Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported spending about 1 hour 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
10.9
10.4 - 11.3
11.0
10.5 - 11.4
10.9
10.4 - 11.4
n/a
11.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
10.7
9.9 - 11.5
11.0
10.2 - 11.8
11.8
10.9 - 12.7
n/a
13.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
12.0
11.0 - 12.9
11.1
10.2 - 12.0
11.3
10.4 - 12.3
n/a
11.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
11.5
10.6 - 12.5
12.0
11.1 - 13.0
10.7
9.7 - 11.6
n/a
12.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
9.3
7.6 - 11.0
11.5
9.6 - 13.4
8.4
6.6 - 10.2
n/a
8.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
7.3
4.9 - 9.7
8.9
6.3 - 11.5
11.4
8.4 - 14.3
n/a
7.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
10.7
9.1 - 12.3
9.2
7.5 - 10.8
9.9
8.2 - 11.6
n/a
10.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
7.1
5.4 - 8.7
8.3
6.5 - 10.1
8.5
6.7 - 10.4
n/a
9.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
12.4
9.8 - 14.9
11.0
8.5 - 13.5
10.3
7.6 - 13.0
n/a
11.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
7.1
4.9 - 9.3
9.5
7.2 - 11.9
6.7
4.1 - 9.3
14.2
15.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
9.6
5.9 - 13.2
8.9
5.4 - 12.5
12.8
8.7 - 17.0
n/a
6.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
6.6
3.4 - 9.7
6.4
3.5 - 9.4
4.5
1.9 - 7.0
n/a
12.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
4.3
1.5 - 7.2
8.8
5.0 - 12.7
9.5
5.2 - 13.8
n/a
8.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
10.6
8.7 - 12.5
11.0
9.1 - 12.9
13.7
11.1 - 16.2
n/a
13.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
7.5
3.9 - 11.1
8.7
4.7 - 12.6
8.0
4.3 - 11.6
9.4
10.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
8.6
6.3 - 10.9
14.2
11.3 - 17.1
9.9
6.9 - 13.0
9.7
8.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
11.6
9.2 - 13.9
8.9
6.7 - 11.1
8.6
6.4 - 10.9
11.3
12.8
Fredericton
13.3
11.8 - 14.8
14.1
12.5 - 15.7
12.7
11.2 - 14.3
n/a
13.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
10.0
6.1 - 13.9
15.3
10.6 - 20.1
11.4
7.4 - 15.3
n/a
16.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
8.9
5.9 - 11.8
8.8
6.0 - 11.6
7.7
5.0 - 10.5
10.9
8.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
12.3
5.2 - 19.5
S
n/a
9.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
13.1
7.7 - 18.5
8.7
4.1 - 13.2
6.0
2.1 - 9.9
n/a
6.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
16.8
10.6 - 22.9
13.7
8.6 - 18.8
7.0
3.1 - 10.9
12.5
11.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
7.8
6.0 - 9.6
8.4
6.5 - 10.2
8.8
6.9 - 10.8
n/a
9.1
Moncton
11.3
10.1 - 12.5
12.0
10.7 - 13.2
12.6
11.2 - 14.0
n/a
14.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
9.5
5.7 - 13.4
5.5
2.4 - 8.6
8.3
4.7 - 12.0
n/a
8.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
S
S
7.5
13.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
9.4
6.8 - 12.0
11.0
8.3 - 13.7
11.1
8.3 - 14.0
16.0
10.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
9.3
7.1 - 11.5
11.8
9.3 - 14.2
9.9
7.7 - 12.2
n/a
10.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
9.1
4.3 - 13.8
13.2
7.9 - 18.4
6.8
2.7 - 10.9
n/a
9.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
11.7
10.0 - 13.5
11.7
10.0 - 13.4
10.2
8.6 - 11.9
n/a
11.6
Riverview and Coverdale
12.2
9.2 - 15.1
11.0
8.4 - 13.5
12.2
9.5 - 14.8
13.3
14.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
8.5
5.0 - 11.9
10.6
6.9 - 14.4
8.4
5.0 - 11.9
18.9
11.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
12.1
10.6 - 13.7
11.5
10.1 - 13.0
12.8
11.2 - 14.4
n/a
12.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
8.0
4.9 - 11.2
8.5
5.2 - 11.9
11.8
7.6 - 16.0
n/a
14.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.5
10.7 - 20.2
7.5
4.8 - 10.3
8.8
5.0 - 12.5
n/a
10.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
9.2
5.0 - 13.4
9.5
5.5 - 13.5
9.1
5.0 - 13.3
10.7
7.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
11.8
7.7 - 15.9
4.8
2.4 - 7.3
10.3
6.2 - 14.5
n/a
8.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
11.2
7.8 - 14.5
8.9
5.8 - 12.1
10.5
7.2 - 13.8
10.8
11.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
13.4
10.3 - 16.6
11.0
8.2 - 13.7
10.2
7.6 - 12.8
12.8
9.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
11.2
7.9 - 14.6
7.6
3.7 - 11.5
13.2
9.4 - 17.1
9.2
8.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
10.0
9.0 - 11.0
10.8
9.8 - 11.8
12.0
10.8 - 13.2
n/a
14.8
Anglophone North School District
8.7
7.2 - 10.2
10.1
8.5 - 11.7
10.3
8.6 - 11.9
n/a
11.2
Anglophone South School District
12.1
11.1 - 13.1
11.2
10.2 - 12.1
11.4
10.4 - 12.4
n/a
11.9
Anglophone West School District
11.3
10.4 - 12.3
12.1
11.2 - 13.1
10.6
9.6 - 11.6
n/a
12.2
Anglophone sector
10.9
10.4 - 11.5
11.3
10.7 - 11.8
11.2
10.6 - 11.7
n/a
12.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
9.9
8.4 - 11.4
8.1
6.5 - 9.6
9.5
7.8 - 11.1
n/a
9.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
9.4
7.5 - 11.3
10.9
8.9 - 12.9
8.2
6.2 - 10.2
n/a
8.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
11.4
10.2 - 12.6
11.0
9.9 - 12.2
11.2
9.9 - 12.6
n/a
11.0
Francophone sector
10.7
9.8 - 11.5
10.2
9.4 - 11.0
10.2
9.3 - 11.2
n/a
10.1
Grades
Grade 4
10.2
9.6 - 10.8
10.3
9.7 - 10.9
10.7
10.0 - 11.4
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
11.5
10.8 - 12.1
11.6
10.9 - 12.3
11.0
10.4 - 11.7
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
11.8
11.1 - 12.4
11.5
10.8 - 12.2
12.1
11.4 - 12.8
n/a
13.7
Male
10.1
9.5 - 10.7
10.3
9.7 - 11.0
9.7
9.1 - 10.4
n/a
10.1
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
11.6
9.5 - 13.7
10.5
8.6 - 12.4
8.8
6.8 - 10.8
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
12.4
11.3 - 13.5
11.9
10.6 - 13.1
14.1
12.5 - 15.6
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 spending about 1 hour 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 "1 hour" 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_4

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