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Variable means by acculturation profile — Source-country attributes, immigration entry status and post-migration experience Table 1-1
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Table 1-1
Variable means by acculturation profile — Source-country attributes, immigration entry status and post-migration experience
Table summary
This table displays the results of Variable means by acculturation profile — Source-country attributes Integrated belonging, National belonging, Source-country belonging and Weak belonging, calculated using mean units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	mean
	Integrated belonging^{Table 1-1 Note 1}	National belonging^{Table 1-1 Note 2}	Source-country belonging^{Table 1-1 Note 3}	Weak belonging^{Table 1-1 Note 4}
Source-country attributes
Civil liberty	4.20	3.69^{Table 1-1, Note *}	4.70^{Table 1-1, Note *}	4.05
Life satisfaction	6.63	6.46^{Table 1-1, Note *}	6.87^{Table 1-1, Note *}	6.67
Individualism–collectivism	39.47	36.92^{Table 1-1, Note *}	43.60	35.26
Immigration entry status
Immigration class
Refugee	0.09	0.13^{Table 1-1, Note *}	0.07	0.10^{Table 1-1, Note *}
Family class	0.35	0.33	0.32	0.38^{Table 1-1, Note *}
Economic class spouse/dependants	0.21	0.24	0.28	0.33^{Table 1-1, Note *}
Economic class principal applicants	0.24	0.20^{Table 1-1, Note *}	0.20	0.09^{Table 1-1, Note *}
Age at immigration
11 and younger	0.13	0.23^{Table 1-1, Note *}	0.13	0.31^{Table 1-1, Note *}
12 to 17	0.09	0.12^{Table 1-1, Note *}	0.06	0.10
18 to 24	0.19	0.15	0.12^{Table 1-1, Note *}	0.09
25 to 49	0.55	0.47^{Table 1-1, Note *}	0.65^{Table 1-1, Note *}	0.44^{Table 1-1, Note *}
50 and older	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.06
Official language at immigration
Speaking English or French	0.53	0.43	0.43	0.30
Do not speak English or French	0.18	0.26^{Table 1-1, Note *}	0.17	0.20
Language ability not available	0.28	0.31	0.40	0.50
Post-migration experience
Perceived discrimination	0.37	0.37	0.47	0.32
Years since immigration	13.42	16.59^{Table 1-1, Note *}	11.06	14.64
Not speak English/French at home	0.47	0.40^{Table 1-1, Note *}	0.49	0.53
Ethnic enclave	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.08
Employment status
Employed	0.63	0.72^Note *	0.61	0.51^Note *
Unemployed	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.09^Note *
Not in the labour force	0.33	0.26^Note *	0.37	0.40
Family income
Lowest income (less than $30,000)	0.12	0.10	0.14	0.19^Note *
Lower-middle income ($30,000 to $59,999)	0.21	0.19	0.19	0.18
Middle income ($60,000 to $99,999)	0.24	0.21	0.25	0.14
Higher-middle income ($100,000 to $149,999)	0.15	0.15	0.12	0.06^{Table 1-1, Note *}
Highest income ($150,000 or more)	0.10	0.13	0.05	0.08
Family income not reported	0.18	0.22	0.26	0.36^{Table 1-1, Note *}
Bonding social networks	2.53	2.30^{Table 1-1, Note *}	2.73	2.40
Bridging social networks	1.00	1.04	0.85	0.78
Table 1-1, Note * significantly different from the value associated with integrated belonging at p < 0.05 Return to Table 1-1, note * referrer Table 1-1, Note 1. Very strong or somewhat strong sense of belonging to both Canada and the source country. Return to Table 1-1, note 1 referrer Table 1-1, Note 2. Very strong or somewhat strong sense of belonging to Canada only. Return to Table 1-1, note 2 referrer Table 1-1, Note 3. Very strong or somewhat strong sense of belonging to the source country only. Return to Table 1-1, note 3 referrer Table 1-1, Note 4. Very weak or somewhat weak sense of belonging to both Canada and the source country. Return to Table 1-1, note 4 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, 2013 General Social Survey.

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