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

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
19.9
19.2 - 20.5
n/a
20.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.3
17.1 - 19.4
n/a
20.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
19.2
18.0 - 20.4
n/a
19.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
17.6
16.5 - 18.8
n/a
17.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
25.8
22.9 - 28.6
n/a
21.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
29.7
25.4 - 34.0
n/a
31.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
26.6
24.1 - 29.2
n/a
24.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
21.3
18.6 - 24.1
n/a
29.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
21.8
18.1 - 25.5
n/a
22.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
28.3
23.7 - 32.9
27.8
34.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
28.3
22.7 - 34.0
n/a
25.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
28.4
22.7 - 34.0
n/a
19.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
31.5
24.7 - 38.2
n/a
35.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
17.8
15.0 - 20.6
n/a
15.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
28.2
22.0 - 34.3
25.2
23.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
23.1
18.9 - 27.3
21.9
20.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
24.8
21.2 - 28.3
14.7
17.9
Fredericton
14.8
13.1 - 16.4
n/a
15.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
18.6
13.8 - 23.4
n/a
11.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
24.6
20.2 - 29.0
16.2
18.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
22.5
13.1 - 31.9
n/a
27.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
35.4
27.6 - 43.2
n/a
33.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
25.6
19.0 - 32.2
28.2
15.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
20.5
17.7 - 23.3
n/a
30.0
Moncton
16.5
15.0 - 18.1
n/a
20.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
19.4
14.1 - 24.8
n/a
27.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
32.2
19.4 - 44.9
31.3
18.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
11.4
8.5 - 14.3
25.4
19.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
17.6
14.7 - 20.5
n/a
20.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
17.7
11.8 - 23.7
n/a
20.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
15.7
13.7 - 17.7
n/a
15.6
Riverview and Coverdale
18.4
15.2 - 21.6
12.8
16.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
13.8
9.4 - 18.2
14.5
19.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
20.3
18.4 - 22.3
n/a
23.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
18.7
13.6 - 23.8
n/a
27.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
21.2
16.0 - 26.4
n/a
23.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
30.8
24.0 - 37.7
29.7
32.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
18.8
13.7 - 23.8
n/a
20.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
24.1
19.6 - 28.7
34.9
19.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
20.8
17.3 - 24.4
23.1
16.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
29.4
24.1 - 34.7
28.2
28.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
17.5
16.1 - 18.8
n/a
20.5
Anglophone North School District
21.3
19.0 - 23.5
n/a
26.1
Anglophone South School District
18.9
17.7 - 20.1
n/a
19.3
Anglophone West School District
18.0
16.8 - 19.2
n/a
17.7
Anglophone sector
18.5
17.8 - 19.2
n/a
19.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
29.2
26.7 - 31.8
n/a
26.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
25.4
22.3 - 28.5
n/a
22.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
19.3
17.7 - 20.9
n/a
21.6
Francophone sector
23.1
21.8 - 24.3
n/a
23.1
Grades
Grade 4
19.6
18.7 - 20.5
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
20.1
19.3 - 21.0
n/a
n/a
Gender
Woman/Girl
15.4
14.6 - 16.2
n/a
14.8
Man/Boy
24.2
23.3 - 25.2
n/a
26.4
Non-binary
14.0
9.0 - 18.9
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
22.6
19.5 - 25.6
n/a
n/a
Non-Indigenous
19.3
18.5 - 20.0
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
13.8
12.3 - 15.4
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
20.5
19.8 - 21.1
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 do not spend any time reading (not for school) on most days.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Elementary Student Wellness Survey

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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