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

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
26.6
25.9 - 27.2
25.9
25.2 - 26.6
n/a
29.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.1
25.0 - 27.2
25.9
24.6 - 27.2
n/a
27.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
25.3
24.1 - 26.6
24.2
22.9 - 25.5
n/a
30.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
25.6
24.3 - 26.8
25.3
23.9 - 26.6
n/a
28.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
31.8
29.0 - 34.5
31.3
28.2 - 34.3
n/a
37.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
27.9
23.7 - 32.2
28.3
24.0 - 32.6
n/a
34.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
30.0
27.4 - 32.6
29.3
26.7 - 31.9
n/a
32.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
29.0
26.1 - 31.9
24.3
21.5 - 27.2
n/a
27.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
30.5
26.8 - 34.1
28.8
24.7 - 32.9
n/a
32.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
26.0
22.5 - 29.5
32.3
27.4 - 37.2
23.0
24.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
30.2
24.4 - 36.1
26.3
20.8 - 31.8
n/a
33.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
33.0
27.2 - 38.7
31.3
25.5 - 37.0
n/a
33.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
25.1
19.1 - 31.1
30.8
24.2 - 37.5
n/a
34.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
24.9
22.3 - 27.5
25.7
22.4 - 28.9
n/a
30.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
30.7
24.3 - 37.0
26.5
20.5 - 32.6
27.3
36.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
33.2
29.3 - 37.0
27.6
23.1 - 32.1
28.4
36.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
27.0
23.6 - 30.5
25.2
21.6 - 28.7
30.1
30.2
Fredericton
23.5
21.5 - 25.4
23.9
21.9 - 25.9
n/a
27.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
23.5
17.9 - 29.1
27.3
21.8 - 32.9
n/a
27.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
31.3
26.7 - 35.9
35.7
30.8 - 40.7
34.6
39.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
24.8
15.3 - 34.2
20.1
11.1 - 29.0
n/a
35.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
27.8
20.5 - 35.0
30.2
22.7 - 37.6
n/a
38.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
19.1
13.3 - 24.9
24.2
17.6 - 30.7
32.5
29.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
28.0
25.0 - 31.0
24.1
21.2 - 27.1
n/a
26.5
Moncton
26.5
24.8 - 28.2
24.8
23.0 - 26.7
n/a
27.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
23.6
17.8 - 29.5
23.8
18.1 - 29.5
n/a
29.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
40.0
28.9 - 51.1
27.1
14.6 - 39.7
31.1
39.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
29.6
25.6 - 33.5
29.2
25.0 - 33.3
18.4
28.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
27.3
23.9 - 30.7
25.8
22.5 - 29.2
n/a
26.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
29.1
22.1 - 36.1
28.9
21.7 - 36.1
n/a
30.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
23.7
21.4 - 25.9
24.3
22.0 - 26.7
n/a
33.4
Riverview and Coverdale
24.3
20.8 - 27.7
26.7
23.1 - 30.4
32.1
22.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
27.9
22.5 - 33.3
26.5
21.0 - 32.0
30.3
24.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
25.9
24.0 - 27.9
22.4
20.5 - 24.4
n/a
27.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
26.1
20.9 - 31.4
22.6
17.1 - 28.0
n/a
21.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.6
23.9 - 33.4
28.8
23.0 - 34.6
n/a
34.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
27.4
21.3 - 33.4
35.8
28.9 - 42.7
31.8
35.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.3
20.4 - 30.2
26.9
20.9 - 32.8
n/a
31.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
26.9
22.0 - 31.7
27.7
23.0 - 32.5
20.0
30.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
27.1
23.2 - 31.0
24.7
21.0 - 28.5
22.2
34.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
28.6
22.5 - 34.8
25.2
20.3 - 30.1
26.4
30.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
25.7
24.2 - 27.1
24.1
22.6 - 25.7
n/a
25.8
Anglophone North School District
26.2
23.8 - 28.5
25.6
23.2 - 28.1
n/a
27.5
Anglophone South School District
25.2
23.9 - 26.5
24.2
22.9 - 25.6
n/a
30.1
Anglophone West School District
25.0
23.7 - 26.3
24.9
23.5 - 26.2
n/a
28.8
Anglophone sector
25.4
24.6 - 26.1
24.6
23.8 - 25.3
n/a
28.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
31.4
28.8 - 33.9
30.1
27.6 - 32.6
n/a
32.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
33.4
30.4 - 36.4
33.5
30.1 - 36.9
n/a
38.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
27.5
25.8 - 29.1
27.2
25.3 - 29.1
n/a
30.9
Francophone sector
29.5
28.2 - 30.7
29.1
27.7 - 30.4
n/a
32.8
Grades
Grade 4
26.3
25.4 - 27.2
25.5
24.5 - 26.4
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
26.8
25.9 - 27.7
26.3
25.4 - 27.3
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
27.5
26.6 - 28.4
26.1
25.1 - 27.0
n/a
28.9
Male
26.0
25.1 - 26.9
25.9
24.9 - 26.9
n/a
30.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
23.9
21.1 - 26.6
23.3
20.3 - 26.3
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
21.8
20.2 - 23.4
22.7
20.8 - 24.7
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, Student Wellness and Education Survey, Grades 4-5

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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