Students in grades 6 to 12 who report standing up to the bully or fighting back the last time they were bullied [among those who have been bullied]

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
26.4
26.0 - 26.9
27.7
27.2 - 28.1
26.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.0
25.1 - 26.8
26.4
25.6 - 27.3
25.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
26.3
25.4 - 27.3
28.1
27.1 - 29.0
27.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
26.1
25.2 - 27.0
28.6
27.6 - 29.5
26.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
29.7
27.8 - 31.6
30.1
28.3 - 31.9
27.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.4
23.6 - 29.1
29.1
26.4 - 31.9
26.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
26.8
25.2 - 28.4
27.1
25.5 - 28.8
27.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
26.5
24.6 - 28.4
26.3
24.4 - 28.2
26.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
26.7
24.3 - 29.0
26.1
23.8 - 28.5
28.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
27.8
25.2 - 30.4
27.2
24.6 - 29.9
24.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
28.7
24.9 - 32.6
27.3
23.8 - 30.8
25.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
27.0
22.7 - 31.3
28.2
23.6 - 32.8
27.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
23.2
19.4 - 27.0
31.6
27.2 - 36.0
27.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
24.6
22.1 - 27.0
24.7
22.3 - 27.1
22.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
28.4
23.2 - 33.6
38.6
32.6 - 44.6
32.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
30.9
28.2 - 33.6
29.5
27.0 - 31.9
25.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
28.3
26.0 - 30.7
28.8
26.3 - 31.2
28.5
Fredericton
25.5
24.2 - 26.8
27.4
26.0 - 28.9
25.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
25.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
26.5
23.5 - 29.4
29.7
26.8 - 32.6
28.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
32.1
25.9 - 38.3
32.4
25.9 - 38.9
27.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
34.8
29.3 - 40.4
34.7
29.0 - 40.5
32.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
27.5
23.4 - 31.5
31.3
26.7 - 35.9
27.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
26.1
24.1 - 28.2
26.6
24.6 - 28.7
26.9
Moncton
26.9
25.7 - 28.0
27.2
26.0 - 28.5
25.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.0
21.6 - 30.5
30.3
25.8 - 34.8
27.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
29.5
24.0 - 35.0
24.1
18.5 - 29.7
27.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
26.4
21.6 - 31.1
26.4
21.6 - 31.3
23.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
24.0
21.8 - 26.2
28.9
26.5 - 31.3
27.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
28.1
23.9 - 32.3
28.3
24.2 - 32.4
29.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
23.2
21.6 - 24.8
25.8
24.0 - 27.5
24.3
Riverview and Coverdale
21.0
18.6 - 23.4
22.9
20.5 - 25.3
25.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
26.9
23.4 - 30.4
30.5
26.4 - 34.5
31.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
27.7
26.3 - 29.1
29.0
27.6 - 30.4
28.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
27.8
24.5 - 31.1
27.5
24.3 - 30.6
27.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
21.2
18.2 - 24.3
23.3
20.1 - 26.5
26.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
24.7
20.6 - 28.8
26.3
22.0 - 30.5
29.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
24.8
21.0 - 28.5
26.3
22.3 - 30.3
24.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
23.6
20.6 - 26.7
28.7
25.4 - 32.0
30.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
29.4
26.3 - 32.6
29.5
26.5 - 32.4
28.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
28.3
25.1 - 31.5
28.9
25.6 - 32.2
26.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
26.4
25.4 - 27.4
28.2
27.2 - 29.3
26.9
Anglophone North School District
28.4
26.8 - 29.9
28.5
26.9 - 30.1
26.4
Anglophone South School District
26.4
25.5 - 27.4
28.1
27.2 - 29.1
27.3
Anglophone West School District
26.3
25.3 - 27.2
28.8
27.8 - 29.8
27.3
Anglophone sector
26.6
26.1 - 27.1
28.4
27.9 - 29.0
27.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
26.0
24.5 - 27.6
27.0
25.4 - 28.6
27.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
29.8
27.7 - 31.8
29.6
27.7 - 31.5
26.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
24.2
23.0 - 25.4
23.3
22.0 - 24.6
23.6
Francophone sector
25.9
25.0 - 26.8
25.7
24.8 - 26.6
25.5
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
27.6
27.0 - 28.3
29.3
28.6 - 30.0
27.3
Grades 9 to 12
25.5
24.9 - 26.1
26.4
25.8 - 27.1
26.2
Gender
Female
20.6
20.0 - 21.2
21.3
20.6 - 21.9
19.6
Male
33.7
33.0 - 34.5
35.0
34.3 - 35.8
35.3
Non-binary
19.0
16.4 - 21.6
23.1
21.4 - 24.9
19.6
Sex at birth
Female
20.3
19.8 - 20.9
21.2
20.6 - 21.7
19.6
Male
33.9
33.1 - 34.6
35.4
34.7 - 36.1
35.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
21.5
20.5 - 22.6
24.5
23.6 - 25.4
22.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
31.1
29.5 - 32.8
35.9
33.9 - 37.8
30.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
27.6
26.2 - 29.0
26.8
25.4 - 28.3
27.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
26.8
25.3 - 28.3
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
28.6
27.4 - 29.8
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 standing up to the bully or fighting back the last time they were bullied [among those who have been bullied].

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who have been bullied. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "I stood up to the bully or fought back" by the number of respondents who answered at least one of the following "I ignored it, I stood up to the bully or fought back, I tried talking to the bully, I told an adult at the school about it, I told my parents/guardians or another adult outside of school about it, I told another student about it, I called a helpline or other support service or I did something else" to the question: Think of the last time you were bullied. What did you do?

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_BUYSU_1

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