Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having been bullied by use of sexual jokes, comments, or gestures at school in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
18.3
18.0 - 18.6
19.5
19.1 - 19.8
18.2
17.1
18.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
17.4
16.9 - 17.9
18.6
18.0 - 19.2
17.9
17.8
17.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
20.8
20.1 - 21.5
21.3
20.6 - 22.0
19.4
18.9
18.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
19.1
18.5 - 19.8
20.7
20.0 - 21.4
18.9
17.0
20.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
15.1
13.9 - 16.3
16.4
15.3 - 17.6
16.0
12.8
15.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
18.1
16.3 - 20.0
19.0
17.1 - 20.9
15.4
17.5
17.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
14.6
13.6 - 15.5
16.4
15.4 - 17.5
15.0
14.3
13.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
18.3
17.0 - 19.7
19.0
17.6 - 20.3
19.5
15.3
18.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
15.8
14.3 - 17.2
19.8
18.1 - 21.5
16.3
15.8
17.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
17.0
15.3 - 18.6
19.0
17.1 - 20.8
16.6
21.6
21.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
18.7
16.1 - 21.3
20.2
17.8 - 22.7
13.2
15.3
17.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
12.0
9.7 - 14.3
11.0
8.7 - 13.3
10.9
11.3
10.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
17.3
14.6 - 20.1
17.3
14.4 - 20.1
18.7
20.6
18.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
12.1
10.8 - 13.4
12.0
10.7 - 13.3
12.9
17.5
13.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
21.3
17.3 - 25.3
23.8
19.5 - 28.0
24.2
22.0
25.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
15.3
13.6 - 16.9
15.5
13.9 - 17.1
15.9
13.4
15.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
18.7
17.1 - 20.3
19.7
18.0 - 21.3
18.0
16.9
19.8
Fredericton
17.9
17.0 - 18.8
19.4
18.3 - 20.4
16.9
15.2
16.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
19.8
15.9
14.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
17.8
15.7 - 19.8
19.3
17.2 - 21.4
18.0
14.3
18.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
18.5
14.1 - 22.9
26.9
21.6 - 32.2
23.3
20.2
22.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
7.5
5.3 - 9.8
12.4
9.3 - 15.5
10.8
8.8
10.9
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
22.1
18.9 - 25.3
23.5
20.1 - 26.9
20.3
19.7
23.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
18.3
16.9 - 19.7
18.5
17.1 - 19.9
18.9
14.9
19.1
Moncton
17.9
17.1 - 18.7
18.7
17.8 - 19.5
17.9
16.1
17.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
20.8
17.6 - 24.0
25.8
22.2 - 29.3
23.8
20.2
21.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
18.8
14.8 - 22.9
23.0
18.4 - 27.6
23.8
18.7
15.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
19.1
15.7 - 22.5
17.9
14.4 - 21.4
18.1
20.4
21.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
20.9
19.2 - 22.6
21.9
20.2 - 23.6
21.9
18.9
24.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
23.8
20.5 - 27.0
26.9
23.5 - 30.3
25.8
19.0
22.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
20.0
18.8 - 21.2
19.8
18.6 - 21.0
19.0
16.2
17.5
Riverview and Coverdale
20.3
18.4 - 22.1
22.6
20.7 - 24.5
20.8
19.7
18.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
21.7
19.0 - 24.4
23.1
20.1 - 26.1
19.8
16.1
19.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
20.3
19.3 - 21.3
21.8
20.8 - 22.8
19.4
19.8
19.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
23.2
20.7 - 25.7
24.0
21.5 - 26.4
23.7
18.0
20.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
12.9
11.1 - 14.7
16.3
14.1 - 18.5
17.8
19.5
19.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
15.5
13.0 - 18.0
15.0
12.4 - 17.6
12.9
11.6
9.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.4
22.4 - 28.4
25.9
22.6 - 29.2
19.9
21.5
21.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
21.3
18.9 - 23.7
20.2
17.9 - 22.4
18.7
18.2
16.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
22.5
20.2 - 24.9
20.9
18.8 - 23.0
21.0
22.2
21.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
13.4
11.5 - 15.2
14.6
12.6 - 16.7
16.7
14.3
13.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
20.6
19.9 - 21.4
22.1
21.3 - 22.9
20.7
17.5
19.0
Anglophone North School District
21.1
19.9 - 22.2
21.3
20.1 - 22.4
19.2
16.9
20.8
Anglophone South School District
21.0
20.4 - 21.7
21.4
20.7 - 22.1
19.7
18.9
18.8
Anglophone West School District
19.8
19.1 - 20.5
21.0
20.3 - 21.7
19.8
17.3
20.5
Anglophone sector
20.5
20.2 - 20.9
21.4
21.0 - 21.8
19.9
17.8
19.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
13.5
12.6 - 14.4
15.6
14.6 - 16.6
14.6
14.8
12.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
14.1
12.9 - 15.3
15.5
14.3 - 16.8
14.7
12.4
15.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
11.8
11.2 - 12.5
13.3
12.5 - 14.1
13.2
17.1
16.0
Francophone sector
12.7
12.3 - 13.2
14.4
13.9 - 15.0
13.9
15.5
14.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
18.1
17.7 - 18.6
19.8
19.3 - 20.3
19.3
18.6
18.1
Grades 9 to 12
18.5
18.1 - 18.9
19.2
18.8 - 19.6
17.4
16.2
18.2
Gender
Female
20.3
19.8 - 20.7
21.9
21.4 - 22.4
20.3
n/a
n/a
Male
14.7
14.3 - 15.1
14.8
14.4 - 15.2
13.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
41.0
38.0 - 43.9
39.7
37.8 - 41.5
39.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
21.4
21.0 - 21.9
23.4
22.9 - 23.9
22.5
19.3
n/a
Male
14.8
14.4 - 15.2
15.0
14.6 - 15.5
13.2
14.8
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
34.3
33.2 - 35.3
32.9
32.0 - 33.7
31.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
29.0
27.7 - 30.4
28.3
26.7 - 29.8
24.8
23.7
24.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
14.7
13.9 - 15.4
14.9
14.0 - 15.8
13.6
14.1
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
31.0
29.6 - 32.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
17.1
16.3 - 17.8
n/a
n/a
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 6 to 12 who report having been bullied by use of sexual jokes, comments, or gestures at school in the last 2 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: In the last two months, have you been bullied at school in the ways listed below: g) Someone made sexual jokes, comments or gestures to you.

Notes

Users are advised to exercise caution if comparing data from the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area to other New Brunswick communities. The data for the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area is based on students in grades 6 to 8, while data from the other communities are based on students in grades 6 to 12. Survey results are assigned to communities based on the location of the school. The community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area does not have any schools with grades 9 to 12.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_BUV07_1

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