Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported they do not spend any time reading (not for school) on most days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
20.6
20.0 - 21.2
21.7
21.2 - 22.3
19.9
19.2 - 20.5
n/a
20.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
19.3
18.3 - 20.4
20.7
19.7 - 21.8
18.3
17.1 - 19.4
n/a
20.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
20.4
19.2 - 21.6
20.9
19.7 - 22.1
19.2
18.0 - 20.4
n/a
19.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
19.1
18.0 - 20.3
20.8
19.7 - 22.0
17.6
16.5 - 18.8
n/a
17.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
22.1
19.6 - 24.6
23.8
21.3 - 26.4
25.8
22.9 - 28.6
n/a
21.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
28.5
24.3 - 32.7
28.2
24.0 - 32.4
29.7
25.4 - 34.0
n/a
31.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
25.9
23.6 - 28.2
26.6
24.1 - 29.0
26.6
24.1 - 29.2
n/a
24.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
22.3
19.6 - 25.0
23.5
20.8 - 26.3
21.3
18.6 - 24.1
n/a
29.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
23.8
20.5 - 27.1
21.2
17.9 - 24.4
21.8
18.1 - 25.5
n/a
22.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
25.7
22.0 - 29.4
27.8
24.2 - 31.3
28.3
23.7 - 32.9
27.8
34.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
30.2
24.6 - 35.8
24.2
18.8 - 29.7
28.3
22.7 - 34.0
n/a
25.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
26.6
21.0 - 32.2
31.7
26.0 - 37.4
28.4
22.7 - 34.0
n/a
19.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
26.3
20.0 - 32.6
33.0
26.5 - 39.6
31.5
24.7 - 38.2
n/a
35.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
16.1
13.8 - 18.4
19.9
17.5 - 22.3
17.8
15.0 - 20.6
n/a
15.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
24.1
18.2 - 30.0
25.7
19.7 - 31.7
28.2
22.0 - 34.3
25.2
23.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
21.1
17.8 - 24.4
18.2
15.0 - 21.4
23.1
18.9 - 27.3
21.9
20.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
25.3
22.1 - 28.6
26.9
23.5 - 30.3
24.8
21.2 - 28.3
14.7
17.9
Fredericton
15.9
14.3 - 17.5
17.4
15.7 - 19.0
14.8
13.1 - 16.4
n/a
15.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
23.1
17.6 - 28.6
24.9
19.2 - 30.6
18.6
13.8 - 23.4
n/a
11.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
20.1
16.0 - 24.2
26.4
22.0 - 30.8
24.6
20.2 - 29.0
16.2
18.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
26.6
16.9 - 36.3
31.6
21.4 - 41.7
22.5
13.1 - 31.9
n/a
27.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
30.9
23.5 - 38.2
38.5
30.7 - 46.4
35.4
27.6 - 43.2
n/a
33.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
16.7
10.4 - 23.0
25.5
19.1 - 32.0
25.6
19.0 - 32.2
28.2
15.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
21.0
18.2 - 23.7
22.8
20.0 - 25.6
20.5
17.7 - 23.3
n/a
30.0
Moncton
19.0
17.5 - 20.5
19.4
17.9 - 20.9
16.5
15.0 - 18.1
n/a
20.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
20.8
15.4 - 26.2
22.9
17.2 - 28.6
19.4
14.1 - 24.8
n/a
27.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
33.0
23.9 - 42.2
32.3
21.7 - 43.0
32.2
19.4 - 44.9
31.3
18.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
13.7
10.7 - 16.8
17.7
14.4 - 21.0
11.4
8.5 - 14.3
25.4
19.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
22.1
18.9 - 25.3
23.6
20.4 - 26.8
17.6
14.7 - 20.5
n/a
20.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
35.0
27.2 - 42.9
24.8
18.1 - 31.4
17.7
11.8 - 23.7
n/a
20.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
16.2
14.2 - 18.2
16.5
14.6 - 18.5
15.7
13.7 - 17.7
n/a
15.6
Riverview and Coverdale
18.3
14.8 - 21.8
22.9
19.5 - 26.3
18.4
15.2 - 21.6
12.8
16.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
17.9
13.2 - 22.5
17.3
12.7 - 21.8
13.8
9.4 - 18.2
14.5
19.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
20.5
18.6 - 22.5
22.3
20.4 - 24.1
20.3
18.4 - 22.3
n/a
23.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
27.8
22.5 - 33.0
17.3
12.7 - 21.8
18.7
13.6 - 23.8
n/a
27.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
14.5
10.4 - 18.7
20.6
16.4 - 24.8
21.2
16.0 - 26.4
n/a
23.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
36.6
29.9 - 43.3
35.2
28.6 - 41.7
30.8
24.0 - 37.7
29.7
32.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
31.4
25.6 - 37.2
24.6
19.8 - 29.4
18.8
13.7 - 23.8
n/a
20.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
23.9
19.4 - 28.4
23.0
18.3 - 27.6
24.1
19.6 - 28.7
34.9
19.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
21.9
18.0 - 25.7
22.3
18.6 - 25.9
20.8
17.3 - 24.4
23.1
16.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
22.4
18.0 - 26.8
27.2
21.7 - 32.7
29.4
24.1 - 34.7
28.2
28.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
19.2
17.9 - 20.5
21.0
19.7 - 22.4
17.5
16.1 - 18.8
n/a
20.5
Anglophone North School District
22.4
20.2 - 24.6
23.0
20.7 - 25.3
21.3
19.0 - 23.5
n/a
26.1
Anglophone South School District
20.6
19.4 - 21.9
20.8
19.6 - 22.0
18.9
17.7 - 20.1
n/a
19.3
Anglophone West School District
19.8
18.7 - 21.0
21.2
20.0 - 22.4
18.0
16.8 - 19.2
n/a
17.7
Anglophone sector
20.2
19.5 - 20.9
21.2
20.5 - 21.9
18.5
17.8 - 19.2
n/a
19.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
27.4
25.1 - 29.7
27.8
25.4 - 30.1
29.2
26.7 - 31.8
n/a
26.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
21.4
18.7 - 24.0
24.6
21.9 - 27.4
25.4
22.3 - 28.5
n/a
22.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
18.7
17.3 - 20.1
20.2
18.8 - 21.7
19.3
17.7 - 20.9
n/a
21.6
Francophone sector
21.6
20.4 - 22.7
23.0
21.8 - 24.1
23.1
21.8 - 24.3
n/a
23.1
Grades
Grade 4
19.8
19.0 - 20.7
22.8
22.0 - 23.7
19.6
18.7 - 20.5
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
21.2
20.4 - 22.1
20.6
19.8 - 21.4
20.1
19.3 - 21.0
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
15.1
14.4 - 15.9
16.9
16.1 - 17.7
15.4
14.6 - 16.2
n/a
14.8
Male
25.7
24.8 - 26.6
26.4
25.5 - 27.3
24.2
23.3 - 25.2
n/a
26.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
23.6
20.8 - 26.4
25.9
23.2 - 28.7
22.6
19.5 - 25.6
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
17.9
16.5 - 19.2
18.6
17.2 - 20.1
13.8
12.3 - 15.4
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 reported they do not spend any time reading (not for school) on most days.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "none" by the number of respondents who answered "none, less than 30 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 1 hour and 30 min, 2 hours or 3 hours or more" to the question: On most days, how much time do you spend. e) Reading (not for school)

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

Lower is better

NBHC code

SE_DAA05_1

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