Table 2
Responses to life satisfaction questions on selected General Social Surveys and Canadian Community Health Surveys

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Responses to life satisfaction questions on selected General Social Surveys and Canadian Community Health Surveys
Table summary
This table displays the percent distribution of valid and invalid responses to the life satisfaction question on selected General Social Surveys and Canadian Community Health Survey. The row headers list the type of response: valid response, no opinion, not stated and don't know. Column headers list the survey name and survey year.
Responses General Social Survey Canadian Community Health Survey
2003 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011
  percent
Responded 98.2 98.1 95.8 98.6 98.7 97.3 98.1 98.6 98.6 96.8
No opinion 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1
Not stated 0.2 0.7 2.0 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.0 2.0
Don't know 1.2 0.9 1.8 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.4 1.1
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, General Social Survey 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2008 to 2011, and Canadian Community Health Survey 2009 to 2011.
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