Study Saris et al. (1996): study RU 1991

Public

16+ aged, general public, Russia, 1991

Survey name

INT-IRMCS

Sample

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents

N = 10962

Non Response

22

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

How satisfied are you with your life in general?
5  completely satisfied
4  satisfied
3  unsatisfied nor satisfied
2  unsatisfied
1  completely unsatisfied

Classification:

O-SLu-g-sq-v-5-c

Page in publication:

205

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 2.4%,   2: 10.6%,   3: 42.9%,   4: 39.5%,   5: 4.6%   (total 100%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.33 6.32

SD:

0.82 2.17

Full text:

Self report on single question:

'Altogether and considering all things which are important to you, and using  scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means that your life is going very badly and 10 that your life is going very well, how would you say things are going currently?"
0  completely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied

Classification:

O-SLC-c-sq-n-11-a

Page in publication:

208

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 4.1%,   2: 1%,   3: 2.4%,   4: 4.8%,   5: 2.8%,   6: 34.2%,   7: 6%,   8: 11.3%,   9: 13.8%,   10: 4.7%,   11: 14.8%   (total 99.9%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

6.19 6.19

SD:

2.53 2.53

Full text:

Self report on single question:

"How satisfied are you with your life in general? Indicate your satisfaction by giving a number between 0 and 100, the '0' means 'completely unsatisfied' and '100' means 'completely satisfied'. So, the more satisfied you are, the higher the number."
0    completely unsatisfied
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100 completely satisfied

Classification:

O-SLu-g-sq-n-101-a

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 5.3%,   2: 2.1%,   3: 4.8%,   4: 2.5%,   5: 37.6%,   6: 5.3%,   7: 10.5%,   8: 13%,   9: 4.6%,   10: 13.9%,   11: 0%,   12: 0%,   13: 0%,   14: 0%,   15: 0%,   16: 0%,   17: 0%,   18: 0%,   19: 0%,   20: 0%,   21: 0%,   22: 0%,   23: 0%,   24: 0%,   25: 0%,   26: 0%,   27: 0%,   28: 0%,   29: 0%,   30: 0%,   31: 0%,   32: 0%,   33: 0%,   34: 0%,   35: 0%,   36: 0%,   37: 0%,   38: 0%,   39: 0%,   40: 0%,   41: 0%,   42: 0%,   43: 0%,   44: 0%,   45: 0%,   46: 0%,   47: 0%,   48: 0%,   49: 0%,   50: 0%,   51: 0%,   52: 0%,   53: 0%,   54: 0%,   55: 0%,   56: 0%,   57: 0%,   58: 0%,   59: 0%,   60: 0%,   61: 0%,   62: 0%,   63: 0%,   64: 0%,   65: 0%,   66: 0%,   67: 0%,   68: 0%,   69: 0%,   70: 0%,   71: 0%,   72: 0%,   73: 0%,   74: 0%,   75: 0%,   76: 0%,   77: 0%,   78: 0%,   79: 0%,   80: 0%,   81: 0%,   82: 0%,   83: 0%,   84: 0%,   85: 0%,   86: 0%,   87: 0%,   88: 0%,   89: 0%,   90: 0%,   91: 0%,   92: 0%,   93: 0%,   94: 0%,   95: 0%,   96: 0%,   97: 0%,   98: 0%,   99: 0%,   100: 0%,   101: 0%   (total 99.6%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 100 On range 0-10

Mean:

6.14 5.71

SD:

2.42 2.68

Full text:

Self report on single question:

How satisfied are you with your life in general? Indicate your satisfaction by giving a number between 0 and 10, where 0 means 'completely dissatisfied' and 10 'completely satisfied'. So, the more satisfied you are the higher the number.
0  completely unsatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied

Classification:

O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-a

Remarks:

Source: + personal communication W. Saris

Page in publication:

203, 208

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 5%,   2: 1%,   3: 2%,   4: 5%,   5: 3%,   6: 34%,   7: 6%,   8: 11%,   9: 13%,   10: 4%,   11: 13%   (total 97%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

6.03 6.03

SD:

2.56 2.56