Students in grades 4 and 5 who spend more than 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
18.4
17.8 - 19.0
n/a
13.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.2
17.1 - 19.3
n/a
14.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
18.4
17.2 - 19.5
n/a
14.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
21.7
20.5 - 23.0
n/a
15.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
13.3
11.1 - 15.5
n/a
8.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
10.4
7.5 - 13.3
n/a
9.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
13.3
11.4 - 15.3
n/a
11.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
20.8
18.1 - 23.5
n/a
10.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
13.2
10.1 - 16.2
n/a
13.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
15.2
11.6 - 18.8
12.5
7.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
10.8
6.9 - 14.6
n/a
9.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
14.0
9.7 - 18.3
n/a
8.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
9.9
5.6 - 14.2
n/a
9.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
15.0
12.4 - 17.6
n/a
12.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
19.1
13.8 - 24.5
21.7
8.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
13.4
9.9 - 16.8
14.1
7.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
17.7
14.5 - 20.8
12.6
11.9
Fredericton
23.0
21.0 - 24.9
n/a
18.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
14.8
10.4 - 19.2
n/a
20.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
13.6
10.3 - 17.0
13.6
9.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
20.6
11.5 - 29.7
n/a
8.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
12.0
6.7 - 17.4
n/a
6.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
23.0
16.6 - 29.4
8.9
14.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
21.3
18.4 - 24.1
n/a
11.1
Moncton
20.1
18.4 - 21.8
n/a
15.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
21.9
16.3 - 27.4
n/a
12.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
14.4
5.2 - 23.5
12.4
1.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
21.6
17.8 - 25.4
19.7
17.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.3
20.1 - 26.6
n/a
14.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
16.9
10.9 - 22.8
n/a
12.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
21.6
19.3 - 23.9
n/a
13.4
Riverview and Coverdale
18.0
14.9 - 21.2
22.4
21.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
25.4
20.0 - 30.8
16.6
21.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
17.5
15.7 - 19.4
n/a
14.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
15.7
11.0 - 20.5
n/a
15.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
13.7
9.2 - 18.3
n/a
9.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
13.1
8.3 - 17.8
10.8
10.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
18.4
13.4 - 23.4
n/a
10.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
16.0
12.1 - 19.9
22.4
11.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
16.6
13.4 - 19.8
17.7
14.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
13.2
9.2 - 17.2
11.5
11.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
20.0
18.5 - 21.4
n/a
17.8
Anglophone North School District
18.0
15.9 - 20.2
n/a
12.6
Anglophone South School District
18.6
17.4 - 19.8
n/a
14.2
Anglophone West School District
21.9
20.6 - 23.2
n/a
15.8
Anglophone sector
20.0
19.2 - 20.7
n/a
15.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
12.1
10.3 - 13.9
n/a
10.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
11.9
9.6 - 14.2
n/a
7.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
16.7
15.2 - 18.3
n/a
9.9
Francophone sector
14.6
13.6 - 15.7
n/a
9.5
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 more than 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 and 30 min, 2 hours or 3 hours or more" 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_5

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