Students in grades 4 and 5 who spend less than 30 minutes reading (not for school) on most days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
25.9
25.2 - 26.6
n/a
29.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
25.9
24.6 - 27.2
n/a
27.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
24.2
22.9 - 25.5
n/a
30.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
25.3
23.9 - 26.6
n/a
28.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
31.3
28.2 - 34.3
n/a
37.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
28.3
24.0 - 32.6
n/a
34.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
29.3
26.7 - 31.9
n/a
32.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
24.3
21.5 - 27.2
n/a
27.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
28.8
24.7 - 32.9
n/a
32.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
32.3
27.4 - 37.2
23.0
24.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
26.3
20.8 - 31.8
n/a
33.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
31.3
25.5 - 37.0
n/a
33.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
30.8
24.2 - 37.5
n/a
34.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
25.7
22.4 - 28.9
n/a
30.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
26.5
20.5 - 32.6
27.3
36.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
27.6
23.1 - 32.1
28.4
36.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
25.2
21.6 - 28.7
30.1
30.2
Fredericton
23.9
21.9 - 25.9
n/a
27.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
27.3
21.8 - 32.9
n/a
27.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
35.7
30.8 - 40.7
34.6
39.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
20.1
11.1 - 29.0
n/a
35.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
30.2
22.7 - 37.6
n/a
38.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
24.2
17.6 - 30.7
32.5
29.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
24.1
21.2 - 27.1
n/a
26.5
Moncton
24.8
23.0 - 26.7
n/a
27.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
23.8
18.1 - 29.5
n/a
29.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
27.1
14.6 - 39.7
31.1
39.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
29.2
25.0 - 33.3
18.4
28.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
25.8
22.5 - 29.2
n/a
26.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
28.9
21.7 - 36.1
n/a
30.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
24.3
22.0 - 26.7
n/a
33.4
Riverview and Coverdale
26.7
23.1 - 30.4
32.1
22.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
26.5
21.0 - 32.0
30.3
24.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
22.4
20.5 - 24.4
n/a
27.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
22.6
17.1 - 28.0
n/a
21.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.8
23.0 - 34.6
n/a
34.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
35.8
28.9 - 42.7
31.8
35.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
26.9
20.9 - 32.8
n/a
31.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
27.7
23.0 - 32.5
20.0
30.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
24.7
21.0 - 28.5
22.2
34.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
25.2
20.3 - 30.1
26.4
30.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
24.1
22.6 - 25.7
n/a
25.8
Anglophone North School District
25.6
23.2 - 28.1
n/a
27.5
Anglophone South School District
24.2
22.9 - 25.6
n/a
30.1
Anglophone West School District
24.9
23.5 - 26.2
n/a
28.8
Anglophone sector
24.6
23.8 - 25.3
n/a
28.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
30.1
27.6 - 32.6
n/a
32.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
33.5
30.1 - 36.9
n/a
38.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
27.2
25.3 - 29.1
n/a
30.9
Francophone sector
29.1
27.7 - 30.4
n/a
32.8
Grades
Grade 4
25.5
24.5 - 26.4
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
26.3
25.4 - 27.3
n/a
n/a
Gender
Woman/Girl
26.1
25.1 - 27.0
n/a
28.9
Man/Boy
25.9
24.9 - 26.9
n/a
30.6
Non-binary
26.8
20.2 - 33.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
23.3
20.3 - 26.3
n/a
n/a
Non-Indigenous
26.0
25.2 - 26.9
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
22.7
20.8 - 24.7
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
26.4
25.7 - 27.2
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 spend less than 30 minutes 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 "less than 30 min" 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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SE_DAA05_2

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