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Life Satisfaction Among University Students in a Canadian Prairie City: a Multivariate Analysis

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This article reports the findings from a questionnaire survey of university students’ life satisfaction in Regina. The results demonstrated that a significant proportion of the 315 respondents were satisfied with their lives (N = 240, 76.2%). With regard to degree of satisfaction with different aspects of life, respondents expressed that they were most satisfied with relationship with mother, living environment, relationships with close friends, relationships with siblings, and living arrangement. Multiple ordinary least-squares regression analyses revealed that respondents who indicated a higher socio-economic status, achieveda higher grade point average, and were more satisfied with their academic experience, self-esteem, relationship with significant other, and living conditions, expressed a markedly higher level of satisfaction with life.

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Chow, H.P.H. Life Satisfaction Among University Students in a Canadian Prairie City: a Multivariate Analysis. Soc Indic Res 70, 139–150 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-7526-0

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  • Life Satisfaction
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  • Living Condition
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