Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having been bullied at school in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
48.8
48.4 - 49.2
46.3
50.9
52.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
47.6
46.9 - 48.4
47.0
52.1
52.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
50.0
49.1 - 50.8
46.2
51.4
52.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
49.9
49.1 - 50.8
45.9
48.6
52.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
50.5
48.9 - 52.1
49.0
50.8
54.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
48.7
46.3 - 51.1
42.9
53.6
51.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
46.6
45.1 - 48.0
44.7
50.9
49.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
46.8
45.0 - 48.5
45.1
50.2
53.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
49.7
47.6 - 51.9
46.8
51.7
54.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
51.0
48.6 - 53.4
47.6
57.5
57.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
46.5
43.4 - 49.6
40.3
51.3
53.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
42.9
39.2 - 46.6
41.3
47.7
43.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
51.9
48.0 - 55.7
46.7
57.0
48.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
37.4
35.5 - 39.4
40.7
53.5
49.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
54.2
49.1 - 59.2
52.7
54.0
60.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
49.5
47.3 - 51.7
49.2
51.8
53.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
45.5
43.4 - 47.6
43.6
47.5
50.1
Fredericton
49.1
47.8 - 50.4
44.0
46.3
47.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
53.9
56.6
56.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
54.3
51.6 - 56.9
52.1
51.7
60.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
60.4
54.5 - 66.3
51.1
56.4
54.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
44.5
39.8 - 49.1
39.4
45.3
39.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
53.6
49.5 - 57.6
48.6
50.8
54.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
45.8
43.9 - 47.6
43.6
48.7
52.6
Moncton
47.5
46.4 - 48.6
46.0
49.1
50.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
51.3
47.3 - 55.4
50.7
49.8
54.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
55.7
50.2 - 61.1
58.1
63.3
62.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
55.2
50.6 - 59.8
46.9
61.9
47.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
51.0
48.9 - 53.1
48.5
52.7
57.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
58.7
54.9 - 62.5
54.9
50.0
57.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
48.5
47.0 - 50.1
45.1
49.2
51.5
Riverview and Coverdale
52.1
49.9 - 54.4
51.2
54.2
51.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
53.2
49.6 - 56.7
49.6
49.3
51.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
50.0
48.8 - 51.3
45.1
51.6
51.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
55.3
52.5 - 58.2
52.6
55.2
53.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
45.8
42.7 - 48.9
50.3
53.8
58.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
43.6
39.9 - 47.2
41.4
42.7
46.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
54.6
50.9 - 58.4
50.1
56.0
57.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
50.8
48.0 - 53.6
45.3
47.5
54.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
48.9
46.3 - 51.5
50.9
55.5
50.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
45.1
42.2 - 48.0
44.8
55.9
48.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
51.5
50.6 - 52.5
50.1
50.8
51.9
Anglophone North School District
50.1
48.7 - 51.5
45.2
50.6
53.0
Anglophone South School District
49.8
49.0 - 50.7
46.5
51.0
52.1
Anglophone West School District
50.3
49.4 - 51.1
46.7
48.2
51.8
Anglophone sector
50.4
49.9 - 50.9
47.2
50.0
52.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
46.2
44.8 - 47.6
44.8
52.4
48.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
49.4
47.6 - 51.1
48.6
51.5
54.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
42.1
40.9 - 43.2
41.5
54.0
53.4
Francophone sector
44.7
43.9 - 45.5
43.9
53.0
51.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
56.5
55.9 - 57.1
53.7
59.8
56.6
Grades 9 to 12
43.4
42.8 - 43.9
40.9
44.7
49.0
Gender
Woman/Girl
53.2
52.6 - 53.8
51.4
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
41.9
41.3 - 42.5
38.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
71.9
70.2 - 73.7
68.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
55.0
54.4 - 55.6
53.4
57.1
n/a
Male
42.0
41.5 - 42.6
38.4
44.4
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
63.9
63.0 - 64.8
60.7
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
44.5
44.1 - 45.0
42.1
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
63.8
62.9 - 64.7
60.7
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
44.5
44.0 - 45.0
42.0
n/a
n/a
Race
White
47.8
47.3 - 48.3
45.5
n/a
n/a
South Asian
48.7
44.8 - 52.6
42.7
n/a
n/a
Other
56.3
53.4 - 59.2
55.4
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
48.7
45.8 - 51.6
42.0
n/a
n/a
Latino
48.9
45.8 - 52.0
45.7
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
44.6
42.6 - 46.6
38.5
n/a
n/a
Black
51.8
49.8 - 53.8
47.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
59.7
57.9 - 61.4
54.1
57.1
60.2
Non-Indigenous
46.6
46.1 - 47.0
45.2
50.0
51.5
Food poverty
Food poverty
68.5
67.0 - 69.9
63.7
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
47.3
46.9 - 47.7
45.1
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
43.9
42.7 - 45.1
39.1
44.3
n/a
Non-immigrants
49.5
49.0 - 49.9
47.1
51.4
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
62.1
61.5 - 62.8
57.9
n/a
n/a
No special need
41.5
41.0 - 42.0
40.0
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 at school in the last 2 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness 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" . This indicators is based on respondents who answered all following 7 questions about being bullied: In the last two months, have you been bullied at school in the ways listed below: a) Physical attacks (for example, getting beaten up, pushed or kicked), b) Verbal attacks (for example, being called mean names, made fun of or teased in a hurtful way, threatened, or having lies told or rumours spread about you), c) Cyber-attacks (for example, receiving mean text messages or having rumours spread about you on the Internet or on social media), d) Exclusion (for example, being left out of things on purpose, being excluded from a group of friends or completely ignored), e) Someone stole from you or damaged your things, f) Someone made mean comments about your race, religion or personal features and 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_BUVAO_1

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