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Kamalov & Ponarin (2020): study RU 1990

Publication

Author(s):
Kamalov, E.; Ponarin, E.D.
Title:
National pride and subjective wellbeing of Russiians
Source:
Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes. No.1. P.177—205

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Russia, 1990 - 2017
Survey name
INT-WVS: combined waves
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 14363
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Do you feel your life at present is.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  quite unhappy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
Transformed to range 1-10: M = 6,06, SD = 2,14
Transformed to range 0-10: M = 5,62,  SD = 2,34
Page in publication:
Table P2
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
- 5.62
SD:
- 2.34
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
Page in publication:
Table P2
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.61 5.12
SD:
2.52 2.80
Full text:
Self report on 2 questions:

A  All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
    1  dissatisfied
     .
     .
    10 satisfied

B  Taking all together, how happy would you say you are?
    4  very happy
    3  quite happy
    2  not very happy
    1  not at all happy

Computation: Mean score, rescaled to range 1-10
Classification:
O-Sum-*-mq-*-10-a
Author's label:
Subjective well-being index
Page in publication:
Table P2
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
- 5.85
SD:
- 2.03

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Mean SW of Russians by year Trend average happiness in Russia National pride Proud of nationality Age Current age (in years) Sex Sex: male (vs female) Health status Self-perceived health Education Level of school-education Marital status Married state (compared to non-married states)
Married (vs never married)
Married (vs widowed)
Married (vs divorced)
Married (vs separated)
Married vs earlier married (widowed + separated + divorced)
Formally-married vs living-as-married Income Relative income Job Current employment status
Full-time home maker
Unemployed involuntary
Current status: retired or not
Involved in schooling or not Trust Trust in people Religiosity Participation in church