Study title

A survey of the lifestyles and sexual habits of persons living in St. Petersburg, Russia. The topics covered included occupational life: relations with co-workers, stressfulness and independence of work and the respondent's possibility to influence decisions in the workplace. Fringe benefits, changes in them and changes in the work generally during the past 5-10 years were surveyed. Respondents were also asked about property owned and sources of income. Social networks were also studied. Questions focused on who takes care of the household work (domestic responsibilities) in the family, how close respondents feel to their near relatives, did they meet their friends less often than five years earlier and why. Respondents were asked whether they had helped relatives, friends, colleagues or neighbours in the following matters: to get a job, find inexpensive food, acquire durable goods, get medicine or receive medical treatment, acquire or renovate a house/flat etc. Membership in groups, associations, voluntary organizations and church were charted, likewise political attitudes and political interest. Respondents were asked whether they had had problems with the authorities for political, ethnic or religious reasons. Respondents rated the importance of certain factors (e.g. hard work, wealthy family, good education) for succeeding in their society at the time of the survey and 10-15 years earlier. Lifestyles were covered with several questions about leisure time habits and readership of newspapers. Smoking, alcohol consumption, use of hygiene and beauty products, respondents' general state of health, satisfaction with life, exercise habits, height and weight were surveyed. One topic pertained to respondents' childhood home. The survey contained data on respondents' sexual life and sexual morality. Questions covered sex education, current steady relationship and its happiness. Respondents were asked whether it was easy to talk about sex with parter and friends and...