Statistical questionnaires

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish comparable statistical information on employment, based on population survey data; to estimate the number of employed and unemployed persons, their distribution by age, sex, place of residence, economic activity, main occupational group, educational attainment, to produce employment and unemployment rate indicators on a quarterly basis.

Employment statistics are required for the estimation of changes in the country’s labour market, social and economic policy formation, social decision-making, estimation of the country’s economic development level, production of economic development forecasts, comparison of international labour market indicators.

Employment is surveyed in all EU member states. In Europe, statistical information on employment has been collected since 1983; in Lithuania, the labour force survey has been conducted since 1998.

Survey type and coverage

The survey is carried out constantly; a rotation sampling method is applied.

Survey population – all usual residents of Lithuania.

Statistical unit – private household member. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A simple random sample of 8 thousand households is drawn, using Population Register data as a basis. Individuals are sampled; later, all individuals living at the address of the individual sampled are included in the preliminary list from the Population Register. If several households live at the address specified, only the members of the household of the individual sampled are left in the sample. If the household sampled does not live at the address specified, the members of another household living at that address are included in the sample.

Household members participate in the survey four times over a year and a half.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home. Subsequent interviews may be conducted by phone or electronically.

Data are collected using a quarterly statistical labour force survey questionnaire GU-01.

Dissemination of information

A news release on employment and unemployment is published not later than on the 43rd day after the end of the reference quarter.

Statistical information is released in statistical publications Labour Market in Lithuania, Statistical Yearbook of Lithuania, news release, Official Statistics Portal.
 

Legal basis

Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (OJ 2004, special edition, Chapter 5, Volume 3, p. 273), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 545/2014 of 15 May 2014 (OJ 2014 L 163, p. 10).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1897/2000 of 7 September 2000 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community concerning the operational definition of unemployment (OJ 2004, special edition, Chapter 5, Volume 4, p. 32).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 of 25 April 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community as regards the codification to be used for data transmission from 2009 onwards, the use of a sub-sample for the collection of data on structural variables and the definition of the reference quarters (OJ 2008 L 114, p. 57), as last amended by European Commission Regulation (EC) No 317/2013 of 8 April 2013 (OJ 2013 L 99, p. 1).

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the availability of computers in households, Internet access at home; frequency and purposes of Internet usage; use of e-commerce, e-government services; computer literacy; ICT safety, obstacles to ICT and Internet usage. Moreover, respondents’ demographic and social characteristics, enabling the analysis of survey results by respondents’ sex, age, educational attainment, employment status, are surveyed.

Statistical information on the use of information technologies in households is produced in all EU member states. In Lithuania, the use of information technologies in households has been surveyed since 2002.

Survey type and coverage

It is an annual survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – all residents of Lithuania aged 16–74.

Statistical unit – individual aged 16–74. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A simple random sample of 6 thousand individuals is drawn, using Population Register data as a basis. If the individual sampled does not live at the address specified, another individual living at that address, whose date of birth at the moment of the interview is the closest to that of the individual sampled, is asked to answer the survey questions.

Survey process

Each individual sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the individual sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, s/he is questioned by an interviewer at home.

In general, data refer to the first quarter of the reference year or the last 12 months. Data are collected using an annual statistical survey on the use of information technologies in households questionnaire IT(NŪ)-01.

Dissemination of information

A news release on the use of information technologies in households is released in the 8th month of the reference year.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1223 of 27 July 2021 specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the use of information and communication technologies domain for reference year 2022 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on household’s physical and social environment, possibility to satisfy certain needs, gross and disposable household income, form of ownership of the dwelling and housing conditions, educational attainment, employment status of household members aged 16 and older, health status and problems, accessibility of health care services, to estimate at-risk-of-poverty, material deprivation and social exclusion indicators.

Surveys on income and living conditions are conducted by all EU member states. In Lithuania, the survey has been conducted since 2005.

Survey type and coverage

It is an annual survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – all private households of Lithuania.

Statistical unit – private household and each household member. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A stratified simple random sample of 8 thousand households is drawn, using Population Register data as a basis. Individuals are sampled from the Population Register database; subsequently, the households where the individuals sampled reside are surveyed.

The survey is carried out using a four-part rotation model. The survey sample is comprised of four parts of similar sizes and represents the total population. Every year, one of the four parts of the sample is replaced by a new one. Sampled household participates in the survey for four consecutive years.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home or by phone. Subsequent interviews may be conducted by phone or electronically.

Data are collected using annual statistical questionnaires:

PGS-01 – a questionnaire to be filled in by a household member aged 18 and older who knows the household composition, housing and living conditions best;

PGS-02 – a questionnaire to be filled in by each household member.

Dissemination of information

A news release on at-risk-of-poverty indicators is published in July, after the end of the reference year.

Statistical information is released in statistical publications Income and Living Conditions, Statistical Yearbook of Lithuania, etc.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the number of persons providing short-stay private accommodation services (including rural tourism homesteads), number of rooms and beds, number of tourists accommodated and their overnight stays, income from accommodation services.

Survey type and coverage

It is an exhaustive survey, survey period – quarter (the indicators on the number of tourists and overnight stays are provided by each month of the reference quarter).

Survey population – individuals providing short-stay accommodation services and rural tourism accommodation services.

The list of service providers is compiled on the basis of:

• Lists of non-classified accommodation service providers published on the website of the State Consumer Rights Protection Service (http://www.vvtat.lt) (non-classified accommodation services: apartment, rural tourism, bed and breakfast, hostel, rest-house).

• The list of business certificates (codes 043 and 010 according to the "Classification of the types of activities which may be pursued with a business license") and individual activity certificates issued by the State Tax Inspectorate to natural persons for the provision of accommodation services (EVRK rev. 2, Section I, Group 55.2).

The list of short-stay private accommodation services (including rural tourism homesteads) providers is updated every quarter to include new respondents who have started to provide accommodation services and to delete those who have ceased to provide such services. 

Survey process

Each individual sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania.

Data are collected using a quarterly private accommodation services questionnaire  HOT-02.

Dissemination of information

A news release on accommodation service statistics is published on the 54^th day after the end of the reference quarter.

Statistical information is published on the Official Statistics Portal  (Database of IndicatorsàBusiness Statistics àTourismàIndicators of accommodation establishments).

Legal basis

Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 461/2012 of 31 May 2012;
 

Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95 /57/ EC, as last amended by Commission delegated regulation (EU) No 2019/1681 of 1 August 2019.

Survey description

It is a qualitative economic survey. The basis for the survey is the opinion of the population as participants in the economy about the current and the expected financial situation of their family (household), economic situation in the country and changes therein. To describe the economic situation and changes therein, price, unemployment rate, general economic situation assessments are used.

The objective of the survey is twofold: the main objective – to figure out consumers’ intentions of making purchases and possibilities to make savings; the secondary – to collect information about how consumers assess the economic situation and the impact thereof on their intentions.

Consumer opinion surveys are conducted by all EU member states. In Lithuania, the survey has been conducted since 2001.

Survey type and coverage

It is a monthly survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – individuals aged 16 –84 residing in private households. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A simple random sample of 1.2 thousand individuals is drawn for every month, using Population Register data as a basis. If the individual sampled does not live at the address specified, another individual living at that address, whose date of birth at the moment of the interview is the closest to that of the individual sampled, is asked to answer the survey questions.

Survey process

Each individual sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the individual sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, s/he is questioned by an interviewer at home.

Data are collected using a monthly statistical consumer survey questionnaire VNT-01.

Dissemination of information

Survey results are published in a news release on a day before the penultimate weekday of the reference month.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Commission Decision of 15 July 1997 (references E/97/1419-C(97)2241) regarding the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and Consumer Surveys.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the number of travelling residents of Lithuania by duration and type of trip, the number of trips and overnight stays, travel expenses, etc. During the survey, data on travellers’ sex, age, purpose of the trip, means of transport, type of accommodation, etc. are collected.

In Lithuania, the statistical survey on local tourism has been conducted since 2003.

Survey type and coverage

It is a quarterly survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – residents of Lithuania aged 15 and older.

Statistical unit – private household. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

The survey sample is 8,000 persons of each quarter. If the sampled person does not live at the address provided or leaves and returns before the end of the data collection period, he / she shall be replaced by another person living at this address, whose birthday will be the closest during the survey.

Survey process

Each household person sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the household person sampled has not filled the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home.

Data are collected using a quarterly statistical survey on local tourism questionnaire GIV-03.

Dissemination of information

Official Statistics Portal (Indicators database/Business Statistics/Tourism/Domestic tourism),

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95 /57/ EC.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on agricultural crop area, harvest and yield at the national, county and municipal levels.

The indicators compiled based on the agricultural crop area, harvest and yield statistical survey data are required for the monitoring and analysis of the agricultural product market.

In Lithuania, statistical surveys on agricultural crop area, harvest and yield have been conducted since 1939.

Survey type and coverage

It is an annual survey, conducted using a sampling method.

As regards farmers’ and family farms, survey population – farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products, possessing one or more hectares of agricultural land or less than one hectare of agricultural land if their agricultural income during a calendar year totals no less than 40 amounts of the minimum standard of living.

Statistical unit – farm having crop area, meadows, pastures, perennial crops, nurseries, greenhouses, fallow land, growing mushrooms.

Farmers (persons having a farm) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 7 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer by phone.

Data are collected using an annual statistical survey on agricultural crop area, harvest and yield on farmers’ and family farms questionnaire ŽŪŪ-29.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is released in statistical publications Environment, Agriculture and Energy in Lithuania, Lithuania in Figures, Statistical Yearbook of Lithuania.

Official Statistics Portal

Eurostat’s database

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 837/90 and (EEC) No 959/93 (OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 1–11) as last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1557 of 13 July 2015 (OJ 2015 L 244, p. 11).

Survey description

The main purpose of statistical survey is to prepare and provide statistical information on use of plant protection products in agriculture.

During the statistical survey data on quantity of plant protection products used for a maintenance of agricultural plants and treated area are collected.

Statistical survey on use of plant protection products in agriculture has been conducted since 2014.

Survey type and coverage

Statistical survey is conducted every 5 years using a sampling method.

As regards farmers’ and family farms, survey population – farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products, possessing one or more hectares of agricultural land or less than one hectare of agricultural land if their agricultural income during a calendar year totals no less than 40 amounts of the minimum standard of living.

Statistical unit – farm, growing agricultural plants and using plant protection products to maintain them.

Farmers (persons having a farm) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 7 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home (on the farm) or, if the farmer agrees, by phone.

Data are collected using Statistical survey on use of plant protection products in agriculture questionnaire APRŪ-02.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is published in a statistical publication Agriculture and Environment .

Official Statistics Portal
 

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1-22);

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/269 of 16 February 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides, as regards the list of active substances.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the number of livestock, rabbits, poultry, beehives and fur animals, number and weight of livestock, rabbits and poultry sold for slaughter, milk yield, wool production, number of eggs and amount of honey collected, to estimate the number of livestock, rabbits, poultry, beehives and fur animals on all farmers’ and family farms in the country, regions, counties and municipalities.

In Lithuania, statistical information on the number of livestock and animal products has been produced since 1950.

Survey type and coverage

It is an annual survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – farmers’ and family farms having livestock, rabbits, poultry, beehives, fur animals and producing animal products.

Farmers (persons having a farm) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 7 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home (on the farm) or, if the farmer agrees, by phone.

Data is collected using an annual statistical survey on the number of livestock and animal products on farmers’ and family farms questionnaire ŽŪŪ-02.

Dissemination of information

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 concerning livestock and meat statistics and repealing Council Directives 93/23/EEC, 93/24/EEC and 93/25/EEC, with last changes on Regulation (EU) No 1350/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 amending certain legislative acts.

Law on Statistics of the Republic of Lithuania

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information about household consumption expenditure and its structure in various household groups by place of residence, main source and size of income, household composition, educational attainment and age of the household head. The structure of consumption expenditure is required for calculation of macroeconomic indicators.

The Household Budget Survey is carried out in all EU member states.

In Lithuania, the Household Budget Survey was carried out since 1952. According to the new programme, the survey has been carried out since 1996. Before 2008, the survey was conducted annually, and subsequently – periodically every several years. 

Survey type and coverage

The survey shall be carried out using a sampling method.

The population of the survey covers all private households in Lithuania.

The survey sample unit is a private household. Persons, residing in institutional households (care homes, family-type care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, seminaries), are excluded from the survey.

A stratified simple random sample of 10 thousand households is drawn, using Population Register data as a basis. Individuals are sampled from the Population Register database; subsequently, the households where the individuals sampled reside are surveyed.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, e-diary, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, e-diary, it is questioned by an interviewer at home. The members of the sampled household are filling in the household expenditure diary for 7 days. In the expenditure diary, a household records all expenditure on both food and other goods and services.

Annual statistical questionnaire (NŪB-01) and its Annex Household Expenditure Diary (NŪB-01_1p) are used for the collection of data. 

Dissemination of information

A news release on the average consumption expenditure is published not later than on the 120^th day after the end of the survey period.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Resolution No. 1309 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 5 October 1995 Regarding the Household Income and Expenditure Survey

Survey description

The objective of the Farm Structure Survey (hereinafter referred to as the Survey) is to prepare and publish information about the structure and types of agricultural farms, utilised area, fruit and berry plantations, crops, farm labour force between censuses. The results of the survey enable the assessment of the structure of agricultural holdings, their specialisation and changes therein. The results allow evaluating the structure of agricultural holdings, its specialization and their changes. The statistical information is needed for the analysis of Lithuanian agricultural development and changes that occurred in Lithuanian agriculture in the period between agricultural censuses.
 

The following data are collected during the Survey:

• land area (owned and leased);
• land area by agricultural land category;
• species of and land under agricultural crops;
• species and number of farm animals kept;
• family members working on the farm: age, vocational qualification in agriculture, average daily number of hours worked on the farm, other paid employment;
• permanent hired workers: number, hours worked, other paid employment;
• number of days worked by temporary hired workers;
• agricultural production methods;
• other (non-agricultural) activity.
   

The Survey has been conducted since 2005.

Survey type and coverage

The survey is conducted every 3 years using a sampling method.

The Survey population in category of farmers’ and family farms covers farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products with the utilised agricultural area of one or more hectares and those with the utilised agricultural area of less than one hectare if their annual agricultural income is no less than EUR 1520.

Statistical unit is a farm (agricultural holding) that is in both the technical and economic sense an independent unit having one manager, producing agricultural products or maintaining its land which is no longer used for agricultural production purposes in a good agricultural and environmental condition.

Farmers (farm holders) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 45 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home (on the farm) or, if the farmer agrees, by phone.

Data are collected using Farm Structure Survey questionnaire for farmers’ and family farms ŽŪST-11.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is published in the news releases, in a separate publication about the Survey results “Results of the Farm Structure Survey 2016”, on the Database of Indicators and in Eurostat’s database.

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (OJ 2008 L 321, p. 14) as amended by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 715/2014 of 26 June 2014 (OJ 2014 L 190, p. 8).

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish comparable statistical information on adult participation in formal, non-formal education and training, informal learning, main training providers, financing of training, time spent in learning, skills acquired, language skills, cultural attainment. Moreover, respondents’ demographic and social characteristics, enabling the analysis of survey results by respondents’ sex, age, educational attainment, employment status, are surveyed.

Adult education is surveyed in all EU member states. Statistical information on adult education in Lithuania is produced every 5 years since 2005.

Survey type and coverage

The survey is carried out every 5 years, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – all residents of Lithuania aged 25–64.

Statistical unit – individuals aged 25–64. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A simple random sample of 5 thousand individuals is drawn, using Population Register data as a basis. If the individual sampled does not live at the address specified, another individual living at that address, whose date of birth at the moment of the interview is the closest, is asked to answer the survey questions.

Survey process

Each individual sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the individual sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, s/he is questioned by an interviewer at home.

Data are collected using a statistical adult education survey questionnaire MVG-01.

Dissemination of information

A news release on adult education is released on the 155th day after the end of the survey period.

Public data files are published.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of 23 April 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (OJ 2008 L 145, p. 227) 

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1175/2014 of 30 October 2014 as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning, as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010

Survey description

The main purpose of the statistical survey is to prepare and provide statistical information on the use of inorganic fertilisers in agriculture.

During the statistical survey, data on the quantity of inorganic fertilisers used in agriculture and area treated by organic fertilisers are collected.

The statistical survey on the use of inorganic fertilisers in agriculture has been conducted since 2016.

Survey type and coverage

The survey is conducted every 3 years using a sampling method.

Survey population – farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products with the utilised agricultural area of one or more hectares and those with the utilised agricultural area of less than one hectare if their annual income from agriculture is no less than EUR 1520.

Statistical unit – a farm cultivating agricultural crops and using inorganic fertilisers.

Farmers (farm owners) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 7 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled for the survey is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire using an electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the farm sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, the farmer (farm owner) is interviewed by an interviewer at home or, if the s/he agrees, by phone.

Data are collected using a statistical questionnaire on the use of inorganic fertilisers in agriculture MTPŪ-01.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is published in a statistical publication Agriculture and Environment in Lithuania.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2017/1951 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 on the European statistical programme 2013-17, by extending it to 2020.

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Development of agri-environmental indicators for monitoring the integration of environmental concerns into the common agricultural policy {SEC(2006) 1136}.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the number of Lithuanian population travelling abroad according to the trip duration and character, to determine the number of trips and overnight stays, travel expenses, etc. Data on the travellers’ sex, age, purpose of the trip, means of transport, types of accommodation, etc. are collected during the survey.

In Lithuania, the statistical survey on outbound tourism has been conducted since 2005.

Survey type and coverage

It is a quarterly survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – Lithuanian population, aged 15 and older.

Statistical unit – a resident of Lithuania, returning from abroad. Individuals whose objective in the visited territory is employment are not surveyed.

Interview is conducted quarterly, 7 days each quarter. Interview days shall cover each month of the interview quarter. A survey shall not be conducted on holiday days.

Survey process

Questioners interview passengers in the arrival halls of airports and ports, railway stations when there are flights or voyages, in the places of arrival of the travels organised by travel agencies – according to tour operating timetables. Questioners conduct surveys on the main road border inspection posts and in other selected interview places (at the Lithuania-Latvia and Lithuania-Poland borders) depending on the movement flows of passengers (residents). At bus stations, questioners work according to departure timetables of international route buses the arrival direction whereof is passing through the Lithuania-Latvia and Lithuania-Poland borders.

Data are collected using a quarterly statistical survey on outbound tourism questionnaire  TUR-02.

Dissemination of information

A news release on tourism statistics is published on the 85^th day after the end of the reference period.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95/57/EC (OL 2011 L 192, p. 17), last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 253/2013 of 15 January 2013 (OL 2013 L 79, p.5).

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the number of foreign tourists coming to Lithuania, their categories (same-day visitors or visitors for one or more overnight stays (tourists), visitors’ characteristics (sex, age), number and purpose of trips, number of overnight stays, means of transport and type of accommodation and travel expenses.

In Lithuania, the statistical survey on inbound tourism has been conducted since 2007.

Survey type and coverage

It is an annual survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – foreigners, departing from Lithuania, aged 15 and older.

Statistical unit – a foreigner departing from Lithuania. Individuals whose objective in the visited territory is employment are not surveyed.

Interview is conducted quarterly, 7 days each quarter. Interview days shall cover all days of the week. A survey shall not be conducted on holiday days.

Survey process

Questioners interview passengers in the waiting halls of airports, ports, railway stations when there are flights or voyages. Questioners shall work on the main road border inspection posts and at the Lithuania-Latvia border depending on the movement flows of passengers (foreigners). At bus stations, questioners work according to departure timetables of international route buses the departure direction whereof is passing through the Lithuania-Latvia and Lithuania-Poland borders. In hotels, questioners shall interview passengers (foreigners) before check-out of passengers (foreigners).

Data are collected using a quarterly statistical survey on inbound tourism questionnaire  TUR-04.

Dissemination of information

A news release on tourism statistics is published on the 6^th month after the end of the reference period.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 on Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment, (OL 2005 L 35, p.23), last amended by Regulation (EU) 2016/1013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 (OL 2016 L 171, p.144).

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to produce and publish statistical information about general characteristics of households, fuel and energy consumption in households by type of fuel and energy and purpose of consumption, expenditure on fuel and energy, equipment for household heating, cooking, ventilation and air conditioning, solar collectors and heat pumps.

Survey type and scope

It is a one-off survey carried out through the use of a sampling method.

The population of the survey covers all residents of Lithuania aged 16–75.

The survey sample unit is a person aged 16–75. Persons living in institutional households (care homes, family-type care homes, prisons, convents and monasteries, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A simple random sample of 7 thousand persons is created based on the Residents’ Register data. Persons are sampled from the Residents’ Register database and households where the sampled persons live are surveyed.

Survey implementation

Each sampled person is informed about participation in the survey by a formal letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and to fill in an electronic questionnaire via the electronic survey system E. STATISTIKA GYVENTOJAMS. In the event that the person fails to fill in the questionnaire, s/he is interviewed by an interviewer at home.

Annual statistical questionnaire on fuel and energy consumption (ENŪ-01) is used for the collection of data.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information about fuel and energy consumption in households is published on the Official Statistics Portal in November.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics (OJ 2008 L 304, p. 1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2010 of 9 November 2017 (OJ 2017 L 292, p. 3).

Description of the survey

The objective of the Health Interview Survey (HIS) 2019 is to produce and provide comprehensive and comparable statistical information on the population health status, health care, health determinants and use of health care services.

HIS is conducted in all Member States of the European Union. Statistics Lithuania carried out this statistical survey in 2005 and in 2014. The data collection of HIS 2019 is to be done from September to November 2019.

Type and scope of the survey

The survey shall be carried out using a simple random sample.

Survey population – permanent residents of Lithuania aged 15 and over, living in private households. Persons, residing in institutional households (care homes, family-type care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, seminaries), are excluded from the survey.

A simple random sample of 7 thousand persons is drawn, using Population Register data. If a selected person does not reside at the address indicated, at the time of data collection he (she) is replaced by another person residing at this address whose date of birth during the survey is closest.
 

Conduct of survey

Each person, included in the sample, is notified by an official letter that he (she) has been selected to participate in the survey. Such person is invited to take part in the survey and fill in an electronic questionnaire by logging into the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If a selected person does not fill in such questionnaire, such person is interviewed by an interviewer at home.

Health Interview Survey questionnaire GS-01 is used to collect statistical data.

Information dissemination

Statistical information on survey results will be published in the 30 November 2020 news release.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal regulation

Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (OL 2008 L 354, p. 70).

Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/255 of 19 February 2018 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics based on the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) (OL 2018 L 48, p. 12).

Survey description

Target of the Agricultural Census 2020 (hereinafter referred to as Census) is to identify number of farms (agricultural holdings), to prepare statistical information about the structure and typology of farms (agricultural holdings), farm labour force, utilised agricultural area, number of farm animal and their housing, manure application and manure extraction, rural development measures. The statistical information is needed for the analysis of Lithuanian agricultural development and assessment of changes that occurred in Lithuanian agriculture.

During the Census these data are collected:

• land area (owned and leased);
• land area by agricultural land category;
• species of and land under agricultural crops;
• species and number of farm animals kept;
• family members working on the farm: age, vocational qualification in agriculture, average daily number of hours worked on the farm, other paid employment;
• permanent hired workers: number, hours worked, other paid employment;
• number of days worked by temporary hired workers;
• other (non-agricultural) activity;
• farm animal housing;
• fertilization, manure and (or) slurry production on the farm;
• agricultural production methods, irrigation.

The first Census in Lithuania was conducted in 1930, the second in 2003, and the third in 2010.
 

Survey type and coverage

The Census is conducted every 10 years.

The Census population in category of farmers’ and family farms consists of farmers’ and family farms that undertakes economic activities in agriculture in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 belonging to groups A.01.1, A.01.2, A.01.3, A.01.4, A.01.5 or to the ‘maintenance of agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition’ of group A.01.6 within the economic territory of the Union, either as its primary or secondary activity. Regarding activities of class A.01.49, only the activities ‘Raising and breeding of semi- domesticated or other live animals’ (with the exception of raising of insects) and ‘Bee-keeping and production of honey and beeswax’ are included. The Census population includes farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products with the utilised agricultural area of one or more hectares and those with the utilised agricultural area of less than one hectare if their annual agricultural income is no less than 40 minimum standards of living.

Statistical unit is farmer or family farm (agricultural holding).

Farmers (farm holders) are interviewed.

The Census is the full scale survey.
 

Survey process

Each farm in the Census population is invited by official letter to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If farm has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home (on the farm) or, if the farmer agrees, by phone.

Data are collected using Agricultural Census 2020 questionnaire for farmers’ and family farms VŽŪS-2020ū.
 

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is published in the news releases, on the Database of Indicators and in Eurostat’s database.
 

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on integrated farm statistics and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1166/2008 and (EU) No 1337/2011 (OJ 2018 L 200, p. 1)  

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to produce and publish statistical information on population by ethnicity, mother tongue, knowledge of other languages and faith confessed. Such statistical data were collected during the Population and Housing Censuses 2001 and 2011. In 2021, the census is conducted based on administrative data. Data on the population by mother tongue, knowledge of other languages and faith confessed are not collected and stored in the state registers, and part of the population have not indicated their ethnicity. In order to meet the needs of users and to have comparable statistical information, these data are collected through the statistical survey.

Survey type and coverage

It is a one-off survey.

The survey population covers the residents of the Republic of Lithuania.

The probability sampling list consists of residents aged 16 and older.  Sample size: 40 thousand individuals selected by simple stratified random sampling.

Survey implementation

Statistical questionnaire GTK-01 (one-off) for the statistical survey on the population ethnicity, mother tongue and faith confessed is used for statistical data collection.

The population survey is conducted through direct communication of the interviewer with residents and recording the data on a portable computer. The questionnaire is filled in by a person aged 16 or older. Parents/foster parents fill in the questionnaire for a child aged 0–15. In case of disagreements between parents/foster parents of different ethnicities, the priority is given to the opinion of the mother/foster mother.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is published according to the approved Calendar of the Official Statistics Portal (osp.stat.gov.lt → Calendar) in 2022 together with the results of the Census 2021 and provided on individual user request.

Legal basis

Law on Approval of Financial Indicators of the State Budget and Municipal Budgets for 2020 of the Republic of Lithuania.

Law on Official Statistics of the Republic of Lithuania.

Law on Religious Communities and Associations of the Republic of Lithuania.

Survey description

The purpose of the survey is to produce and publish statistical information on violation of personal safety at work, the prevalence and nature of domestic and external violence, and the provision of assistance to victims.

The survey is carried out in April–September 2021.

Survey type and volume

The survey is carried out using a sampling method by applying a simple random sample.

The survey population covers Lithuania’s residents aged 18–74. Statistical unit – a member of a private household. Persons living in institutional households (care homes, foster families, prisons, monasteries, seminaries, etc.) are not included in the survey.

A simple random sample of 10 thousand persons is made based on the Population Register data. If the sampled person does not reside at the indicated address, during the data collection, he/she is replaced with other person of the same sex aged 18–74 who resides at this address, and if there are several such persons – with the person whose birthday at the time of interview is the closest.

Survey implementation

Each sampled person shall be informed about being selected to participate in the survey by official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in the electronic questionnaire via the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the sampled person fails to fill in the questionnaire, he/she is interviewed by an interviewer at his/her home.

Electronic one-off questionnaire (GST-01) for Statistical Survey on Population Safety was used for data collection.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information on the survey results will be published in 2022 on the Official Statistics Portal.

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the European statistical programme 2013–2017, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/1951 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017.

Resolution No 528 of 6 June 2018 of the Republic of Lithuania on approval of regulations of and granting authorization to Statistics Lithuania.

Survey description

Purpose of the survey is to produce and publish statistical information on the amount of goods carried by road transport vehicles registered in Lithuania, vehicle-kilometres and tonne-kilometres by freight classification, the EU regions (NUTS 3 level) and countries of loading and unloading. 

Statistical survey on freight transport by road has been carried out in Lithuania since 1999.

Survey type and volume

The survey is carried out using a sampling method. 

The survey period – a week, quarterly statistics are provided.

The survey population covers goods vehicles registered in the Register of Road Vehicles of the Republic of Lithuania.

Statistical unit – goods road vehicle.

The survey takes place weekly throughout the year. The survey sample per week – 40 goods vehicles.  The sample size per quarter – 520 goods road vehicles.

Survey implementation

Each user of the sampled goods vehicle shall be informed about being selected to participate in the Survey by official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in the electronic questionnaire via the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. 

In case of failure to fill the questionnaire, a reminder is sent.

Statistical questionnaire TKR-02 on freight transport by private road vehicles is used for statistical data collection.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is published no later than 58 days on the Official Statistics Portal (Database of Indicators / Transport and communication / Road transport indicators / Freight transport by road)

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) No 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2012 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road Text with EEA relevance (OJ 2012 L 32, p. 1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 (OJ 2013 L 158, p. 1).

Survey description

The objective of the statistical survey is to estimate and publish statistical information on the generation and management of waste in agriculture, forestry and fisheries.

Survey type and coverage

It is a biennial survey, conducted using a sampling method.

As regards farmers’ and family farms, survey population – farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products, possessing one or more hectares of agricultural land or less than one hectare of agricultural land if their agricultural income during a calendar year totals no less than 40 amounts of the minimum standard of living.

Statistical unit – farm producing agricultural products.

Farmers (persons having a farm) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 4 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of Statistics Lithuania. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home (on the farm) or, if the farmer agrees, by phone.

Data are collected using a biennial statistical survey on waste generation and management in agricultural, forestry and fishing on farmers’ and family farms questionnaire ATLŪ-01.

Dissemination of information

News release is published on October, after the end of the reference year.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2002 on waste statistics, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 849/2010 of 27 September 2010;

Description of the Survey

2022 marks the 625^th anniversary of the establishment of the Karaim Community in Lithuania, the time of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas, with whom the history of the Community is closely connected. In order to commemorate this anniversary, 2022 has been declared the Year of Lithuanian Karaims, and on the occasion of this Jubilee Year, at the request of the Karaim Community, Statistics Lithuania is conducting a statistical survey. This will be a peculiar ethnostatistic "picture" of the Lithuanian Karaim Community, especially valuable, as the results will be comparable with a similar study conducted by Statistics Lithuanian in 1997.

The aim of the Survey is to collect data on Karaims living in Lithuania, and to publish statistical information on the demographic, ethnocultural, social and economic characteristics of Karaims.

Type and scope of the Survey

The Survey is one-time. The Survey population is determined on the basis of the data of the Population Register of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter - the “Population Register”). All persons of Karaim ethnicity are selected from the Population Register, and the households in which the elected person lives are surveyed.

Conduct of the Survey

Each household participating in the Survey is informed by an official letter that it is invited to participate in the statistical survey and, by connecting to the electronic survey system e. Statistika gyventojams on the website of Statistics Lithuania, fill in the electronic questionnaire. The resident and his (her) family members connect to the electronic survey system by entering the code specified in the letter. Those who have not filled in the electronic questionnaire on their own are interviewed by a specialist (interviewer) from Statistics Lithuania by telephone.

A one-time statistical survey questionnaire KTG-01 of the Karaim population is used to collect statistical data.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information on the Survey results will be published in the news release on the Official Statistics Portal in 2022.

Legal regulation

Resolution No. 879 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania "On the Approval of the Plan for the Commemoration of the Year of the Lithuanian Karaims in 2022".