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Distributional findings

Study RUSSET panel study (2005): study RU 1997

Public
18+ aged, general public, Russia, 1997
Survey name
RU-RUSSET5
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 2232
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

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=5.41;  Sdo=2.23    Mt=4.90; SDt=2.48
Page in publication:
v294
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5.8%,   2: 4.2%,   3: 11.5%,   4: 9.5%,   5: 24%,   6: 12.4%,   7: 12%,   8: 10.5%,   9: 5.3%,   10: 3.6%   (total 98.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.39 4.88
SD:
2.25 2.50
Full text:
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
Page in publication:
v297
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 4.5%,   2: 40.2%,   3: 44.9%,   4: 4%   (total 93.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.52 5.42
SD:
0.66 1.77