Citizens receiving home care services from a home support worker who reported that they received the following services in the last 2 months: Help with errands such as shopping, banking or doctor's appointment

Table

Unit %

Year 2021 Year 2018
Province
New Brunswick
58.2
56.7 - 59.7
55.5
53.9 - 57.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
54.1
50.7 - 57.6
49.9
46.4 - 53.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
61.8
58.5 - 65.0
56.1
52.9 - 59.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
57.0
53.6 - 60.3
53.4
49.9 - 56.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
58.7
53.8 - 63.6
55.1
50.0 - 60.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
68.0
62.4 - 73.7
70.1
64.3 - 76.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
52.1
48.0 - 56.2
50.5
46.5 - 54.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
63.1
58.1 - 68.1
69.7
65.0 - 74.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
69.6
64.0 - 75.3
64.6
58.6 - 70.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
53.3
45.8 - 60.9
54.1
45.3 - 62.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
67.1
58.4 - 75.7
66.2
57.2 - 75.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
35.0
25.3 - 44.7
35.6
25.0 - 46.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
68.8
61.3 - 76.3
73.5
65.7 - 81.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
40.0
27.3 - 52.8
48.6
36.6 - 60.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
68.6
59.7 - 77.4
62.5
53.2 - 71.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
63.1
56.3 - 69.9
54.5
47.7 - 61.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
56.5
49.0 - 64.1
51.3
43.8 - 58.9
Fredericton
53.1
46.6 - 59.5
47.6
40.3 - 54.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
59.0
51.4 - 66.7
54.6
46.2 - 63.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
71.7
62.0 - 81.4
61.2
49.9 - 72.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
66.4
60.7 - 72.1
69.5
64.2 - 74.8
Moncton
56.4
50.7 - 62.2
45.3
39.6 - 51.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
52.4
40.4 - 64.3
44.8
30.2 - 59.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
50.8
40.3 - 61.3
70.7
60.0 - 81.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
S
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
56.6
46.4 - 66.8
61.1
52.4 - 69.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
63.3
53.6 - 73.1
49.9
40.3 - 59.4
Riverview and Coverdale
39.4
29.6 - 49.2
49.2
36.8 - 61.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
59.2
54.2 - 64.1
55.9
51.1 - 60.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
63.9
53.9 - 73.9
55.1
47.1 - 63.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
25.3
15.7 - 34.8
36.4
26.6 - 46.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
62.0
50.9 - 73.0
65.6
55.3 - 75.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
66.0
56.5 - 75.6
59.5
49.8 - 69.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
68.4
61.2 - 75.5
56.1
48.6 - 63.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
48.0
39.5 - 56.6
44.4
36.9 - 51.8
Age
18-64
65.1
61.9 - 68.3
57.7
54.7 - 60.7
65 and over
55.6
53.8 - 57.3
54.4
52.6 - 56.2
Gender
Female
58.7
56.9 - 60.5
56.9
55.1 - 58.8
Male
57.1
54.3 - 60.0
52.4
49.6 - 55.2
Language
Preferred language of service: English
60.9
59.0 - 62.7
57.2
55.3 - 59.0
Preferred language of service: French
50.8
47.8 - 53.8
50.8
47.7 - 53.9
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
58.8
45.4 - 72.3
72.5
60.5 - 84.5
Non-Indigenous
58.0
56.4 - 59.6
55.7
54.1 - 57.3
Education level
High school or less
56.8
54.9 - 58.6
54.6
52.8 - 56.4
Postsecondary
64.2
60.9 - 67.4
59.8
56.3 - 63.3
Household income
Less than $25,000
60.5
58.6 - 62.4
57.0
55.2 - 58.9
$25,000 to less than $60,000
49.4
45.4 - 53.5
46.9
42.8 - 51.0
$60,000 or more
S
S
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of citizens receiving home care services from a home support worker who reported that they received the following services in the last 2 months: help with errands such as shopping, banking or doctor's appointment.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Have you received any of the following services from a home support worker in the last 2 months? Please check all that apply: Help with errands, such as shopping, banking or doctor’s appointment

Notes

The 2021 edition of the Home Care Survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic did not influence the survey’s response rate, users are advised to use the survey data with caution, especially when creating estimates for small sub-populations or when comparing it to other editions of the survey.

Unit

%

NBHC code

HS_STFER_1

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