The Purpose of Website “Social Map of Lithuania”
The website has been developed under the provisions of the Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between the Ministry of Social Security and Labour and Municipalities – to provide and summarise information on social assistance provided to the population, to present good practice of municipalities in social work, to furnish statistical information about municipalities, to deepen cooperation of the state authorities and municipalities in reducing poverty and social segregation, as well as regional differentiation.
Structure of the Website
The Website consists of three main parts – the upper horizontal, the left vertical and the central.
The upper horizontal part contains links to the internet webpages of the following:
the Ministry of Social Security and Labour;
state authorities;
municipalities.
It also includes links to the internet websites of municipal and county social institutions and non-governmental organisations involved in social activity. For some small social institutions or NGOs development and maintenance of own websites can be difficult. They may be presented in this section of “Social Mapof Lithuania” website. Information is to be e-mailed to the website e-mail address.
The left vertical part provides information about activities of the state authorities and municipalities in formation of the national social policy:
• legislation of the European Union and Lithuania pertaining to social assistance;
• programmes, projects, research reports;
• good practice of municipalities in reduction of poverty and social segregation;
• indicators of social statistics;
•Suggestions, inquiries or information by municipalities or residents for placement in the sections of the webpage should be posted in section “Comments, Suggestions” or e-mailed to the webpage e-mail address.

The central part is the main one. It contains the map of the Republic of Lithuania displaying areas of municipalities. There are two selection boxes above the map: “Choose an indicator” and “Choose a municipality”.
The box “Choose an indicator” includes a drop-down list of statistical social indicators. Choosing an indicator causes colour-coding of municipalities in the map in accordance with the legend conditions explained next to the map. A table – the list of municipalities with the value of the chosen indicator – is given under the map.
A single specific municipality may be chosen in two ways: by selecting a municipality in box “Choose a municipality” or by locating mouse cursor on the preferred municipality and left clicking. All data of statistical social indicators are provided with respect to a given municipality by specified periods.

The central part of the webpage is accessed either from the home page or by clicking the title “Social Map of Lithuania” positioned above the three-coloured stripe.
The map provides comparative statistical data of municipalities in a diagram form, while section “Indicators of Social Statistics” presents absolute values of the indicators in tables.    

DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS

Population The number of permanent residents at the beginning of the year by municipalities. The Department of Statistics assesses the number of the population with reference to the data of the last overall population and dwelling census 2001 and the data of the current accounting of natural population movement (deaths, births) and migration, as well as of administrative changes of the territory. Data about births, deaths and persons who change their permanent residence are retrieved from central database of the Residents’ Register. Information is sourced from the Department of Statistics.

Children The number of children aged between 0 and 18 with temporary residence in Lithuania at the beginning of the year by municipalities. Information is sourced from the Department of Statistics.

Youth The number of persons aged between 14 and 29 with temporary residence in Lithuania at the beginning of the year by municipalities. Information is sourced from the Department of Statistics.

Working age population The number of persons above 16 year to retirement age at the beginning of the year by municipalities. Information is sourced from the Department of Statistics.

Residents of retirement age The number of permanent residents of retirement age at the beginning of the year by municipalities. In 2005 the retirement age of men was 62.5 years, while for women it reached 59.6 years, which in 2006 respectively equalled 62.5 years for men and 60 years for women. Information is sourced from the Department of Statistics.

SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS

Disabled persons above the age of 18 The number of disabled persons above the age of 18 at the beginning of the year by municipalities. A disabled person above age 18 means the person whose working capacity, according to the procedure established by the Law on Social Integration of the Disabled of the Republic of Lithuania, is recognised to be less than 55 per cent and/or for whom the necessity for supply of special needs is determined. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

Disabled children The number of disabled children under age 18 at the beginning of the year by municipalities. A disabled person under age 18 means the person for whom a degree of disability is recognised and/or the necessity for supply of special needs is determined according to the procedure established by the Law on Social Integration of the Disabled of the Republic of Lithuania. Due to disability a child does not partially or fully acquire autonomy corresponding his/her age, while his/her possibilities of education and involvement in public life are limited. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

Single parents raising a child Parents who in fact raise a child alone (e.g., a widow, widower, single mother, another parent of the child is serving his/her imprisonment sentence or is under indefinite or definite limitation of parental authority, parents are divorced or live apart and the residence place of the child is determined by a court decision to be with such parent). The list is not ultimate, as in practice there may be other situations, wherein one of the parents will be deemed as in fact raising a child. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

Families with three and more children Large families, children of which are granted a child benefit until age 18 or 24 for those attending regular classes at a comprehensive, vocational training, higher non-university or higher school. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

Families at social risk Families at social risk include families with children under age 18, in which at least one of the parents abuse alcohol, narcotic, psychotropic or toxic substances, is a gambling addict, due to disability, poverty or lack of social competences is unable or cannot take due care of the children, exerts psychological, physical coercion or sexual assault against them and uses the state assistance for interests other than those of the family. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

Children in the families at social risk Children under age 18 growing in families at social risk. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

Children for whom guardianship is determined Children under age 18, who, due to different reasons, lose parental guardianship and for whom temporary or permanent guardianship (care) is determined. This indicator shows the number of children for whom guardianship is determined within a year. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

Children in care institutions The number of children residing in child care institutions at the end of the year. Information is sourced from the Department of Statistics.

Children under guardianship in families The number of children under age 18 under guardianship in families at the end of the year. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

HEALTH INDICATORS

Number of inpatients Inpatient is a patient who is admitted to an inpatient health care institution (department) for treatment that requires at least a 24 hour stay and who is discharged, moved to another inpatient institution or dies within a certain period (mainly within a year). Information source: Lithuanian Health Information Centre

Outpatient visit - visits to physicians who provide 1st level services at outpatient health care institutions An outpatient visit is a patient’s contact with a physician who provides 1st level outpatient services for the purpose of treatment or prevention at a certain time in a certain place: in an outpatient institution or at patient’s home, in an admission department of an inpatient institution, during emergency medical treatment, or in a day inpatient institution. Visits do not include phone consultations, coming for prescribed laboratory and other tests, coming for prescribed test or treatment procedures. Information source: Lithuanian Health Information Centre

Tuberculosis incidence Tuberculosis incidence is the number of newly ascertained tuberculosis (code A15–A19 according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ICD-10) cases within a certain period among population of a certain territory. Information source: National Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases University Hospital

HIV incidence HIV incidence is the number of newly ascertained human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) carriers (code Z21 according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ICD-10) within a certain period among population of a certain territory. Information source: Lithuanian AIDS Centre

Incidence of malignant neoplasms Incidence of malignant neoplasms is the number of newly ascertained malignant neoplasms (code C00–C97 according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ICD-10) within a certain period among population of a certain territory. Information source: Institute of Oncology of Vilnius University

Incidence of mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol Incidence of mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (incidence of alcoholism) is the number of newly ascertained mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (code F10 according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ICD-10) within a certain period among population of a certain territory. Information source: State Mental Health Centre

Incidence of mental and behavioural disorders due to use of psychoactive substances Incidence of mental and behavioural disorders due to use of psychoactive substances (incidence of drug addiction and toxicomania) is the number of newly ascertained mental and behavioural disorders due to use of psychoactive substances (code F11–F19 according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ICD-10) within a certain period among population of a certain territory. Information source: State Mental Health Centre

EDUCATION INDICATORS

Students General education students. Information source: Centre of Information Technologies of Education.

Students with special needs Students with special needs (aged 7-21)  in general education. Information source: Centre of Information Technologies of Education.

School leavers The 16 year olds who don‘t have lover secondary education and not in further education or training. Information source: Centre of Information Technologies of Education.

The 4 years old in education The 4 year olds who are enrolled in education-oriented pre-primary institutions. Information source: Department of Statistics.

INSTITUTIONAL INDICATORS

Child care institutions Child care institutions in the territory of a municipality at the end of the year: infant homes, care homes for disabled children and youth (boarding-schools), county child care homes, municipal child care homes, non-governmental child care homes, temporary child care homes, care groups in pre-school education institutions. Information is sourced from the Department of Statistics.

Number of places in child care institutions The number of places in child care institutions in the territory of a municipality at the end of the year. Information is sourced from the Department of Statistics.

Social workers Social workers performing social work in municipal, NGO, county institutions and institutions of other jurisdiction located in the territory of a respective municipality (except for the employed in the outpatient social service institutions). The indicator represents the number of social workers at the end of the year. Information is sourced from the Department of Statistics.

INDICATORS OF USE OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Recipients of social benefit A family or a person living alone, who, upon evaluation of their property and income, in accordance with the procedure established by the Law on Monetary Social Assistance for the Disadvantaged Families and Persons Living Alone of the Republic of Lithuania, are entitled to receive monetary social assistance. The average annual number of recipients of social benefit constitutes a value representing the average number of persons a month who received social benefit in a given municipality in the respective year. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

Pupils provided with free meals at school Pupils who, in accordance with the procedure established by the Law on Social Assistance for Pupils of the Republic of Lithuania, are entitled to receive free meals at school. The average annual number of pupils receiving free meals at school constitutes a value which represents the average number of pupils a month who received free meals in a given municipality during the school year. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

Recipients of compensation on heating expenses Family members or a person living alone, who declared the dwelling as the residence place, are entitled to receive compensation on heating expenses, if, at the moment of application, they met the requirements set forth in Article 6 of the Law on Monetary Social Assistance for the Disadvantaged Families and Persons Living Alone of the Republic of Lithuania. The average annual number of recipients of compensation on heating expenses constitutes a value representing the average number of persons a month who received the compensation on heating expenses in a given municipality in the heating season of the respective year. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

SOCIAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Registered unemployed persons. The average annual number of registered unemployed persons is an indicator showing the average number of unemployed persons registered with the labour exchange per month. Information is sourced from the Lithuanian Labour Exchange.

Part of the registered unemployed persons in the population of working age The ratio of the average annual number of the registered unemployed persons and the average annual number of the population of working age in per cent. Information is sourced from the Lithuanian Labour Exchange.

Young registered unemployed persons under age of 25  The average annual number of young unemployed persons under age of 25 registered with the labour exchange per month. Information is sourced from the Lithuanian Labour Exchange.

Registered long-term unemployed persons The average annual (registered per month) number of registered long-term unemployed persons  includes young unemployed persons under age of 25, who have been registered with the labour exchange for more than 6 months, and unemployed persons over age of 25, who have been registered with the labour exchange for more than a year. Information is sourced from the Lithuanian Labour Exchange.

FINANCIAL INDICATORS

Municipal budget expenditure. Information is sourced from the Department of Statistics.

Municipal budget expenditure on social assistance (financial and services). Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

Municipal budget expenditure on social services. Information is sourced from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

SUMMARY INDICATORS OF MUNICIPAL EFFORTS

Index of the municipal social efforts Summary indicator for assessment of municipal social efforts, the value of which fluctuated between 2.6 and 33.8 in 2005. A growing value of the said index reflects increasing municipal efforts in dealing with social problems.