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COVID-19 pandemic has impact on many aspects of social life. The paper discusses the potential effect of the pandemic on fertility. It is based on the theoretical analysis of the impact of the past pandemic of modern world (Spanish flu) on the fertility and potential mechanisms which will be at play in the post-COVID-19 pandemic fertility trajectory. The paper also overviews the most recent demographic fertility and family statistics, which show that fertility and marriage rates decreased in Lithuania significantly during the first year of the pandemic. The survey results from 2021 reveal that fertility intentions in the cohort 1985–89 were delayed by approximately 25%. It is concluded that fertility will be mostly affected by the way the state and society will solve the issues related to gender roles in the family, gender equality in labour market, social capital and trust, all of which had been challenged by the pandemic.

This article is dedicated to the exploration of marital quality in the Lithuanian families and based on the analysis of the sociological survey data (N=500). Marital quality is measured with the Marital Satisfaction (EMS) scale. The article examines the effect of marital quality on the emotional cohesion, conflict level, conflict management style, role sharing in the domestic work and attitudes toward the partnership formation patterns.
Married or cohabiting women in Lithuanian society are more dissatisfied with the marital quality than men are. Gender is the strongest factor, which predicts marital quality. Testing other variables, i.e. class, age, family structure or family background proved no significant connection with the marital quality. Marital quality positively affects the emotional cohesion of partners, reduces the conflict level and leads to the symmetrical role sharing in the couple. Higher levels of satisfaction with marital life are bound with the positive attitudes toward the institutional partnership formation patterns.

The research aims to evaluate the opportunities for the welfare capitalism in the Lithuanian society and is directed toward the analysis of cultural conditions, which largely determine the success and efficiency of the social policy actions. The research objective is the analysis of gender inequalities, which are produced and reproduced in the family. Unequal distribution of care in family influences the gender opportunities, discriminatory attitudes and the development of gender modernization. The institutionalisation of care in most EU states is seen as one of the key factors in solving gender and family policy problems. The interplay of prevailing modern gender identities and the institutionalisation of care promote the equality of social rights, enhance women's participation and help solving the family policy issues. The research examines the positioning of care in Lithuanian gender identities and questions to what extent the care institutionalisation in Lithuania may facilitate the overcome of gender inequalities and stimulate the development of equal opportunities and welfare capitalism. The research is structured upon several main lines. First, it discusses the theoretical issues of welfare capitalism and gender modernization, second, the sociological dimensions of the care concept. The third theme is dedicated to the analysis of the Lithuanian society's values and attitudes toward gender and care.

The research aims to evaluate the opportunities for the welfare capitalism in the Lithuanian society and is directed toward the analysis of cultural conditions, which largely determine the success and efficiency of the social policy actions. The research objective is the analysis of gender inequalities, which are produced and reproduced in the family. Unequal distribution of care in family influences the gender opportunities, discriminatory attitudes and the development of gender modernization. The institutionalisation of care in most EU states is seen as one of the key factors in solving gender and family policy problems. The interplay of prevailing modern gender identities and the institutionalisation of care promote the equality of social rights, enhance women's participation and help solving the family policy issues. The research examines the positioning of care in Lithuanian gender identities and questions to what extent the care institutionalisation in Lithuania may facilitate the overcome of gender inequalities and stimulate the development of equal opportunities and welfare capitalism. The research is structured upon several main lines. First, it discusses the theoretical issues of welfare capitalism and gender modernization, second, the sociological dimensions of the care concept. The third theme is dedicated to the analysis of the Lithuanian society's values and attitudes toward gender and care. ; Straipsnio tikslas – aptarti kultūrinius barjerus, kurie gali įtakoti gerovės kapitalizmo, užtikrinančio lygias lyčių galimybes, sukūrimo galimybes Lietuvoje ir sumažinti teisinių bei struktūrinių socialinės lyčių politikos veiksmų sėkmę. Straipsnyje teigiama, kad gerovės kapitalizmui būtina ne tik politinė valia, struktūriniai ištekliai, bet ir modernios lyčių tapatybės, kurios abiems lytims tolygiau paskirto praktines ir emocines globos užduotis. Modernios lyčių tapatybės užkerta kelią moters marginalizacijai visuomenėje, sukuria prielaidas visapusiškai jos socialinių teisių realizacijai, o globos institucionalizacijos priemonės veiksmingai įtakoja lyčių lygybę. Remiantis sociologinės apklausos rezultatų analize teigiama, kad kultūrinės lyčių tapatybės Lietuvoje atkartoja patriarchalinius modelius, todėl kuriant gerovės kapitalizmą būtina reikiamą dėmesį skirti ne tik struktūriniams, bet ir kultūriniams veiksniams.

The attentiveness towards the human experience in contemporary sociology is evident in the analysis of topics such as intimacy, love, body and others. The article argues that sociological analysis of the phenomena requires sociology to move beyond utilitarianism. This article is grounded on a discussion of the conceptions of intimacy in sociological theories of George Simmel, Peter Berger and Hansfried Kellner, and Anthony Giddens. In the historically-oriented analysis of the conceptual approaches to the phenomena of intimacy, the article suggests that the contemporary theory defines intimacy in a rather individualistic way that does not provide the means to understand the problematique.

This paper aims to analyse the family life course trajectories of 1970–1984 birth cohorts in Lihuania. It applies the sequence analysis methods and is based on the Families and Inequalities Survey Dataset collected in 2019. The method provides the opportunities to examine the family life course in a holistic way and has not been used in family demography research in Lithuania so far. The results prove that cohabitation became a normative event in the family formation process, the duration of cohabitation increases, however marriage remains the dominant family arrangement for childrearing. Clasterization of sequences revealed four models of family life trajectories, that reflect the diversity and de-standartization of the family life course.

Using nationally representative data on nonresident fathers, this study examines father–child contact and child support payments in Lithuania. We focus on previously married and cohabiting fathers whose parenting rights and obligations are organized differently by Lithuanian legislation. Our findings demonstrate that previously cohabiting fathers' involvement in child-rearing is more significantly associated with levels of individual income resources rather than family formation type. We argue that legal uncertainties linked to nonmarital fatherhood reinforce the inequalities of men's paternal rights and place previously cohabiting fathers, particularly with low socioeconomic resources, in disadvantaged positions. Moreover, we argue based on international evidence that universal social policies to support fathers' social citizenship rights before separation and across household or family types, including greater individualization of Lithuania's generous parental leave provisions, would encourage father–child contact for low socioeconomic fathers following cohabitation dissolution and reduce traditional male-breadwinning barriers to father–child contact.