Foa et al. (2018): study RU 1982
Publication
- Author(s):
- Foa, R.; Inglehart, R.; Ponarin, E.
- Title:
- Set-Point Theory and Societal Collapse: The Case of Russia
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2018, Vol. 19, 1639 - 1656
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged gerneral public, Russia 1982-2011
- Survey name
- INT-World Values Survey, pooled waves
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 20000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy. - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- % very happy in Tambov district
1982 64%
1990 53%
1995 53%
1999 48%
2006 70%
2011 76% - Page in publication:
- Figure4 2
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1 dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
- Author's label:
- Life-satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Tranformed to range 0-10 the average scores in Tambov were
1982 7,2
1995 4,2
2011 6,3 - Page in publication:
- Figure 1
- Full text:
-
Self report on 2 questions
A Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy.
B All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1 dissatisfied
:
:
10 satisfied
Computation: Scores on both questions were standardized (M = 0, SD = 1) and then summed - Classification:
- O-Sum-*-mq-nvt-14-b
- Author's label:
- Subjective Wellbeing
- Page in publication:
- 1649