Research: Lithuanians didn’t need money for quarantine assistance, educated women suffered the most 15MAX

This week, the Lithuanian Center for Social Research presented the intermediate results of a study on the response of Lithuanian society to the pandemic and coronavirus quarantine in a seminar-debate entitled “Changes in employment in the Lithuanian labor market and measures to overcome the negative consequences. “

Dalia Bagdžiūnienė, an associate professor at Vilnius University and a psychologist, said the research aimed to find out what people expected and what their needs were during quarantine. In July, 1,013 households were surveyed. Even 60 percent. residents indicated that they needed one form or another of assistance during the quarantine.

“As we can see, women between the ages of 36 and 45 with higher education and higher incomes were the ones who helped the most,” she said.

She wanted help coping with stress and worried about work.

What help were people most expecting?

“Three things prevail: overcome stress, take care of health and social connections. This is prevalent in all groups of respondents. Interestingly, less attention was paid to time management needs, childcare, and less to financial matters. Only ten percent indicated that it was important for them to receive help to save their jobs. Only 48 people out of 1013 were waiting for help to find a new job, “said the psychologist.