Table 1
Average level of life satisfaction of recent immigrants to Canada, by source countrys

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Table 1
Average level of life satisfaction of recent immigrants to Canada, by source country
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average level of life satisfaction of recent immigrants to Canada. The information is grouped by Source country (appearing as row headers), Observed life satisfaction score, Adjusted life satisfaction score, Sample size, Immigrants, Source country and Difference, calculated using mean and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Source country Observed life satisfaction score Adjusted life satisfaction score Sample size
Immigrants Source country Difference Immigrants Source country Difference Immigrants Source country
mean number
New Zealand 7.27 7.79 -0.51 7.28 7.83 -0.55 20 2,099
Colombia 8.18 8.36 -0.19 8.25 8.71 -0.46Note *** 171 6,013
The Netherlands 7.50 7.76 -0.26 7.62 8.03 -0.40 43 1,049
Australia 7.47 7.44 0.03 7.58 7.58 0.00 41 3,449
Mexico 8.30 7.90 0.40Note *** 8.43 8.38 0.05 181 5,351
Brazil 8.14 7.44 0.70Note *** 8.02 7.80 0.22 38 2,640
Turkey 6.79 6.26 0.53 6.90 6.68 0.22 25 6,646
Trinidad and Tobago 7.84 7.33 0.51 7.94 7.60 0.34 38 999
United Kingdom 8.13 7.60 0.54Note *** 8.21 7.81 0.40Note *** 349 1,038
Vietnam 7.79 6.86 0.92Note *** 7.73 7.31 0.42 38 2,474
China 7.35 6.73 0.61Note *** 7.50 7.05 0.45Note *** 888 4,445
United States 8.09 7.56 0.53Note *** 8.14 7.67 0.47Note *** 401 3,975
Poland 8.09 7.02 1.07Note *** 8.05 7.53 0.52Note * 51 989
Japan 7.60 6.71 0.89Note *** 7.62 7.08 0.54 44 2,396
Iran 7.33 6.40 0.93Note *** 7.35 6.73 0.62Note *** 157 5,171
Indonesia 7.65 6.93 0.72Note *** 7.98 7.32 0.65Note *** 27 2,896
Bangladesh 7.21 6.09 1.12Note *** 7.30 6.61 0.70Note ** 89 2,976
Germany 8.14 7.11 1.03Note *** 8.20 7.47 0.73Note *** 124 4,073
Argentina 8.65 7.33 1.32Note *** 8.60 7.72 0.87Note *** 24 3,339
El Salvador 8.76 7.50 1.26Note *** 8.79 7.91 0.88Note * 20 1,229
Taiwan 7.83 6.57 1.25Note *** 7.85 6.87 0.99Note *** 41 2,005
Hong Kong 7.72 6.41 1.31Note *** 7.80 6.80 1.00Note *** 39 1,244
Philippines 8.11 6.75 1.35Note *** 8.24 7.23 1.01Note *** 853 2,399
Saudi Arabia 8.43 7.28 1.15Note *** 8.29 7.25 1.04Note *** 28 1,494
Venezuela 8.10 6.72 1.38Note *** 8.12 7.03 1.09Note *** 30 1,187
Peru 7.99 6.63 1.36Note *** 8.36 7.22 1.14Note *** 24 4,171
Korea, South 7.50 6.28 1.21Note *** 7.63 6.48 1.15Note *** 97 2,370
France 8.35 6.91 1.44Note *** 8.37 7.20 1.18Note *** 182 1,000
Italy 8.53 6.89 1.64Note *** 8.67 7.15 1.53Note *** 24 1,006
Algeria 7.74 5.67 2.06Note *** 7.93 6.34 1.60Note *** 87 1,269
Russia 7.50 5.27 2.23Note *** 7.71 6.09 1.62Note *** 164 4,033
Egypt 7.44 5.55 1.89Note *** 7.64 5.93 1.72Note *** 59 6,048
India 7.85 5.82 2.04Note *** 7.94 6.20 1.73Note *** 934 5,859
Nigeria 8.81 6.74 2.07Note *** 8.75 6.82 1.92Note *** 55 4,011
Morocco 7.69 5.77 1.91Note *** 8.02 6.09 1.94Note *** 119 3,458
South Africa 8.05 5.77 2.28Note *** 8.05 6.07 1.98Note *** 98 8,899
Bulgaria 7.79 4.93 2.87Note *** 7.62 5.43 2.19Note *** 23 2,014
Romania 7.96 5.37 2.59Note *** 8.14 5.86 2.28Note *** 161 2,892
Ethiopia 7.97 4.99 2.98Note *** 8.10 5.53 2.57Note *** 28 1,490
Pakistan 7.68 4.85 2.83Note *** 7.84 5.23 2.61Note *** 295 1,693
Ukraine 7.65 4.42 3.23Note *** 7.87 5.23 2.64Note *** 106 3,665
Iraq 7.80 4.82 2.98Note *** 7.83 5.18 2.65Note *** 61 4,995
Zimbabwe 7.75 3.94 3.82Note *** 7.94 4.41 3.53Note *** 29 1,000
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Notes: Recent immigrants to Canada are immigrants who arrived in Canada in the last 10 years. Countries are ordered by the difference in adjusted life satisfaction scores between immigrants and source countries. Negative values are listed first, followed by the life satisfaction differences from smallest to largest. The observed life satisfaction scores are the average of reported scores by survey respondents. The adjusted levels are calculated from regression models controlling for sex, age, age squared, marital status, education, employment status, self-reported health and whether living in a city with a population 500,000 or more.
Sources: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008 to 2011, and Canadian Community Health Survey, 2009 to 2011; and World Values Survey, Waves 3 to 5.
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