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- Articles and reports: 11F0019M2014363Description:
Studies of immigrant well-being primarily focus on economic outcomes. However, immigrants often cite a desire to improve their general quality of life as their main motivation for migrating. This study compares life satisfaction among recent immigrants in Canada with life satisfaction in their country of origin and with the Canadian-born population, and provides an evaluation of the role that national-level economic and social factors play in immigrants’ life satisfaction.
Release date: 2014-12-10 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2014357Geography: CanadaDescription:
An emerging area of subjective well-being (SWB) research is centered on the differences in the levels of SWB both across countries and among geographic regions within a country. The consideration of geographic differences would extend our knowledge about the determinants of SWB from "internal" factors of personality traits and individuals' socio-demographic characteristics to "external factors" embedded in individuals' environments. An issue with important theoretical and policy implications is whether the income of others in the same geographic area is associated with individuals' SWB. The association could be positive if people benefit from the improved resources, amenities, and social capital in high-income areas. The association could also be negative if people tend to emulate the lifestyles of their more affluent neighbours. Related empirical studies so far have not come to a consensus on this question.
The present study attempts to contribute to this issue in two significant ways. First, this study examines whether the effect of the average income in a geographic area (locality income) on SWB is sensitive to the scale of geographic units. With a very large sample of survey respondents nested within three hierarchical levels of geographic areas, this study provides reliable estimates of the association of SWB with average incomes in immediate neighbourhoods (defined as "census dissemination areas"), local communities ("census tracts"), and municipalities ("census subdivisions"). Second, this study examines how the choice of control variables influences the estimated effect of locality income. By considering the effects of individual demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, self-evaluated general health, and area-level attributes in a sequential manner, it is possible to discuss the likely mechanisms through which locality income is related to individuals' SWB.
Release date: 2014-02-20 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2013351Geography: CanadaDescription:
Measures of subjective well-being are increasingly prominent in international policy discussions about how best to measure "societal progress" and the well-being of national populations. This has implications for national statistical offices, as calls have been made for them to include measures of subjective well-being in their household surveys (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 2013). Statistics Canada has included measures of subjective well-being - particularly life satisfaction - in its surveys for twenty-five years, although the wording of these questions and the response categories have evolved over time. Statistics Canada's General Social Survey (GSS) and Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) offer a valuable opportunity to examine the stability of life satisfaction responses and their correlates from year to year using a consistent analytical framework.
Release date: 2013-10-11 - 24. Life satisfaction, 2009 ArchivedStats in brief: 82-625-X201000211264Geography: CanadaDescription:
This is a Health fact sheet about life satisfaction among Canadians. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Community Health Survey.
Release date: 2010-06-15 - 25. Life satisfaction 2008 ArchivedStats in brief: 82-625-X201000111106Geography: CanadaDescription:
Life satisfaction is a personal subjective assessment of global well-being.
Release date: 2010-04-12 - 26. Living with disability series: Life satisfaction of working-age women with disabilities ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X201000111124Geography: CanadaDescription:
Quality of life for persons with disabilities is influenced by many factors that may often interact in subtle ways. This article identifies some of the elements that are associated with a greater life satisfaction among women with disabilities aged 25 to 54 across three main dimensions: daily activities; quality of relationships with family and friends; and health.
Release date: 2010-03-08
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- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2022007Description: This dashboard provides an interactive view of eight indicators from the Quality of Life Framework for Canada: Life satisfaction, sense of meaning and purpose, future outlook, loneliness, someone to count on, sense of belonging to local community, perceived mental health, and perceived health. The data can be organized by province, gender and other characteristics such as age group. This dashboard is based on quarterly data from the Canadian Social Survey.Release date: 2024-05-16
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- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600004Description: On average, individuals who own their dwelling report higher satisfaction with their dwelling, neighbourhood and life than renters. These differences may reflect a positive causal impact of ownership on satisfaction. However, these differences could also reflect compositional effects, such as differences in household, dwelling and neighbourhood characteristics. Using the 2021 Canadian Housing Survey, this study provides a comparison of renters’ and owners’ reported dwelling, neighbourhood and life satisfaction accounting for compositional effects.Release date: 2024-06-26
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024002Description: The Quality of Life Framework includes indicators that are meaningful in measuring a person's happiness and well-being like life satisfaction, for instance. Using data from Wave 10 of the Canadian Social Survey (collected from July 14, 2023 to September 07, 2023), this infographic looks at levels of life satisfaction amongst the Canadian population aged 15 years and older in Canada's 10 provinces. Survey respondents were asked: "Using a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means 'Very dissatisfied' and 10 means 'Very satisfied,' how do you feel about your life as a whole right now?"Release date: 2024-03-20
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023057Description: This infographic focuses on confidence in selected institutions in Canada including the Canadian media, the Federal Parliament, the justice system and courts, the school system, and the police, as reported in the Canadian Social Survey collected from October to December 2022. The infographic displays data for the population aged 15 years and older who live in Canada's 10 provinces, showing results for the survey question "How much confidence do you have in the following institutions?" Confidence in institutions is an indicator in Canada's Quality of Life Framework.Release date: 2023-11-14
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023022Description: Trust in others is an indicator in the Quality of Life Framework for Canada. The data presented in this infographic were collected during wave 5 of the Canadian Social Survey, which was conducted from April to June 2022. This infographic focuses specifically on trust in neighbours, based on responses to the question “How many people do you trust in your neighbourhood?”, where the response categories included “Most of the people,” “Many of the people,” “A few of the people” and “Nobody.” Results are presented according to selected demographic characteristics, including gender and age group. This infographic also shows how Canadians’ life satisfaction and sense of belonging to their local community vary in relation to how many neighbours they trust.Release date: 2023-04-19
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300100003Description: Quality of life and well-being research often involves survey content that is subjective in nature, for example questions pertaining to life satisfaction. Two phenomena impacting responses to self-reported life satisfaction are studied across a range of social surveys: the framing effect, where a respondent’s answer is influenced by the theme of the survey or its content; and the mode effect, where a respondent’s answer is influenced by the method in which survey data is collected (with an interviewer, through an online collection portal, etc.). The objective of this paper is to document the effect that survey collection and survey content have on Canadians’ self-reported satisfaction with their lives. The impact of these effects on life satisfaction responses is measured across three Statistics Canada survey series: the General Social Survey, the Canadian Community Health Survey, and the Canadian Social Survey.Release date: 2023-01-25
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202201100002Description:
Little is known about cross-national differences in the decline of youth life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study compares youth in Canada, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom on life satisfaction before and during the pandemic.
Release date: 2022-11-23 - 7. Local Environments Lift Life Satisfaction ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2022028Description:
People in Canada tend to report having high levels of satisfaction with their local environment. This infographic showcases selected data from the Wave 2 of the Canadian Social Survey (August to September 2021). Visuals highlight data for the population aged 15 and older in Canada's 10 provinces who reported a high level of satisfaction with their local environment, by age, gender, geographic region, and the outdoor activities in which they chose to participate over the past year. A high level of satisfaction with local environment is defined as a response of 8, 9 or 10 to the question "On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means you feel 'Not at all satisfied' and 10 means you are 'Completely satisfied,' how satisfied are you with the quality of your local environment such as access to green space, and air or water quality?" Satisfaction with local environment is an indicator in the Quality of Life Framework for Canada.
Release date: 2022-05-03 - 8. Loneliness in Canada ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2021090Description:
This infographic uses data from the Canadian Social Survey to look at loneliness. It shows that loneliness is prevalent across Canada and that the share of people in Canada who reported high levels of loneliness varies based on age group, gender and marital status. It also shows that those who are lonely report worse mental health and lower life satisfaction. Loneliness is an indicator in Canada's Quality of Life Framework.
Release date: 2021-11-24 - Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100500006Description:
While there are many studies that examine the relationships between neighbourhood characteristics and health outcomes, and between neighbourhood characteristics and neighbourhood satisfaction, the relationship between neighbourhood characteristics and subjective well-being, particularly life satisfaction, has received much less attention. The objective of this study is to fill this gap in order to help inform neighbourhood-based policy aimed at increasing well-being that is receiving increased attention.
Release date: 2021-05-26 - Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100093Description:
The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented impacts on many key aspects of life, such as health, social connections, mobility, employment and incomes. Life satisfaction provides the best available umbrella measure of the combined effects of these changes on the well-being of Canadians. Using population-representative samples from two Statistics Canada surveys, this study compares the life satisfaction of Canadians before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Release date: 2020-12-21
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