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 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
27.7
27.2 - 28.1
26.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.4
25.6 - 27.3
25.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
28.1
27.1 - 29.0
27.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
28.6
27.6 - 29.5
26.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
30.1
28.3 - 31.9
27.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
29.1
26.4 - 31.9
26.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
27.1
25.5 - 28.8
27.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
26.3
24.4 - 28.2
26.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
26.1
23.8 - 28.5
28.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
27.2
24.6 - 29.9
24.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
27.3
23.8 - 30.8
25.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
28.2
23.6 - 32.8
27.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
31.6
27.2 - 36.0
27.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
24.7
22.3 - 27.1
22.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
38.6
32.6 - 44.6
32.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
29.5
27.0 - 31.9
25.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
28.8
26.3 - 31.2
28.5
Fredericton
27.4
26.0 - 28.9
25.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
25.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
29.7
26.8 - 32.6
28.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
32.4
25.9 - 38.9
27.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
34.7
29.0 - 40.5
32.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.3
26.7 - 35.9
27.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
26.6
24.6 - 28.7
26.9
Moncton
27.2
26.0 - 28.5
25.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
30.3
25.8 - 34.8
27.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
24.1
18.5 - 29.7
27.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
26.4
21.6 - 31.3
23.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
28.9
26.5 - 31.3
27.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
28.3
24.2 - 32.4
29.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
25.8
24.0 - 27.5
24.3
Riverview and Coverdale
22.9
20.5 - 25.3
25.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
30.5
26.4 - 34.5
31.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
29.0
27.6 - 30.4
28.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
27.5
24.3 - 30.6
27.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
23.3
20.1 - 26.5
26.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
26.3
22.0 - 30.5
29.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
26.3
22.3 - 30.3
24.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
28.7
25.4 - 32.0
30.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
29.5
26.5 - 32.4
28.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
28.9
25.6 - 32.2
26.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
28.2
27.2 - 29.3
26.9
Anglophone North School District
28.5
26.9 - 30.1
26.4
Anglophone South School District
28.1
27.2 - 29.1
27.3
Anglophone West School District
28.8
27.8 - 29.8
27.3
Anglophone sector
28.4
27.9 - 29.0
27.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
27.0
25.4 - 28.6
27.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
29.6
27.7 - 31.5
26.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
23.3
22.0 - 24.6
23.6
Francophone sector
25.7
24.8 - 26.6
25.5
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
29.3
28.6 - 30.0
27.3
Grades 9 to 12
26.4
25.8 - 27.1
26.2
Gender
Woman/Girl
21.3
20.6 - 21.9
19.6
Man/Boy
35.0
34.3 - 35.8
35.3
Non-binary
23.1
21.4 - 24.9
19.6
Sex at birth
Female
21.2
20.6 - 21.7
19.6
Male
35.4
34.7 - 36.1
35.4
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
24.3
23.4 - 25.2
22.3
Heterosexual
29.3
28.7 - 29.9
28.7
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
24.5
23.6 - 25.4
22.5
Non LGBTQ2+ person
29.2
28.7 - 29.8
28.6
Race
White
27.7
27.1 - 28.2
26.6
South Asian
27.8
23.2 - 32.5
30.6
Other
28.0
24.9 - 31.1
30.0
Middle Eastern
35.0
31.4 - 38.6
31.7
Latino
29.5
25.9 - 33.1
33.4
East/Southeast Asian
24.8
22.5 - 27.1
25.5
Black
34.2
31.8 - 36.7
35.2
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
35.9
33.9 - 37.8
30.3
Non-Indigenous
26.7
26.2 - 27.2
26.3
Food poverty
Food poverty
30.4
28.8 - 32.1
25.5
No food poverty
27.4
26.9 - 27.9
26.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
26.8
25.4 - 28.3
27.3
Non-immigrants
27.8
27.3 - 28.3
26.6
Special needs
Has a special need
29.6
28.9 - 30.3
27.9
No special need
26.3
25.7 - 26.9
25.8
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 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 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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