| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Easterlin, R.A. |
| Title | Life Satisfaction in the Transition from Socialism to Capitalism. |
| Source | Clark, A.E.;Ed.:" Happiness and Economic Growth: Lessons from Developing Countries", Oxford Scholarship Online: 2015, 1 - 24 |
| DOI | doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198723653.003.0002 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public,Belarus, 1984-1999 |
| Collect period | 1984-1999 |
| Survey name | WVS: combined waves |
| Waves 1984,1990,1996,1999 | |
| Sample | Probability multistage stratified area sample |
| Respondents N = | 200000 |
| 200000 persons per year/wave | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport 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 | 2 |
| Remarks | Mean life satisfaction in 1999 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 4.81 | |
| Standard deviation |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Political change: before and after the fall of socialism in 1990 | show | Change of political conditions in nation |
| Political change: before and after the fall of socialism in 1990 | show | Trend happiness in Belarus, also classified as above ↑ |