Students in grades 4 and 5 who spend some time reading (not for school) on most days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
80.1
79.5 - 80.8
n/a
79.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
81.7
80.6 - 82.9
n/a
79.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
80.8
79.6 - 82.0
n/a
80.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
82.4
81.2 - 83.5
n/a
82.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
74.2
71.4 - 77.1
n/a
78.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
70.3
66.0 - 74.6
n/a
68.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
73.4
70.8 - 75.9
n/a
75.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
78.7
75.9 - 81.4
n/a
71.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
78.2
74.5 - 81.9
n/a
77.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
71.7
67.1 - 76.3
72.2
65.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
71.7
66.0 - 77.3
n/a
74.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
71.6
66.0 - 77.3
n/a
80.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
68.5
61.8 - 75.3
n/a
64.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
82.2
79.4 - 85.0
n/a
84.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
71.8
65.7 - 78.0
74.8
76.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
76.9
72.7 - 81.1
78.1
79.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
75.2
71.7 - 78.8
85.3
82.1
Fredericton
85.2
83.6 - 86.9
n/a
84.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
81.4
76.6 - 86.2
n/a
89.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
75.4
71.0 - 79.8
83.8
81.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
77.5
68.1 - 86.9
n/a
72.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
64.6
56.8 - 72.4
n/a
66.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
74.4
67.8 - 81.0
71.8
84.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
79.5
76.7 - 82.3
n/a
70.0
Moncton
83.5
81.9 - 85.0
n/a
79.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
80.6
75.2 - 85.9
n/a
72.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
67.8
55.1 - 80.6
68.7
81.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
88.6
85.7 - 91.5
74.6
80.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
82.4
79.5 - 85.3
n/a
79.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
82.3
76.3 - 88.2
n/a
79.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
84.3
82.3 - 86.3
n/a
84.4
Riverview and Coverdale
81.6
78.4 - 84.8
87.2
83.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
86.2
81.8 - 90.6
85.5
80.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
79.7
77.7 - 81.6
n/a
76.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
81.3
76.2 - 86.4
n/a
72.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
78.8
73.6 - 84.0
n/a
76.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
69.2
62.3 - 76.0
70.3
67.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
81.2
76.2 - 86.3
n/a
79.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
75.9
71.3 - 80.4
65.1
80.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
79.2
75.6 - 82.7
76.9
83.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
70.6
65.3 - 75.9
71.8
71.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
82.5
81.2 - 83.9
n/a
79.5
Anglophone North School District
78.7
76.5 - 81.0
n/a
73.9
Anglophone South School District
81.1
79.9 - 82.3
n/a
80.7
Anglophone West School District
82.0
80.8 - 83.2
n/a
82.3
Anglophone sector
81.5
80.8 - 82.2
n/a
80.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
70.8
68.2 - 73.3
n/a
73.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
74.6
71.5 - 77.7
n/a
77.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
80.7
79.1 - 82.3
n/a
78.4
Francophone sector
76.9
75.7 - 78.2
n/a
76.9
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 some time 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, 30 min, 1 hour, 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_6

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