RUSSET panel study (2005): study RU 1999
Publication
- Author(s):
- RUSSET panel study,
- Title:
- Russian Socio-Economic Transition Panel study (RUSSET)
- Source:
- William van der Veld's website
Investigation
- 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) and Distributional Findings
- 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 -