LTTyrimo tikslas: patikslinti mokslinėje literatūroje vartojamą sąvoką „sociokultūrinis darbas"; įvardyti 2001-2002 m. Lietuvos vaikų ir regionųjaunimo gyvenimo tendencijas, pagrįsti sociokultūrinio darbo prioritetus. Tyrimo objektas: moksliniai straipsniai, kuriuose vartojama sąvoka „sociokultūrinis darbas (veikla)“; vaikų grupių iki 18 m. gyvenimo tendencijos (2001-2002) ir kt. Tyrimo metodai: literatūros analizė, statistinė lyginamoji analizė, anketavimas.
ENOur century is characteristic of globalization processes as a result of which a Lithuanian citizen may feel more and more new features in a daily sociocultural reality. A human being both the subject and the object in this environment continues to examine the issues of one's existence ever since as well as to perceive the human possibilities of creative spiritual powers. According to researches new aspects of social life that emerged with the newly opened world provided a human being with not mere possibilities for improvement. It is indispensable to show initiative and to attempt to comprehend and to assess the new daily standards of living and their values. Pursuing the goal of stimulating the social development humanistic ideals need to be focused on and given a sense. Also essential is examination and building of significant sociocultural work priorities on a state level in Lithuanian society. The article covers only some aspects of a sociocultural work. Analysis has been made of the following: the concept “sociocultural work” used in scientific articles; life tendencies of children under 18 in the year 2001-2002; some youth issues associated with different Lithuanian districts.