, if people can be trusted in general, or whether they need to be very careful with people. The survey investigated the trust in Lithuanian courts and major private companies. Respondents were asked whether they would agree with the statements such as “Adult children have a duty to look after their elderly parents”; “You should take care of yourself and your family first, before helping other people” and “People who are better off should help friends who are less well off”. The questionnaire asked how often respondents feel pressure and receive too many demands from their family, relatives or friends, and have any of the mentioned people acted angry or upset with the respondent during the past 4 weeks. Respondents were asked how often they go out to eat or drink with three more friends or acquaintances who are not family members, and how often do they make new friends or acquaintances during these occasions. The questionnaire asked to indicate how many people do respondents have contact with on a typical weekday irrespective of whether they know them or not. including anyone they chat with, talk to, or text, either face-to-face, by phone, internet or any other communication device, and how many of these people do they see face-to-face on a typical weekday. When respondents were asked to think of a parent, a sibling, an adult child, a close friend, a family member other than a spouse or partner, parents, siblings and adult children they see most often, they were asked to indicate how often they see them face-to-face, by phone, internet or other means of communication. Respondents were also asked to think about how much communication with all family members and close friends is through text messages, mobile phones, or other communication devices that use the Internet. The survey asked Lithuanians to rate their physical and mental health and asked if they had felt unhappy and depressed in the last 4 weeks, and whether they felt they had difficulties that were piling up so high that they could not overcome them. In addition, the respondents were asked whether they would agree or disagree with the statement “It is easy for me to accomplish my goals”. Respondents were also asked how satisfied are with their life, as well as when thinking about the total income, and they were asked how difficult or easy it is for them to make ends meet. Questionnaire also asked many languages do they speak well enough to hold a conversation in, including the language(s) they speak at home. The respondents were asked whether they would agree or disagree with the statements such as “It is all right to develop friendships with people just because they can be of use to you” and “When another person does a favour for you, you should feel obligated to pay that person back”. The next question was to find out whether, when going out to eat or a drink with three or more friends or acquaintances who are not members of the respondents' family, they often find themselves in situations where one person is dominating the conversation at these occasions, and the consideration is given to who sits near whom. At the end of the survey, when respondents were asked to think of a person from the respondents' hometown or region who is not a member of their family and with whom they have the most frequent contact, the respondents were asked if they often communicate with that person face-to-face, by phone, via the Internet or by any other communication device. A similar question was asked about the forms of communication with a person from the respondents' religious community.
Socio-demographic characteristics: gender, age, level of education, membership in organizations, religion, marital status, nationality, political views, political participation, size of household, respondent's average personal income, place of residence, working situation of the respondent and of his/her spouse or partner.
This dataset was created using version 2.0.0 of the integrated data file of countries participating in the ISSP module “Social Networks and Social Resources III“ (Lithuanian data) published in the GESIS Data Archive on 2019-08-19. </p
Number of Teachers in Secondary Schools in Latvia, 1919-1939
No full textThis dataset contains data on number of teachers in secondary schools in Latvia in 1919-1939.
Dataset "Number of Teachers in Secondary Schools in Latvia, 1919-1939" was published implementing project "Historical Sociology of Modern Restorations: a Cross-Time Comparative Study of Post-Communist Transformation in the Baltic States" from 2018 to 2022. Project leader is prof. Zenonas Norkus. Project is funded by the European Social Fund according to the activity "Improvement of researchers' qualification by implementing world-class R&D projects' of Measure No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712".</p