ARCHIVED – Recent Immigrants, Earlier Immigrants and the Canadian–Born: Association with Collective Identities
Table A-1: I see myself as a… member of my local community
Options | Canadian-born | Earlier immigrants | Recent immigrants |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly Agree | 33.6% | 31.6% | 19.9% |
Agree | 57.9% | 56.1% | 67.0% |
Disagree | 7.9% | 11.9% | 12.1% |
Strongly Disagree | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
n | 1,756 | 294 | 564 |
Table A-2: I see myself as a… citizen of my province
Options | Canadian-born | Earlier immigrants | Recent immigrants |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly Agree | 41.9% | 36.0% | 26.1% |
Agree | 56.2% | 56.9% | 64.3% |
Disagree | 1.8% | 6.7% | 8.5% |
Strongly Disagree | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
n | 1,754 | 297 | 566 |
Table A-3: I see myself as a… Canada as a whole
Options | Canadian-born | Earlier immigrants | Recent immigrants |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly Agree | 44.8% | 48.1% | 38.2% |
Agree | 51.8% | 49.1% | 57.2% |
Disagree | 3.0% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
Strongly Disagree | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% |
n | 1,758 | 295 | 565 |
Table A-4: I see myself as a… North America
Options | Canadian-born | Earlier immigrants | Recent immigrants |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly Agree | 25.6% | 26.8% | 16.0% |
Agree | 57.9% | 53.6% | 59.4% |
Disagree | 13.5% | 16.5% | 21.7% |
Strongly Disagree | 2.0% | 3.1% | 2.9% |
n | 1,744 | 291 | 557 |
Table A-5: I see myself as a… world Citizen
Options | Canadian-born | Earlier immigrants | Recent immigrants |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly Agree | 30.6% | 31.8% | 34.5% |
Agree | 55.5% | 56.4% | 51.9% |
Disagree | 12.1% | 9.3% | 13.3% |
Strongly Disagree | 1.8% | 2.4% | 0.4% |
n | 1,729 | 289 | 565 |
Table A-6: National pride
Options | Canadian-born | Earlier immigrants | Recent immigrants |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly Agree | 71.1% | 69.6% | 52.2% |
Agree | 25.4% | 27.6% | 44.6% |
Disagree | 3.0% | 1.4% | 2.6% |
Strongly Disagree | 0.5% | 1.4% | 0.6% |
n | 1,753 | 283 | 312 |
Table B-1: Predictors of Identification as a Citizen of Canada – Ordered Logistic Regression:
Layer | |||
---|---|---|---|
Dependent Variable | Total Population | ||
Identification as a Citizen of Canada | WVS and NIS Combined | ||
Coef | S.E. | Odds Ratio | |
Age | 0.008* | 0.004 | 1.008 |
Female | -0.234* | 0.113 | 0.792 |
Post-Secondary | 0.314* | 0.134 | 1.369 |
Low Income | 0.006 | 0.138 | 1.006 |
High Income | 0.071 | 0.147 | 1.073 |
Quebec | -0.996** | 0.188 | 0.369 |
Very Proud to be Canadian | 1.241** | 0.158 | 3.460 |
Not a Canadian Citizen | -0.037 | 0.245 | 0.963 |
Interaction: Very Proud to be Canadian × Quebec |
0.399 | 0.262 | 1.49 |
“Strongly” Identify As: | |||
World Citizen | 1.371** | 0.150 | 3.938 |
Member of Local Community | 2.271** | 0.154 | 9.687 |
Citizen of Other Country | 0.488 | 0.301 | 1.630 |
Autonomous Individual | 0.564** | 0.158 | 1.757 |
Recent Immigrant | 0.203 | 0.195 | 1.225 |
Earlier Immigrant | 0.656** | 0.210 | 1.926 |
Cut 1 | -4.248 | 0.454 | |
Cut 2 | -1.833 | 0.278 | |
Cut 3 | 2.532 | 0.273 | |
Pseudo R2 | 0.272 | ||
N | 1826 |
* Significant at p < .05
** Significant at p < .01
Source: 2006 World Values Survey
Reported results for Table 4-1 and Table B-1 are from ordered logistic regression model using the dependent variable:
“People have different views about themselves and how they related to the world. Would you tell me how strongly you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about how you see yourself? I see myself as a citizen of Canada as a whole.”
Values:
- 0 – Strongly disagree
- 1 – Disagree
- 2 – Agree
- 3 – Strongly agree
Independent Variables:
- Age – actual age in years
- Female
- Post-Secondary – obtained University or college degree
- Low Income – 1st Income Tercile ($35,000 and lower)
- High Income – 3rd Income Tercile ($62,501 and higher)
- Quebec – 1 if respondent resides in Quebec, 0 otherwise
- Very Proud to Be Canadian – 1 if “very proud” to be Canadian, 0 otherwise
- Not Canadian Citizen – 1 if respondent is not a Canadian citizen
- Interaction – 1 if “very proud” to be Canadian and resides in Quebec
- Identification Variables – 1 if “strongly agree” to identification with identity
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