| Abstract [eng] |
Bagdonienė E. Socio-Demographic Characteristic of Schoolchildren who are Receiving and Not Receiving Social Support (vad. V. Gevorgianienė). V.:Department of Social Work, 2007. 68 p. Summary It can be admitted that at present time in Lithuania is very much doing for child welfare and well-beeing. There are attempts for compensation of those aspect of children’s life, which are complicated or lost because of family’s contextual factors: The legislative basis and infrastructure of children’s support is created (services children rights, municipal services for family support, support of children at the educational institutions). Main aim of present research is to reveal and compare some social, family’s and demographic features of schoolchildren of 8th–12th grades which are receiving and not receiving social support at secondary school. Survey was performed in secondary schools of Vilnius, Shilale, and Kaunas reagions. Questionnaire consists of 55 mostly closed type of question. In the mentioned regions 319 schoolchildren were surveyed: 90 in Vilnius region, 136 in Kaunas region and 93 Shilales region. Data of survey have been analysed in such “cuttings”: 1) Age of schoolchildren; ; 2) The number of family members; 3) With whom they are living (both parents or other situation); 4) Father’s education; ; 5) Mother’s education; 6) Parents’ employment; 7) School achievements; 8) Rregion; 9) Receiving or not receiving social support (free of charge dinner). The inter-group differences were estimated by χ2 (chi-square) criterion. Acievements of schoolchildren which are receiving social support are less then achievements of schoolchildren not receiving such support. School achievements are connected with parents’ education. In the families of children which are receiving social support parents more often are unemployed. Enough often these children admitted using of alcohol and warking in the own farm. The education of unemployed parents is less. Socially supported children usually are living in the more big families, in which there is only one of parents. Socially supported and children with less school achievements are more often thinking about worker’s professions. Such choice is connected with the worker’s professions of their parents. More big part of socially supported schoolchildren have low motivation to go to school and to be at school. Socially supported schoolchildren more rare are spending their laisure with their parents, they are less active in school after lessons than schoolchildren which are not receiving social support. Socially supported children have evaluated their own physical and psychological well-being, as well as personal life and life of family in general more negatively then schoolchildren not receiving social support. |
