Students in grades 4 and 5 who spend about 1 hour reading (not for school) on most days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
10.9
10.4 - 11.4
n/a
11.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
11.8
10.9 - 12.7
n/a
13.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
11.3
10.4 - 12.3
n/a
11.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
10.7
9.7 - 11.6
n/a
12.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
8.4
6.6 - 10.2
n/a
8.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
11.4
8.4 - 14.3
n/a
7.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
9.9
8.2 - 11.6
n/a
10.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
8.5
6.7 - 10.4
n/a
9.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
10.3
7.6 - 13.0
n/a
11.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
6.7
4.1 - 9.3
14.2
15.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
12.8
8.7 - 17.0
n/a
6.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
4.5
1.9 - 7.0
n/a
12.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
9.5
5.2 - 13.8
n/a
8.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
13.7
11.1 - 16.2
n/a
13.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
8.0
4.3 - 11.6
9.4
10.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
9.9
6.9 - 13.0
9.7
8.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
8.6
6.4 - 10.9
11.3
12.8
Fredericton
12.7
11.2 - 14.3
n/a
13.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
11.4
7.4 - 15.3
n/a
16.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
7.7
5.0 - 10.5
10.9
8.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
n/a
9.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
6.0
2.1 - 9.9
n/a
6.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
7.0
3.1 - 10.9
12.5
11.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
8.8
6.9 - 10.8
n/a
9.1
Moncton
12.6
11.2 - 14.0
n/a
14.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
8.3
4.7 - 12.0
n/a
8.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
7.5
13.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
11.1
8.3 - 14.0
16.0
10.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
9.9
7.7 - 12.2
n/a
10.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
6.8
2.7 - 10.9
n/a
9.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
10.2
8.6 - 11.9
n/a
11.6
Riverview and Coverdale
12.2
9.5 - 14.8
13.3
14.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
8.4
5.0 - 11.9
18.9
11.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
12.8
11.2 - 14.4
n/a
12.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
11.8
7.6 - 16.0
n/a
14.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
8.8
5.0 - 12.5
n/a
10.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
9.1
5.0 - 13.3
10.7
7.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
10.3
6.2 - 14.5
n/a
8.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
10.5
7.2 - 13.8
10.8
11.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
10.2
7.6 - 12.8
12.8
9.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
13.2
9.4 - 17.1
9.2
8.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
12.0
10.8 - 13.2
n/a
14.8
Anglophone North School District
10.3
8.6 - 11.9
n/a
11.2
Anglophone South School District
11.4
10.4 - 12.4
n/a
11.9
Anglophone West School District
10.6
9.6 - 11.6
n/a
12.2
Anglophone sector
11.2
10.6 - 11.7
n/a
12.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
9.5
7.8 - 11.1
n/a
9.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
8.2
6.2 - 10.2
n/a
8.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
11.2
9.9 - 12.6
n/a
11.0
Francophone sector
10.2
9.3 - 11.2
n/a
10.1
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data was suppressed due to low respondent counts

About

This indicator is the percentage of students in grades 4 and 5 who spend about 1 hour 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 "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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