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Who thrives in Canada? An Examination of social factors, healthcare access, and immigration status

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  • Sonia S Anand
  • Shreni Patel
  • Scott A Lear
  • Trevor JB Dummer
  • Vikki Ho
  • Jean-Claude Tardif
  • Jennifer E Vena
  • Karleen Schulze
  • Paul Poirier
  • Dipika Desai
  • Matthias G Friedrich
  • from the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds Study

Abstract

High-income countries like Canada report some of the worlds’ highest life-satisfaction levels, yet less is known about how life satisfaction varies by race and immigration status. This study investigates the factors that influence subjective well-being among 8,063 adults from the Canadian Alliance of Healthy Hearts and Minds study recruited between 2014 and 2018, including a subset of 2,142 immigrants. Measures of demographic, socioeconomic, health, healthcare access, and self-reported ethnicity were investigated in relation to self-reported life satisfaction as measured by the validated Cantril ladder score in which people were classified as suffering [1–4], struggling [5–6], or thriving [7–10]. Among 8,063 adults, approximately half were women, 18.6% were racialized, and 26.6% were immigrants. The mean life satisfaction score was 7.2 (1.4), with 71% classified as thriving. However racialized immigrants reported significantly lower life satisfaction than Canadian born non-racialized participants [6.6 (1.6) vs 7.2 (1.4); P

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  • Sonia S Anand & Shreni Patel & Scott A Lear & Trevor JB Dummer & Vikki Ho & Jean-Claude Tardif & Jennifer E Vena & Karleen Schulze & Paul Poirier & Dipika Desai & Matthias G Friedrich & from the Canad, 2025. "Who thrives in Canada? An Examination of social factors, healthcare access, and immigration status," PLOS Global Public Health, Public Library of Science, vol. 5(12), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pgph00:0005257
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005257
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