The change in the perception of the state by students in Poland and Lithuania in the context of research on social Capital

Figures & data

Table 1. Description of the research sample.

	Poland		Lithuania
Itemization	1st year	3rd year	1st year	3rd year
Sample size	267	229	113	73
The percentage of the respondents in the total number of students at the given academic year	58.0%	49.8%	51.4%	63.5%
Involvement of women	67.3%	75.1%	76.1%	76.7%
Involvement of men	32.7%	24.9%	23.9%	23.3%
Respondent involvement depending on the place of permanent residence	69.6%	77.7%	60.2%	60.3%
	West Pomeranian Voivodeship	West Pomeranian Voivodeship	Vilnius County	Vilnius County

Figure 1. Percentage of respondents who agreed with statement that the democracy is good or a very good form of political system (answers “rather yes” and ‘definitely yes’).

Figure 2. Percentage of respondents who agreed with statement that their vote is important (answers: ‘rather yes’ and ‘definitely yes’).

Figure 3. Percentage of respondents participating in certain social activities during the year (answer ‘yes’).

Table 2. Social participation of surveyed students – results of difference between two population proportions test.

Itemization	Participation of students in meetings with politicians	Participation of students in the demonstration	Participation of students in a social or political campaign
Poland	u = 0.191988	u = 0.029745	u = 0.785023
	p = 0.576129	p = 0.576129	p = 0.216220
Lithuania	u = 0.283467	u = 0.801674	u = 0.536905
	p = 0.611591	p = 0.788629	p = 0.295677

Figure 4. Students' trust to the public authorities and acquaintances (answers: ‘I trust strong’ and ‘I trust very strong’).

Figure 5. Students’ assessment of the honesty of employees of public institutions at local and central level (answers: ‘rather honest’ and ‘very honest’).

Figure 6. The opinion of the respondents, in their opinion, that state institutions by their actions create attitudes aimed at helping others.