RUSSET panel study (2005): study RU 1998
Publication
- Author(s):
- RUSSET panel study,
- Title:
- Russian Socio-Economic Transition Panel study (RUSSET)
- Source:
- William van der Veld's website
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Russia, 1998
- Survey name
- RU-RUSSET6
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 3513
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
There are good and bad things in life, but taken all things together are you happy?
4 certainly yes
3 rather yes
2 rather no
1 certainly no
- don't know - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-4-h
- Author's label:
- happiness
- Remarks:
- Valid responses: 3266
- Page in publication:
- v297
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 5.6%, 2: 41.2%, 3: 43.2%, 4: 3.4% (total 93.4%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.48 5.31
- SD:
- 0.66 1.80
- Full text:
-
Self report on 10 questions:
During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....? (yes/no)
A Particularly excited or interested in something?
B So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C Proud because someone complimented you on something
you had done?
D Very lonely or remote from other people?
E Pleased about having accomplished something?
F Bored?
G On top of the world?
H Depressed or very unhappy?
I That things were going your way?
J Upset because someone criticized you?
Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5
Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version) - Classification:
- A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
- Remarks:
- Valid responses: 3458
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- - 4.97
- SD:
- 2.02 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with your life as a whole in the present time? On this card you see the scale, where '1' means that you are not at all satisfied, and '10' very satisfied. You also can choose any number between them.
1 not at all satisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-g
- Author's label:
- life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Weighted Mo=4.32; Sdo=2.34 Mt=3.69 SDt=2.60
- Page in publication:
- v294
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 13.1%, 2: 7.6%, 3: 15.5%, 4: 11%, 5: 23.5%, 6: 8.8%, 7: 8.1%, 8: 6.7%, 9: 1.8%, 10: 2.7% (total 98.8%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.48 3.87
- SD:
- 2.30 2.55