Social Change in Baltic Countries 1993

The survey concentrated on work and working life in the Baltic countries Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. A number of questions focused on the respondents' working community, nature of work (e.g. degree of independence, physical or mental strain), management, decision-making at the work place and wages. The respondents' work history was charted. Family life, leisure habits, household composition, childhood, economic situation, and social participation were studied. The survey carried a set of attitudinal statements relating to women's position, poverty, social problems, equality, income disparity, and freedom of expression. Opinions on who should take care of certain services (government, private service providers, municipality, citizens themselves) were charted. The respondents were asked which party they would vote for if parliamentary elections were held right at that time. Views were probed on market economy, privatisation, democracy, integration to Europe, citizenship, political participation, human rights, and relations between different nationalities. Social networks and restitution of property after the Soviet era were also charted. Entrepreneurs and farmers were asked about the number of their employees, reasons for starting farming or establishing a business, how they had raised the initial capital for investments, and what kind of difficulties they had experienced. Plans for the future and opinions on the role of the state vis-à-vis enterprise were investigated. Background variables included the respondent's sex, year of birth, working hours per week, industry of employment, main economic activity, workforce size, payment system, occupation, nationality, marital status, number of children, housing, education and occupation of the spouse, occupation of parents and economic situation of the household. Part of the questions in the survey were the same as in FSD1045 Change in Occupational Structure and Social Status in Finland 1994.

本次调查聚焦于波罗的海三国爱沙尼亚、立陶宛和拉脱维亚的劳动与工作生活。众多问题集中于受访者的工作社群、工作性质（例如，独立程度、身心压力）、管理、职场决策以及薪酬等方面。调查详细记录了受访者的工作历程。同时，对家庭生活、休闲习惯、家庭构成、童年经历、经济状况和社会参与度进行了深入研究。调查包含了一系列关于女性地位、贫困、社会问题、平等、收入差距和言论自由的态度陈述。调查还记录了受访者对于应由谁负责提供特定服务（政府、私人服务提供者、市政当局、公民自身）的看法。受访者被问及，如果议会选举就在那时举行，他们将投票给哪个政党。调查还探讨了市场经济、私有化、民主、欧洲一体化、公民身份、政治参与、人权以及不同民族之间的关系等观点。苏联时代后社会网络和财产恢复情况也被纳入调查范围。对企业家和农民的调查涉及了他们雇员的数量、开始农业或建立企业的原因、如何筹集初始投资资金以及他们所经历的困难。调查还探究了他们对未来的规划以及对于国家在对待企业角色上的看法。背景变量包括受访者的性别、出生年份、每周工作时间、就业行业、主要经济活动、劳动力规模、支付体系、职业、国籍、婚姻状况、子女数量、住房、教育背景以及配偶的职业、父母的职业和家庭经济状况。调查中的一部分问题与1994年芬兰FSD1045“职业结构和社会地位变化”的研究问题相同。