Table 1 Life satisfaction, household income, health behaviours, and selected socio-demographic factors of Canadians aged 12 years and older, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2009–10 (n = 74,577)
From: A life satisfaction approach to valuing the impact of health behaviours on subjective well-being
Dependent variable | Mean | 95% Confidence Interval |
Life satisfaction (0–10) | 8.96 | 8.94–8.98 |
Explanatory variable | ||
Household Income (CAD) | 71,975 | 71,236-72,713 |
Frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption (daily) | 5.03 | 4.98–5.07 |
Percentage (%) | 95% Confidence Interval | |
Leisure time physical activity | ||
Active | 27.4 | 26.8–27.9 |
Moderately active | 25.4 | 24.9–25.9 |
Inactive | 47.2 | 46.6–47.8 |
Type of smoker | ||
Daily | 17.2 | 16.8–17.7 |
Occasionally | 5.1 | 4.8–5.4 |
Not at all | 77.7 | 77.2–78.1 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 39.5 | 38.9–40.0 |
Common-law | 10.2 | 9.9–10.5 |
Widowed | 6.6 | 6.4–6.9 |
Separated | 3.8 | 3.6–4.0 |
Divorced | 8 | 7.7–8.3 |
Single | 31.9 | 31.3–32.5 |
Self-perceived health | ||
Poor | 2.5 | 2.4–2.7 |
Fair | 8.6 | 8.3–8.9 |
Good | 28.2 | 27.7–28.7 |
Very good | 38.2 | 37.7–38.7 |
Excellent | 22.5 | 21.9–22.9 |
Self-perceived mental health | ||
Poor | 1.03 | 0.93–1.15 |
Fair | 4.56 | 4.32–4.80 |
Good | 20.7 | 20.3–21.2 |
Very good | 36.9 | 36.4–37.5 |
Excellent | 36.7 | 36.2–37.3 |
Home ownership | ||
Yes | 67.8 | 67.1–68.5 |
No | 32.2 | 31.5–32.9 |
Province/territory of residence | ||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1.52 | 1.47–1.58 |
Prince Edward Island | 0.44 | 0.42–0.46 |
Nova Scotia | 2.97 | 2.89–3.06 |
New Brunswick | 2.37 | 2.30–2.43 |
Quebec | 26.4 | 26.0–26.8 |
Ontario | 36.1 | 35.7–36.5 |
Manitoba | 3.55 | 3.43–3.67 |
Saskatchewan | 2.87 | 2.79–2.96 |
Alberta | 10.5 | 10.3–10.7 |
British Columbia | 13.1 | 12.8–13.3 |
Territories | 0.17 | 0.16–0.18 |