Table 3
Regression models examining differences in life satisfaction between recent immigrants to Canada and the Canadian-born population, by source country

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Table 3
Regression models examining differences in life satisfaction between recent immigrants to Canada and the Canadian-born population, by source country
Table summary
This table displays the results of Regression models examining differences in life satisfaction between recent immigrants to Canada and the Canadian-born population Model 1, Model 2 and Model 3, calculated using coefficient and standard error units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
coefficient standard error coefficient standard error coefficient standard error
Ethiopia -0.07 0.57 -0.07 0.57 0.28 0.55
Zimbabwe -0.29 0.40 -0.25 0.52 -0.12 0.49
Bangladesh -0.82Note ** 0.27 -0.90Note *** 0.25 -0.66Note * 0.26
Pakistan -0.36 0.19 -0.37Note * 0.18 -0.14 0.17
Iraq -0.24 0.31 -0.38 0.27 -0.16 0.28
Vietnam -0.26 0.28 -0.38 0.26 -0.21 0.27
India -0.19Note ** 0.07 -0.29Note *** 0.07 -0.10 0.07
Nigeria 0.77Note ** 0.25 0.50Note * 0.25 0.67Note * 0.26
Philippines 0.06 0.10 0.01 0.09 0.17 0.09
Egypt -0.60Note * 0.26 -0.48Note * 0.21 -0.29 0.20
Indonesia -0.39 0.26 -0.29 0.21 -0.18 0.22
Ukraine -0.39 0.22 -0.39 0.21 -0.27 0.21
Morocco -0.35 0.22 -0.14 0.21 -0.06 0.21
China -0.69Note *** 0.07 -0.69Note *** 0.07 -0.53Note *** 0.07
Taiwan -0.22 0.15 -0.30 0.19 -0.16 0.19
El Salvador 0.71 0.39 0.55 0.38 0.78 0.42
Iran -0.71Note *** 0.18 -0.88Note *** 0.17 -0.70Note *** 0.16
Algeria -0.31 0.26 -0.31 0.24 -0.16 0.24
Peru -0.05 0.29 0.18 0.30 0.28 0.27
Colombia 0.13 0.16 0.06 0.18 0.19 0.19
Bulgaria -0.25 0.28 -0.67Note * 0.28 -0.60Note * 0.27
Brazil 0.10 0.18 -0.26 0.18 -0.12 0.17
Romania -0.08 0.12 -0.15 0.11 -0.06 0.10
Argentina 0.61Note ** 0.22 0.40 0.24 0.45 0.25
South Africa 0.01 0.18 -0.23 0.18 -0.19 0.18
Venezuela 0.06 0.32 -0.16 0.37 -0.05 0.35
Russia -0.54Note * 0.24 -0.49Note * 0.21 -0.34 0.22
Turkey -1.26Note * 0.62 -1.20 0.67 -1.01 0.66
Mexico 0.26 0.16 0.19 0.14 0.36Note ** 0.14
Poland 0.05 0.26 -0.12 0.22 0.06 0.23
Saudi Arabia 0.39 0.30 0.08 0.31 0.21 0.32
Trinidad and Tobago -0.20 0.29 -0.33 0.28 -0.20 0.28
South Korea -0.55Note * 0.22 -0.48Note * 0.20 -0.32 0.20
New Zealand -0.77 0.48 -1.12 0.58 -1.04 0.59
Hong Kong -0.32 0.17 -0.34 0.18 -0.20 0.18
Italy 0.49 0.26 0.45 0.25 0.58Note * 0.25
France 0.31Note * 0.13 0.18 0.11 0.19 0.12
Germany 0.10 0.16 -0.07 0.14 0.02 0.14
Japan -0.44 0.33 -0.48 0.32 -0.33 0.32
Australia -0.57 0.43 -0.58 0.48 -0.51 0.48
United Kingdom 0.09 0.09 -0.07 0.09 0.00 0.09
The Netherlands -0.54 0.45 -0.65Note * 0.33 -0.57 0.34
United States 0.05 0.12 -0.15 0.10 -0.05 0.10
Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.001)

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Note **

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.01)

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Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Notes: Recent immigrants to Canada are immigrants who arrived in Canada in the last 10 years. Countries are ordered by gross domestic product (based on purchasing power parity), from lowest to highest. The coefficients are the differences in life satisfaction between immigrant groups and the Canadian-born (the reference group). Model 1 has no controls. Model 2 controls for sex, age, age squared, marital status, educational attainment, employment status, self-assessed health, and whether living in a city with a population of 500,000 or more. Model 3 adds household income, household size, home ownership and geographic regions. The R-squared values are as follows: Model 1: 0.004; Model 2: 0.187; and Model 3: 0.196.
Sources: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008 to 2011, and Canadian Community Health Survey, 2009 to 2011.
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