Study RUSSET panel study (2005): study RU 1999

Public

16+ aged, general public, Russia, 1999

Survey name

RU-RUSSET7

Sample

Respondents

N = 2868

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:

Weighed: Mo= 2.43, Sdo = 0.65

Page in publication:

v297

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 3.4%,   2: 46.3%,   3: 40.2%,   4: 5.2%   (total 95.1%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.50 5.37

SD:

0.66 1.75

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: 2826

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

- 3.05

SD:

2.04 -