This survey took place between December 15-20, 2017 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600 people over the age of 18 in 137 localities of 48 of the country’s regions. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys. The statistical error of these studies for a selection of 1600 people (with a probability of 0.95) does not exceed: 3.4% for indicators around 50%; 2.9% for indicators around 25%/75%; 2.0% for indicators around 10%/90%; 1.5% for indicators around 5%/95%.

IN TERMS OF YOUR LIFE OVERALL, PLEASE INDICATE HOW HAPPY OR UNHAPPY YOU CURRENTLY ARE. (single answer)

It is important to note that the “level of happiness” should not be understood as happiness as measured in the social-psychological sense, which involves a complex framework of emotions and attitudes. Rather, it relates here to satisfaction with one’s life in general, including in economic terms.

IN GENERAL, HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS? (single answer)

Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).

The ANO Levada Center has been forcibly included in the registry of non-commercial organizations acting as foreign agents.  Read the Director of the Levada Center’s statement of disagreement with this decision here.