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Distributional findings

Study RUSSET panel study (2005): study RU 1998

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)

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
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