Institute of Sociology
of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology
of the Russian Academy of Sciences

A stage of life cycle: heuristic potential for examination of subjective well-being



A stage of life cycle: heuristic potential for examination of subjective well-being

Глава из книги: Социология и общество: социальное неравенство и социальная справедливость (Екатеринбург, 19-21 октября 2016 года) [Электронный ресурс] Материалы V Всероссийского социологического конгресса / отв. ред. В.А. Мансуров — Электрон. дан.— М.: Российское общество социологов, 2016. — 10696 С. — (DVD ROM).
ISBN e978-5-904804-14-5

Posted on site: 10.11.16

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Abstract

On the basis of European Social Survey (Russian sample, 2012) the article shows the importance and significance of life cycle stage in explanation of subjective well-being specificity. For this purpose: theoretical grounds of life cycle are considered; on the empirical level several groups (representing different life cycle stages) are selected; for each of them the interconnection between general and particular indicators of subjective well-being is analyzed; the similarities and differences in perception of subjective well-being at different life cycle stages are found out.