Table 9
Coefficients from life satisfaction ordinary least squares regressions, combined General Social Survey and Canadian Community Health Survey

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Coefficients from life satisfaction ordinary least squares regressions, combined General Social Survey and Canadian Community Health Survey
Table summary
This table displays regression coefficients from life satisfaction regressions. The row headers list the variables included in the regressions. The column headers list the model number. Different models include different sets of control variables.
  Model 1 Model 2
  coefficient
Sex (reference: men)  
Women 0.099*** 0.099***
Age (reference: age 40 to 49)  
Age 15 to 19 0.536*** 0.535***
Age 20 to 29 0.290*** 0.289***
Age 30 to 39 0.085*** 0.084***
Age 50 to 59 0.080*** 0.080***
Age 60 to 69 0.372*** 0.373***
Age 70 or older 0.612*** 0.613***
Marital status (reference: married)  
Common-law -0.144*** -0.143***
Widowed -0.393*** -0.392***
Separated/Divorced -0.593*** -0.592***
Never married -0.430*** -0.430***
Number of children 0.011 0.010
Education (reference: university degree)  
Certificate/diploma 0.033** 0.033**
Some postsecondary 0.077*** 0.077***
High school 0.092*** 0.093***
Less than high school 0.022 0.023
Immigration (reference: Canadian-born)  
Adult immigrant -0.136*** -0.136***
Childhood immigrant -0.040* -0.041*
Labour force activity (reference: paid worker)  
Self-employed worker 0.040** 0.040**
Unemployed -0.347*** -0.346***
Not in labour force 0.016 0.017
Household income (reference: $60,000 to $99,999)  
$0 to $29,999 -0.276*** -0.275***
$30,000 to $59,999 -0.103*** -0.104***
$100,000 or more 0.117*** 0.118***
Not reported 0.000 -0.001
Household size -0.055** -0.054*
Homeowner (reference: renter) 0.114*** 0.114***
Self-reported health (reference: very good)  
Poor -2.434*** -1.983***
Fair -1.249*** -1.034***
Good -0.527*** -0.488***
Excellent 0.454*** 0.396***
Urban area (reference: Toronto)  
Montréal 0.052* 0.053*
Vancouver 0.036 0.036
Other census metropolitan area 0.111*** 0.112***
Other urban area 0.190*** 0.191***
Rural area 0.241*** 0.242***
Geographic region (reference: Ontario)  
Atlantic Region 0.155*** 0.155***
Quebec 0.158*** 0.157***
Prairie Provinces -0.045*** -0.044***
British Columbia 0.006 0.006
General health asked first -0.064*** -0.021
Time-use survey -0.254*** -0.256***
Victimization survey 0.280*** 0.280***
Life domains -0.015 -0.014
General health asked first interacted with self-reported health status  
General health asked first interacted with poor self-reported health status … -0.541***
General health asked first interacted with fair self-reported health status … -0.255***
General health asked first interacted with good self-reported health status … -0.045
General health asked first interacted with excellent self-reported health status … 0.065*
Constant 8.052*** 8.011***
R-squared 0.198 0.199
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
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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