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RUSSET panel study (2005): study RU 1994

Publication

Author(s):
RUSSET panel study,
Title:
Russian Socio-Economic Transition Panel study (RUSSET)
Source:
William van der Veld's website

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Russia, 1994
Survey name
RU-RUSSET2
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 2808
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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:
weigthed: Mo=5.22; Sdo=2.32    Mt=4.69   SDt=2.58
Page in publication:
v294
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 7.9%,   2: 5.3%,   3: 12.1%,   4: 9.1%,   5: 21.7%,   6: 11.1%,   7: 12.3%,   8: 12.6%,   9: 3.7%,   10: 3.1%   (total 98.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.23 4.70
SD:
2.33 2.59
Full text:
Self report on single question

Try to imagine the life, which you consider as ideal. How would you estimate your life as a whole at present comparing with this ideal?
1  very far from ideal
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely the same as ideal
-    do not know
Classification:
C-BW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
ideal life
Page in publication:
v995
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 17.1%,   2: 9.8%,   3: 15.3%,   4: 10.3%,   5: 17.7%,   6: 7.3%,   7: 7.5%,   8: 7.2%,   9: 2.3%,   10: 1.3%   (total 95.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.17 3.53
SD:
2.37 2.64