Table 1.

Mean, standard deviation and range for all variables

Variable	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Dependent variables
Satisfaction life	7.91	1.67	1	10
Satisfaction job/main activity	7.62	2.04	1	10
Satisfaction finance	6.65	2.21	1	10
Satisfaction health	7.94	1.84	1	10
Affect balance	3.46	0.61	1	4
Independent variables
Heterogeneity mother tongue	−1.26	1.12	−2	2
Heterogeneity sex	−0.69	0.88	−2	2
Heterogeneity ethnic group	−1.20	0.95	−2	2
Heterogeneity education	−0.64	1.07	−2	2
Heterogeneity income	−0.38	1.07	−2	2
Heterogeneity age	−0.65	1.04	−2	2
Number close friends	5.31	4.67	0	25
Number other friends	18.70	19.60	0	85
Communication through meeting	3.63	1.05	1	5
Communication by phone	3.55	1.08	1	5
Communication through internet	2.28	1.48	1	5
Mediating variables
Social trust	0.56		0	1
Stress	2.73	1.04	1	5
Self-reported health	3.76	1.05	1	5
Received help from friends	0.42		0	1
Control variables
Number relatives	5.75	5.38	0	25
Female	0.51		0	1
Married	0.50		0	1
Living in common law	0.10		0	1
Age (centered and divided by 10)	0	1.80	−2.98	3.93

Descriptives are based on ten imputed datasets, N = 24,347

Source: 2003 General Social Survey of Canada