Table 5
Observed and estimated differences in life satisfaction scores across survey years and types

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Observed and estimated differences in life satisfaction scores across survey years and types
Table summary
This table displays selected regression coefficients from a life satisfaction regression. The row headers list the variables corresponding to the coefficients. The column headers list 3 different models from which coefficients are presented as well as a column in which predicted year effects based on a model are presented.
  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Predicted based on Model 3
No controls With controls 1 With controls 1
  coefficient
General Social Survey  
2003 -0.21 -0.25 -0.08
2005 -0.38 -0.32 -0.33
2006 -0.13 -0.14 -0.08
2008 -0.20 -0.16 -0.06
2009 0.21 0.14 0.22
2010 -0.51 -0.45 -0.32
2011 (reference year)
Canadian Community Health Survey  
2009 -0.12 -0.14 -0.06
2010 -0.12 -0.14 -0.06
2011 -0.14 -0.13 -0.06
General health asked first -0.06
Time-use survey -0.25
Victimization survey 0.28
Life domains 2 -0.02
Controls include sex, age group, marital status, number of children, educational attainment, immigration status, labour force activity, household income, household size, homeownership, self-assessed health status, region of residence, and urban/rural residence.
All coefficients in the table, except that for life domains, are significant at p<0.001.
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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