Table 3
Distribution of General Social Survey and Canadian Community Health Survey respondents on the life satisfaction scale
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| Life satisfaction scores | General Social Survey | Canadian Community Health Survey | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| percent | ||||||||||
| 0 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| 4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
| 6 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 7 | 17.5 | 19.6 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 12.6 | 19.3 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 16.6 |
| 8 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 31.1 | 31.0 | 29.8 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 32.9 | 33.3 | 33.5 |
| 9 | 19.3 | 17.2 | 20.5 | 15.9 | 17.7 | 14.6 | 18.9 | 18.6 | 19.5 | 19.0 |
| 10 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 18.2 | 20.6 | 29.7 | 14.6 | 22.6 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 17.7 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, General Social Survey and Canadian Community Health Survey, selected years.
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