Happiness ranges have remained “surprisingly resilient” within the face of exterior shocks, a ballot has discovered
Virtually 80% of Russians really feel completely happy regardless of the exterior challenges, in accordance with a nationwide ballot launched on Wednesday.
The survey by state pollster VCIOM means that the general sense of wellbeing among the many inhabitants stays strong, with solely the proportion of people figuring out as completely or reasonably completely happy fluctuating from month to month.
In its newest ballot, which surveyed some 1,600 Russians over the age of 18 final month, VCIOM requested the respondents: “There are good and unhealthy issues in life, however total, would you say you might be completely happy?”
The pollster discovered that 79% of Russians described themselves as “completely happy in a technique or one other,” with greater than a 3rd (36%) saying they had been “completely completely happy.”
“As current years have proven, happiness ranges in Russia have remained surprisingly resilient within the face of exterior shocks,” the pollster famous.
VCIOM cited the Covid-19 pandemic, which it claims didn’t result in widespread despondency, as proof of “the psychological resilience of the inhabitants.”
Based on the most recent World Happiness Report, in the meantime, Russia ranked 66th among the many 147 international locations surveyed final yr. Finland was reported because the happiest and Afghanistan the least completely happy.
Amongst European nations, the unhappiest was Ukraine, which additionally ranked 111th globally.
The World Happiness Report is an annual publication that measures world contentment primarily based on life evaluations, social help, freedom of alternative, GDP per capita, and extra indicators of wellbeing. The info is drawn from the Gallup World Ballot and numerous supplementary sources.
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