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• Lietuvos Socialinių Tyrimų Centras

Previous studies have shown a sharp decline in fertility from the ageof 40 for women and 45 for men. Around 50, men begin to considerboth the physical and the social limits of having children. However,studies on men’s fertility have only recently begun to address thistopic. This study aimed to explore childless men’s reflections ontheir possibiliti...

Childlessness and financial uncertainty: men’s expectations and experiences The topic of male childlessness rarely falls into the sociological field of fertility and family research, which traditionally focuses on women. This trend is observed in both Lithuanian and international studies. In Lithuania, several qualitative studies have explored me...

Research suggests that the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), especially for communication purposes, can have a positive impact on the emotional health and subjective quality of life of older people. However, older people are little willing to engage in online communication. This article analyses the attitudes of older ICT use...

In rapidly ageing societies, caring and responsibilities for parents in old age is a widely discussed topic. This is particularly relevant in societies with low fertility and high rates of childlessness. Lithuania is one of the countries where demographic ageing rates have risen sharply in a short period of time. This process has been driven not on...

As world populations are ageing, more attention is given to the social and digital inclusion of older people. The level of ICT non-use among older adults in Lithuania is significantly higher than in Western European countries. In 2023, 29% of the Lithuanian population aged 65–74 had never used the Internet, while in most Western countries, this sha...

While Lithuania advances rapidly in the ICT sector, a digital divide persists among older adults. A study of 289 elderly Internet users highlighted key barriers and facilitators in digital engagement. Motivation stemmed from personal qualities like curiosity and past work experience with digital tools. Major barriers included language challenges, t...

COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures reasonably limited the social contacts of people in many countries. It is crucial to understand the effect of such policies on people’s social ties and the possible need for evidence-based public policy amendments. Therefore, this study examines 1) the prevalence of loneliness in the population aged 15+ in Lithua...

2022 m. spalio 14 d. Vilniaus universitete vyko II kasmetinė nacionalinė socialinės politikos konferencija „Gyvenimo kelias ir jo krizės: kaip (ar) veikia Lietuvos socialinė politika?“Universiteto g. 3, Vilniushttps://youtu.be/oBGfbjJijPY

The Lithuanian context of an increased need for care in old age is framed by the demographic trends, such as population aging, the intense emigration of younger generations, and a significant proportion of older people living alone on the one hand, and on the other the strong support represented by filial duties in respect of care and insufficientl...

Viešosios politikos pasiūlymai SVARBIAUSI TYRIMO REZULTATAI Net pusė Lietuvos gyventojų (50,7 proc.) išgyvena vidutinio lygmens vienišumą, maždaug trečdalis (35,9 proc.) nepatiria vienišumo. Likę 13,4 proc. kenčia nuo gilaus vienišumo. Subjektyviai patiriami vienišumo išgyvenimai nepatenka į moksliniuose tyrimuose įprastai naudojamus vienišumo apib...

Based on social representations theory, the paper focuses on the communication of attitudes towards childless women in politics in one of the Internet news sites. One article case was selected, and a qualitative content analysis of comments (365) was conducted. The article and the content of comments were on childless women in politics. The predomi...

A childless woman who lives in a society with pronatalist values can be in a vulnerable position. In 2006, only 1.9% of Lithuanians expressed positive attitudes about childlessness, and 84.6% valued it negatively (Stakuniene and Maslauskaite 2008), signalling the pronatalist tendency of Lithuanian society. However, some studies confirm a shift from...

This article focuses on women's feelings in regard to being childless/childfree in two pro-natalist countries -Lithuania and Poland. The article is based on semi-structured interviews conducted in Lithuania (N = 40) and Poland (N = 31) in 2017-2018. Comparing the experiences of two generations of women, the article reveals how social pressure funct...

This paper focuses on childless women reflections of their current status. During the qualitative research (2017–2018), 44 interviews have been completed with 28–71 year old women without children. Based on the positioning theory (Harré et al. 2009; Allen, Wiles 2013), the paper reveals how childlessness is being positioned on different levels: per...

[straipsnis ir santrauka lietuvių kalba; santrauka anglų kalba] Paskutiniais dešimtmečiais daugelyje Europos šalių didėja bevaikių moterų skaičius. Lietuvoje, skirtingai nuo kitų Europos šalių, bevaikių moterų skaičius išlieka žemas. Šio straipsnio tikslas – išanalizuoti moterų baigtinės bevaikystės tendencijas, atskleisti moterų, gimusių 1920–196...

Vyresnio amžiaus žmonių socialinės atskirties tyrimuose dominuojanti tendencija – tirti dėsningumus, o šio straipsnio išskirtinumas – siekis atskleisti vyresnio amžiaus žmonių, kurie gyvena vieni, subjektyvius dalyvavimo visuomenėje vertinimus. Socialinė atskirtis / įtrauktis straipsnyje apibrėžiama kaip daugialypė sąvoka, apibūdinanti (ne)teisingu...

In the context of high migration rates and limited formal care support for the elderly the paper deals with normative expectations and actual flows of support in Lithuanian transnational families. The study is based on a representative survey of elderly parents who have at least one migrant child (N=305). The data analysis revealed predominance of...

Straipsnyje analizuojamos vyresnio amžiaus tėvų, turinčių emigravusių vaikų, normatyvinės nuostatos dėl vaikų pareigų tėvams, atskleidžiami subjektyvūs priežiūros lūkesčiai ir normatyvinį solidarumą lemiantys veiksniai. Normatyvinis solidarumas lyginamas tarp dviejų transnacionalinės šeimos tipų: tėvų, kurių visi vaikai / vienintelis vaikas yra emi...

The paper deals with the attitudes towards filial responsibilities and subjective care expectations of the elderly parents left behind in Lithuania. Normative solidarity is compared between two types of transnational families: elderly parents having emigrant children and those who have both emigrant and non-emigrant children. Based on the results o...

The paper addresses the questions of demographic ageing at the beginning of the 21st century and the attitudes about who should be responsible for the elderly care in Lithuania. The analysis of age structure changes revealed three ways of demographic ageing: ‘from below’ (the youngest part of the population is decreasing), ‘from above’ (the oldest...

Using theories of intergenerational solidarity and conflict, and data from the Demographic Research Institute’s 2009 survey, ‘Gender and Generations’, this article analyses childcare support provided by grandparents in Lithuania. The survey results revealed that the most active grandparents are aged between 50 and 65, and that half of those grandpa...

Dėl demografinių, ekonominių, socialinių ir kultūrinių pokyčių tarpgeneracinių santykių tema susilaukia vis daugiau šeimos tyrinėtojų dėmesio. Šis straipsnis skirtas šiuolaikinių sociologinių koncepcijų, skirtų tarpgeneraciniams santykiams tirti, pristatymui ir kritinių aspektų atskleidimui. Pirmiausiai atskleidžiamas temos aktualumas ir trumpai ap...