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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Cultural and economic integration of immigrants in Canada: “Do you play Hockey?”

Variable

Obs

Mean

Std. Dev.

Min

Max

Age (categories)

291978

8.774669

3.497277

0

12

Male (dummy)

291978

0.4980949

0.4999972

0

1

Visible minority (dummy)

291978

0.2059154

0.4043696

0

1

Immigrant (dummy)

291978

0.2325695

0.4224708

0

1

Speak foreign language at home (dummy)

291978

0.0900309

0.2862265

0

1

Practice winter sports (dummy)

291978

0.1176937

0.3222456

0

1

Total personal income-all sources (categories)

291978

3.492722

1.415745

1

6

Education (categories)

291978

3.148223

1.157898

1

4

Family size (categories)

291978

2.718289

1.255751

1

5

  1. Survey’s personal-level weights are used in the estimation