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Correlational findings

Study Abbott & Sapsford (2006): study RU 2001

Public
18+ aged general public, Russia, 2001
Survey name
LLH Survey
Sample
Respondents
N = 4000
Non Response
27%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Political Satisfaction
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Cronbach's alpha: Russia 0.81, Ukraine 0.84
Operationalization
Factor of responses to statements on::
a: Democracy developing
b: Economy developing
c: Education system
d: Social security" system
e: Government performs duties in National Office
f: Local authorities solving region's affairs

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-4-ga r = +.07 p < .01 O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-c r = +.08 p < .01 O-HL-c-sq-v-4-ga Beta = ? ns O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-c Beta = +.07 p < .01 Beta controlled for:
- age
- gender
- education
- employed
- economic situation
- basic food
- amenities
- married
- social resource Index
- Personal support index
- Friend to confide in
- Trust people
- Trust government Index
- Trust institutions Index
- active in organisation
- Personal control scale
- Freedom of choice and control
- Freedom Index
- Self reported Health
- psycho-social health scale
- limiting long-term health problem
- satisfaction with security level
- satisfaction with work
- satisfaction with personal income
- satisfaction with household income
- satisfaction with health

Correlations are with UDhappiness (very happy 1, very unhappy 4). Assumed that satisfaction with domains of life is similarly coded as DISsatisfaction