The Pulse of Europe (Lithuania)

Judgement on current situation in life and political and economic
development of the country in times of economic and social upheaval.

Topics: 1. Common part of the survey for all participating countries:
most important problems of the country; intent to emigrate and country
of choice; desired occupation for one´s own child; judgement on the
work of the president of the country; fears and desires for the future;
assessment of current standard of living and comparison with the
situation five years ago and expected future development; judgement on
the situation of the country in comparison over time; preference for
freedom or social security; attitude to admission of undemocratic
parties; attitude to freedom of the press; perceived discrimination
against women; attitude to a division of labor in raising children;
judgement on conduct of parliamentary representatives and attitude to
democracy in the country (scale); feeling of political effectiveness;
internal or external control; achievement orientation; attitude to the
national economy; demand for increased environmental protection; wish
for foreign support for one´s country; the government as guarantor of
equal opportunities and social security; welfare state; necessity of
the willingness to compromise in politics; interest in politics at
municipal level; diminishing interest in political events;
self-assessment as patriot; attitude to securing of peace through
military strength; readiness for national defense; necessity of
participation of one´s country in world politics; claims to territory
in neighboring countries; attitude to restriction on immigration;
attitude to use of military for restoration of world order.

Religion and morals: importance of prayer and significance of God in
one´s own life; doubt in the existence of God; attitude to prohibition
of books critical of society and to sex magazines and films; attitude
to freedom of speech even for fascists; assessment of the general
trustworthiness of people; AIDS as punishment by God; representation of
traditional values in the area of family and marriage; attitude to
abortion; clear concepts of Good and Evil; perceived intensification of
class differences; assessment of personal things in common with
uneducated and with persons of another race or ethnic affiliation;
satisfaction with one´s own financial situation.

Demography: party membership; union membership; residential status;
city size; religiousness.

2. Additional questions in this survey (identical to the questions in
Russia): judgement on political and economic changes of the last few
years; particularly positive and negative changes; attitude to
introduction of a multi-party system and introduction of the free
market economy; judgement on the speed of transition to the free market
economy; assessment of the influence of the media and organizations as
well as institutions on the country; assumed influence of foreign
nations on one´s own country; attitude to selected ethnic groups
(Russians, Belorussians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians and Jews); perceived
threat to the nation from within and without; judgement on the effects
of social changes on the standard of living, moral concepts, public
morals, dealing of people with one another and on the relation of
ethnic groups with each other; judgement on the influence of the
church; most reliable alliance partner for one´s country; countries
from which the greatest threat originates; attitude to Gorbachev, Bush,
the Pope, the UN and selected personalities of public life; attitude to
privatization of selected areas of the economy and civil service;
attitude to free establishing of prices; acceptance of unemployment or
preference for government guarantee of full-employment; attitude to a
government-specified profit limitation; attitude to borrowing to
finance durable economic goods; occupation within one´s own home; work
satisfaction; satisfaction with employer; attitude to founding business
with credit financing; judgement on the speed with which democracy is
developing in the country; identification with one´s own country or the
Soviet Union; assessment of the ability of government, army, parties,
church and KGB; attitude to a republic independent of the USSR; most
important reasons for a desired independence; privileged or
disadvantaged republics within the USSR; preferred development of
society in the direction of socialism or capitalism; greatest fears of
the future; attitude to private property and sale of land by farmers;
preference for a democratic government or a strong leadership; attitude
to a careful discussion of political controversies; career of the newly
successful due to performance or through connections; attribution of
failures to society or persons; egoism or social conditions as reasons
for inadequate material provision; characterization of one´s own people
by means of a list of characteristics; nationality.