Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported they feel they have a choice about when and how to do their household chores

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
34.0
32.7 - 35.3
32.4
31.7 - 33.0
31.5
30.8 - 32.1
31.4
30.7 - 32.1
n/a
31.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
35.0
32.7 - 37.3
33.2
32.0 - 34.4
31.1
29.9 - 32.2
30.8
29.5 - 32.1
n/a
31.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
32.8
30.3 - 35.2
30.8
29.5 - 32.1
29.7
28.4 - 30.9
29.2
27.9 - 30.5
n/a
30.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
35.3
33.1 - 37.5
32.7
31.4 - 34.0
29.5
28.2 - 30.8
30.2
28.9 - 31.6
n/a
30.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
36.7
34.0 - 39.5
38.7
35.9 - 41.5
39.6
36.5 - 42.6
n/a
33.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
34.9
30.1 - 39.8
29.5
25.4 - 33.5
29.4
25.4 - 33.5
32.8
28.5 - 37.1
n/a
26.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
38.4
33.9 - 42.9
33.5
31.2 - 35.8
41.3
38.7 - 44.0
37.1
34.5 - 39.8
n/a
33.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
30.3
23.8 - 36.7
27.3
24.6 - 30.0
30.0
27.2 - 32.9
31.4
28.4 - 34.4
n/a
29.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
36.3
30.0 - 42.7
32.8
29.4 - 36.3
35.0
31.3 - 38.7
30.2
26.2 - 34.2
n/a
38.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
35.7
30.6 - 40.8
36.2
32.4 - 40.0
32.5
28.9 - 36.1
25.4
21.0 - 29.7
31.7
33.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
32.3
29.9 - 34.6
30.2
25.0 - 35.5
28.4
23.1 - 33.8
33.3
27.7 - 38.9
n/a
21.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
44.7
34.1 - 55.3
36.4
30.6 - 42.2
39.8
34.0 - 45.6
39.3
33.4 - 45.1
n/a
29.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
38.3
29.8 - 46.9
28.4
22.2 - 34.6
30.8
24.5 - 37.1
32.0
25.3 - 38.7
n/a
30.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
38.0
31.9 - 44.2
34.7
32.0 - 37.5
33.8
31.0 - 36.6
33.3
30.1 - 36.5
n/a
35.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
37.1
30.0 - 44.2
31.0
25.1 - 37.0
28.4
22.4 - 34.3
33.8
27.7 - 40.0
48.2
23.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
38.0
34.1 - 41.9
38.7
34.8 - 42.5
34.0
29.5 - 38.6
38.3
37.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
32.5
29.0 - 36.0
29.9
26.6 - 33.1
29.8
26.4 - 33.2
29.4
25.8 - 33.0
23.5
28.8
Fredericton
38.0
35.0 - 41.1
37.3
35.2 - 39.3
31.9
29.8 - 33.9
32.4
30.3 - 34.5
n/a
29.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
34.5
29.8 - 39.2
27.9
22.3 - 33.6
26.4
20.8 - 32.0
27.8
22.3 - 33.2
n/a
35.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
S
33.8
29.3 - 38.4
36.7
32.1 - 41.4
42.5
37.7 - 47.2
38.4
26.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
35.5
7.0 - 64.0
30.9
20.7 - 41.2
29.2
19.9 - 38.5
38.4
27.9 - 49.0
n/a
17.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
39.6
32.0 - 47.2
44.0
36.3 - 51.7
47.0
39.2 - 54.7
n/a
30.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
32.7
22.2 - 43.1
31.4
24.1 - 38.8
28.4
22.0 - 34.7
27.9
21.3 - 34.5
30.3
32.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
28.7
22.0 - 35.5
26.5
23.6 - 29.3
29.5
26.5 - 32.4
30.5
27.4 - 33.6
n/a
27.3
Moncton
34.3
31.4 - 37.2
34.5
32.8 - 36.2
30.9
29.2 - 32.7
31.9
30.0 - 33.8
n/a
31.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
34.6
31.0 - 38.1
34.2
28.2 - 40.3
22.8
17.2 - 28.4
26.0
20.1 - 31.8
n/a
32.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
40.5
23.9 - 57.2
34.1
25.3 - 43.0
36.2
25.8 - 46.6
41.5
29.4 - 53.6
30.8
46.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
35.4
28.1 - 42.6
32.4
28.3 - 36.4
26.2
22.5 - 29.9
28.5
24.5 - 32.5
33.2
34.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
29.7
24.8 - 34.7
23.0
19.9 - 26.0
27.6
24.3 - 30.9
28.2
24.8 - 31.5
n/a
31.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
40.5
33.9 - 47.2
32.9
25.5 - 40.3
27.0
20.3 - 33.7
24.3
17.7 - 31.0
n/a
26.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
31.0
26.4 - 35.5
25.8
23.5 - 28.1
29.0
26.6 - 31.4
28.5
26.1 - 30.9
n/a
29.2
Riverview and Coverdale
32.9
27.2 - 38.6
24.9
21.2 - 28.5
25.3
21.9 - 28.7
31.9
28.2 - 35.6
30.6
26.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
33.5
18.6 - 48.3
29.6
24.2 - 35.0
30.6
25.1 - 36.1
25.3
20.0 - 30.7
41.1
27.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
34.9
30.6 - 39.2
32.8
30.7 - 34.9
31.3
29.2 - 33.3
31.7
29.5 - 33.8
n/a
31.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
36.8
31.0 - 42.5
32.3
27.1 - 37.5
33.7
28.3 - 39.1
28.5
22.9 - 34.1
n/a
37.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
31.5
25.9 - 37.1
29.8
24.4 - 35.2
30.0
25.3 - 34.7
20.8
15.8 - 25.8
n/a
33.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
33.1
24.9 - 41.2
32.3
26.1 - 38.5
39.1
32.7 - 45.5
38.8
32.3 - 45.3
27.9
32.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
29.7
26.3 - 33.1
36.2
30.4 - 42.0
29.8
24.8 - 34.8
22.9
17.5 - 28.2
n/a
27.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
29.6
27.1 - 32.0
37.9
32.9 - 42.9
28.3
23.5 - 33.1
36.6
31.7 - 41.5
35.7
32.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
31.9
28.9 - 35.0
29.0
25.1 - 33.0
27.4
23.6 - 31.2
21.5
18.1 - 24.9
31.5
29.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
42.6
38.5 - 46.6
33.5
28.7 - 38.2
53.7
47.5 - 59.8
43.7
38.1 - 49.4
32.9
30.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
34.0
31.9 - 36.2
30.8
29.3 - 32.3
28.3
26.9 - 29.8
29.6
28.0 - 31.2
n/a
30.3
Anglophone North School District
30.1
26.1 - 34.0
29.5
27.1 - 31.8
29.7
27.2 - 32.1
28.6
26.2 - 31.1
n/a
32.0
Anglophone South School District
32.7
30.1 - 35.3
30.7
29.3 - 32.1
29.4
28.1 - 30.7
29.1
27.7 - 30.4
n/a
30.4
Anglophone West School District
35.4
33.4 - 37.4
31.9
30.6 - 33.3
29.3
28.0 - 30.6
30.4
29.0 - 31.8
n/a
30.1
Anglophone sector
33.7
32.4 - 34.9
31.0
30.2 - 31.8
29.1
28.4 - 29.9
29.6
28.8 - 30.4
n/a
30.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
39.7
35.5 - 43.9
32.6
30.3 - 34.8
40.4
37.8 - 43.0
38.7
36.1 - 41.3
n/a
32.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
37.8
34.7 - 40.8
41.5
38.4 - 44.5
40.3
36.9 - 43.6
n/a
33.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
36.0
32.1 - 39.9
36.5
34.8 - 38.2
34.0
32.4 - 35.7
32.3
30.4 - 34.1
n/a
32.3
Francophone sector
34.8
31.6 - 38.1
35.6
34.4 - 36.8
36.9
35.7 - 38.2
35.3
34.0 - 36.7
n/a
32.6
Grades
Grade 4
33.3
31.8 - 34.8
31.7
30.8 - 32.6
31.2
30.3 - 32.1
31.4
30.4 - 32.4
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
34.7
32.8 - 36.6
32.9
32.0 - 33.8
31.8
30.9 - 32.7
31.3
30.4 - 32.3
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
37.1
35.5 - 38.7
33.9
33.0 - 34.9
32.6
31.6 - 33.5
33.1
32.1 - 34.1
n/a
33.0
Male
31.7
30.1 - 33.4
31.4
30.5 - 32.3
30.9
29.9 - 31.8
29.9
28.9 - 30.8
n/a
29.4
Non-binary
27.6
18.9 - 36.3
n/a
n/a
28.9
22.3 - 35.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
36.8
32.5 - 41.0
32.0
29.2 - 34.9
33.9
31.0 - 36.8
31.9
28.8 - 35.1
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
37.3
35.1 - 39.5
34.4
32.9 - 36.0
33.1
31.4 - 34.8
36.1
34.1 - 38.2
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 they feel they have a choice about when and how to do their household chores.

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 "a lot like me" by the number of respondents who answered "not like me, a little like me or a lot like me" to the question: For each item, choose what best describes your feelings and ideas. i) I feel like I have a choice about when and how to do my household chores.

Notes

Due to a low school participation rate in some areas of the province for the 2025-2026 edition of this survey, survey results are not available for District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest (school district), Madawaska and North-West Area (health zone), Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer (community), Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area (community), and Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area (community).

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_MEF09_1

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