Table 2
Selected characteristics of Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada survey respondents who were retained or not retained throughout the survey
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| Retained in the sample | Probability of being retained in the sample | Compositional characteristics of respondents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retained in the sample | Not retained in the sample | |||
| percent | odds ratio | percent | ||
| Total | 63.0 | … | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Satisfaction with life in Canada (Wave 1) | ||||
| Completely satisfied | 63.8 | 1.078 | 18.70 | 18.0 |
| Satisfied (reference group) | 63.1 | 1.000 | 53.90 | 53.5 |
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 62.7 | 0.940 | 17.60 | 17.8 |
| Dissatisfied | 62.7 | 0.887 | 8.00 | 8.1 |
| Completely dissatisfied | 64.7 | 0.922 | 1.40 | 1.3 |
| Experience in Canada (Wave 1) | ||||
| Much better than expected | 63.5 | 0.952 | 13.30 | 13.0 |
| Somewhat better than expected | 62.1 | 0.944 | 22.40 | 23.3 |
| About what expected (reference group) | 62.8 | 1.000 | 39.20 | 39.5 |
| Somewhat worse than expected | 64.4 | 1.091 | 20.60 | 19.4 |
| Much worse than expected | 65.3 | 1.166 | 3.90 | 3.5 |
| Would come to Canada again (Wave 1) | ||||
| Yes (reference group) | 63.2 | 1.000 | 88.90 | 88.0 |
| No | 62.3 | 0.935 | 8.60 | 8.9 |
| Not stated | 57.8 | 1.022 | 2.50 | 3.1 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male (reference group) | 62.1 | 1.000 | 49.00 | 50.9 |
| Female | 63.9 | 1.098 | 51.00 | 49.1 |
| Age group | ||||
| 15 to 24 | 62.1 | 0.877 | 16.00 | 16.7 |
| 25 to 34 (reference group) | 62.3 | 1.000 | 39.50 | 40.6 |
| 35 to 44 | 67.6 | 1.279* | 28.30 | 23.1 |
| 45 to 54 | 61.8 | 1.033 | 9.50 | 10.0 |
| 55 or older | 54.2 | 0.836 | 6.70 | 9.6 |
| Admission category | ||||
| Family-class immigrant | 58.4 | 0.738* | 24.90 | 30.2 |
| Skilled immigrant (reference group) | 64.4 | 1.000 | 61.70 | 58.0 |
| Business immigrant | 61.0 | 0.853 | 5.60 | 6.0 |
| Refugee | 69.5 | 0.919 | 6.60 | 4.9 |
| Other | 72.0 | 1.092 | 1.30 | 0.8 |
p<0.05
Note(s):
The reference groups are for the logistic regression. Other variables in the logistic regression model include education at landing, intended occupation and country of origin.
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