Students in grades 4 and 5 who, on average, spend 2 hours or less of screen time per day

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017 Academic Year 2013-2014
Province
New Brunswick
25.8
25.1 - 26.5
22.0
21.3 - 22.6
n/a
43.3
45.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.7
25.5 - 27.9
22.2
20.9 - 23.5
n/a
44.7
47.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
25.5
24.1 - 26.8
23.4
22.0 - 24.7
n/a
40.7
45.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
25.5
24.1 - 26.8
21.5
20.2 - 22.8
n/a
45.5
44.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
33.2
30.3 - 36.1
23.6
20.6 - 26.5
n/a
45.5
47.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
21.7
17.7 - 25.7
20.6
16.6 - 24.6
n/a
39.0
36.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
24.7
22.1 - 27.3
19.2
16.9 - 21.5
n/a
38.8
40.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
18.2
15.5 - 20.8
19.2
16.5 - 22.0
n/a
45.2
38.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
23.6
20.0 - 27.1
22.0
18.1 - 25.9
n/a
39.7
44.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
21.6
18.1 - 25.0
14.9
10.9 - 18.9
24.6
40.6
40.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
24.8
19.4 - 30.3
23.0
17.6 - 28.3
n/a
43.5
18.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
33.7
27.6 - 39.7
19.7
14.6 - 24.8
n/a
38.7
30.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
17.6
11.9 - 23.2
17.4
11.6 - 23.3
n/a
36.0
43.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
31.0
28.1 - 33.9
22.6
19.4 - 25.8
n/a
48.7
59.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
23.5
17.4 - 29.7
14.1
9.2 - 18.9
33.5
49.6
44.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
34.8
30.6 - 38.9
26.0
21.3 - 30.8
29.8
48.2
50.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
26.8
23.3 - 30.4
21.1
17.5 - 24.6
52.4
45.6
49.3
Fredericton
27.4
25.3 - 29.5
23.9
21.8 - 26.0
n/a
48.5
47.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
22.9
17.1 - 28.6
21.8
16.2 - 27.4
n/a
39.9
60.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
31.9
27.1 - 36.7
21.5
17.1 - 25.9
34.1
46.9
49.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
13.1
5.5 - 20.7
15.6
6.0 - 25.3
n/a
33.6
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
31.1
23.7 - 38.5
22.3
15.0 - 29.6
n/a
33.6
21.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
16.8
10.8 - 22.7
13.2
8.0 - 18.5
25.6
40.2
27.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
18.9
16.1 - 21.7
20.0
17.1 - 22.9
n/a
46.1
39.0
Moncton
26.0
24.3 - 27.8
24.1
22.3 - 26.0
n/a
45.2
46.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
24.5
18.2 - 30.9
26.2
20.0 - 32.5
n/a
42.1
42.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
S
16.2
35.7
35.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
28.2
24.1 - 32.3
23.0
19.0 - 27.0
30.1
47.9
37.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
21.1
17.8 - 24.4
17.0
14.0 - 20.0
n/a
36.4
42.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
17.9
11.4 - 24.3
22.7
15.8 - 29.6
n/a
45.2
26.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
32.9
30.3 - 35.4
26.5
23.9 - 29.0
n/a
47.9
48.3
Riverview and Coverdale
21.6
18.1 - 25.0
19.5
16.0 - 23.0
36.8
44.5
46.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
29.2
23.5 - 34.9
28.6
22.5 - 34.7
45.9
35.6
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
21.6
19.7 - 23.6
21.3
19.2 - 23.3
n/a
36.3
43.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
34.2
28.2 - 40.2
24.5
18.5 - 30.5
n/a
47.6
46.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
31.5
26.4 - 36.7
14.7
10.1 - 19.3
n/a
41.5
48.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
17.1
11.7 - 22.5
16.9
11.6 - 22.1
30.0
32.8
39.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
20.6
15.8 - 25.4
16.4
11.6 - 21.2
n/a
41.9
45.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
24.0
19.2 - 28.9
20.0
15.6 - 24.4
17.8
39.0
35.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
25.5
21.5 - 29.5
29.1
25.0 - 33.2
36.0
39.4
45.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
24.9
18.5 - 31.3
16.8
12.3 - 21.3
30.6
41.1
40.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
23.5
22.0 - 24.9
22.4
20.8 - 24.0
n/a
43.7
46.0
Anglophone North School District
19.4
17.1 - 21.7
19.9
17.5 - 22.2
n/a
45.7
40.6
Anglophone South School District
25.7
24.4 - 27.1
23.0
21.6 - 24.3
n/a
40.1
44.9
Anglophone West School District
24.5
23.2 - 25.9
20.8
19.4 - 22.1
n/a
44.8
43.2
Anglophone sector
24.1
23.4 - 24.9
21.8
21.0 - 22.6
n/a
43.0
44.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
24.3
21.8 - 26.8
18.8
16.6 - 21.0
n/a
38.0
39.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
35.5
32.3 - 38.7
25.1
21.8 - 28.4
n/a
46.6
47.7
District scolaire francophone Sud
30.6
28.9 - 32.4
23.3
21.5 - 25.2
n/a
46.8
53.1
Francophone sector
29.7
28.3 - 31.0
22.3
21.0 - 23.6
n/a
44.0
47.5
Grades
Grade 4
26.8
25.8 - 27.7
23.2
22.2 - 24.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
24.8
23.9 - 25.7
20.8
19.9 - 21.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
34.2
33.2 - 35.3
29.0
27.9 - 30.1
n/a
51.9
55.1
Male
18.6
17.7 - 19.4
15.9
15.1 - 16.7
n/a
35.4
35.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
21.9
19.2 - 24.7
18.8
15.9 - 21.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
25.5
23.8 - 27.2
23.7
21.7 - 25.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
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 students in grades 4 and 5 who, on average, spend 2 hours or less of screen time per day. This indicator is based on the Canadian 24 Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey, Grades 4-5

Calculations

This indicator adds the responses to the following 4 individual questions: 'On most days, how much time do you spend watching TV/movies?', 'On most days, how much time do you spend using a smart phone or tablet (for games, YouTube, FaceTime, etc.)?', 'On most days, how much time do you spend playing video games?' and 'On most days, how much time do you spend using the computer (not for school)?'. The response options for these 4 individual questions are: none, less than 30 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 1 hour and 30 min, 2 hours, 3 hours or more and I do not know. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who have a total of '2 hours or less' by the number of respondents who answered all 4 individual questions.

Notes

The 2019-2020 edition of this survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the number of schools that participated in 2019-2020 is much lower than other editions of the survey, results at the provincial level were deemed not representative of the total student population. Therefore, survey results for New Brunswick, health zones and demographic groups are not available for the 2019-2020 edition. However, 2019-2020 results are available for communities in which the number of participating schools was deemed sufficient to be representative of the student population in that community.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

SE_DAA01_2

Charts

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