title: Trends of subjective well-being in Russia: 1998–2018
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metadata.value: Shirokanova, Anna A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-05-07T10:57:41Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-05-07T10:57:41Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Shirokanova A. A. Trends of subjective well-being in Russia: 1998–2018. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 2020, vol. 13, issue 1, pp. 4–24.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2020.101
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17542
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article reviews and analyses Russian surveys on subjective well-being, one of the key noneconomic
  indicators of social development. Two main indicators, the level of happiness and
  overall life satisfaction, are compared across eight international and Russian research projects,
  1998–2018 (European Social Survey, European Values Study, World Values Survey, RLMSHSE,
  the “Eurobarometer in Russia” project, surveys by VCIOM, “Levada Center”, and FOM).
  The review illustrates that the main trend in this period was a gradual growth in subjective
  wellbeing in 2003–2012, which was replaced by the trend for a decrease in life satisfaction and,
  simultaneously, increase in happiness. The review also shows that the deviation in subjective
  well-being surveys was maximal in presidential election years (2008 and 2012). VCIOM and
  the “Eurobarometer in Russia” provide the most distinct results. The paper also demonstrates
  how using an answer scale with no neutral option tends to overstate the estimated share of the
  happy and satisfied respondents. Overall, an overview of these comparative results has identified
  no consistent differences in well-being in Russia by gender, but supports the finding that
  the share of the satisfied and happy in Russia decreases substantially at the age of 35 years or
  above. Thus, the indicators of subjective well-being mirror the logic of public opinion in Russia.
  After 2014, despite the growth in patriotic moods, only a portion of the compared surveys
  noted an increase in subjective well-being, mostly due to a short-term surge in happiness. The
  current discrepancy in survey results indicates an ongoing mobilization period in Russian
  society, which will be followed by either a rise or decline of both indicators.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The article was prepared within the framework of the Basic Research Program of the HSE University
  and funded by the Russian Academic Excellence Project “5-100”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 13; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: subjective well-being
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: happiness
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: life satisfaction
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: comparative research
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: open data
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Trends of subjective well-being in Russia: 1998–2018
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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