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Family support politics is the complex of governmental institution actions and social economical measures. These measures are intended to shape the structure and good quality life of family. Lately many European countries started paying more attention to the politics of the family. More and more countries recognize the importance and need of taking an active part in it. There are enough delegated legislations which accurately and clearly define family development and situation of family life in Lithuania. Most of the objectives of those documents are oriented towards current family problems and deals with contemporary world view and politics of the family. On the other hand, realization of those objectives is still a problem in Lithuania. That is why contemporary family politics is understood in narrow meaning: that it is oriented only towards development of financial support to families that have children. Seeking to ensure welfare of the families in Lithuania, government provides the following support: pregnancy, motherhood/ fatherhood vocations, benefits are paid, onetime payments are paid after the birth of the child, payments for families that have many children, payments and social support for needy families. Additional social support might be given to school children who are from families with lower income. In spite of all the changes some support forms are still problematic. For instance, provision of accommodation, child care services, more flexile work schedules. Quantitative analysis defining women's view to support forms for family in Lithuania is presented in this thesis. The main objective is to find out what women living in Vilnius and raising children think about government's support for family. Research revealed that regardless of woman's education and financial status, support for family is evaluated negatively and it is thought that the support is not adequate. Only a small number of women thought differently. This research was also designed to find out the most valuable family support forms. The results show that financial support is especially needed in the first years after the birth of the child. Also the results prove that it is important to create work places with flexible schedules so that working parents could combine work and family. That's why we can make assumptions that in Lithuania we have a need for contemporary family support forms, where main political measures would be oriented towards welfare of children from families with both working parents.

Family support politics is the complex of governmental institution actions and social economical measures. These measures are intended to shape the structure and good quality life of family. Lately many European countries started paying more attention to the politics of the family. More and more countries recognize the importance and need of taking an active part in it. There are enough delegated legislations which accurately and clearly define family development and situation of family life in Lithuania. Most of the objectives of those documents are oriented towards current family problems and deals with contemporary world view and politics of the family. On the other hand, realization of those objectives is still a problem in Lithuania. That is why contemporary family politics is understood in narrow meaning: that it is oriented only towards development of financial support to families that have children. Seeking to ensure welfare of the families in Lithuania, government provides the following support: pregnancy, motherhood/ fatherhood vocations, benefits are paid, onetime payments are paid after the birth of the child, payments for families that have many children, payments and social support for needy families. Additional social support might be given to school children who are from families with lower income. In spite of all the changes some support forms are still problematic. For instance, provision of accommodation, child care services, more flexile work schedules. Quantitative analysis defining women's view to support forms for family in Lithuania is presented in this thesis. The main objective is to find out what women living in Vilnius and raising children think about government's support for family. Research revealed that regardless of woman's education and financial status, support for family is evaluated negatively and it is thought that the support is not adequate. Only a small number of women thought differently. This research was also designed to find out the most valuable family support forms. The results show that financial support is especially needed in the first years after the birth of the child. Also the results prove that it is important to create work places with flexible schedules so that working parents could combine work and family. That's why we can make assumptions that in Lithuania we have a need for contemporary family support forms, where main political measures would be oriented towards welfare of children from families with both working parents.