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Students in grades 6 to 12 who, on average, spend 2 hours or less of screen time per day

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019
Province
New Brunswick
28.1
27.8 - 28.5
24.2
29.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
29.1
28.5 - 29.7
24.6
29.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
27.8
27.1 - 28.6
24.3
27.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
28.6
27.9 - 29.3
25.1
29.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
28.8
27.3 - 30.2
26.6
37.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
24.7
22.7 - 26.7
17.7
22.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
27.5
26.3 - 28.7
22.4
28.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
23.4
21.9 - 24.8
21.4
26.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
27.5
25.7 - 29.3
21.5
31.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
24.8
23.0 - 26.6
21.6
29.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.0
22.2 - 27.8
17.1
22.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
29.0
25.8 - 32.2
20.3
26.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
24.3
21.3 - 27.3
18.6
23.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
30.9
29.1 - 32.7
26.6
35.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
25.0
20.9 - 29.1
23.1
31.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
27.3
25.3 - 29.3
26.1
38.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
29.4
27.6 - 31.3
25.5
31.3
Fredericton
30.7
29.7 - 31.7
26.3
30.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
30.6
39.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
31.0
28.5 - 33.4
29.4
33.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
23.5
18.8 - 28.1
19.2
31.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
28.9
25.1 - 32.7
20.9
34.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
20.9
17.8 - 23.9
21.1
34.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
22.9
21.4 - 24.4
21.5
26.1
Moncton
29.1
28.2 - 30.0
24.8
29.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
29.8
26.2 - 33.4
22.9
28.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
27.4
22.9 - 31.9
20.2
26.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
30.9
26.9 - 34.8
32.3
38.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.1
21.4 - 24.8
22.5
23.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
25.2
21.9 - 28.4
23.8
28.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
30.0
28.6 - 31.3
27.5
31.6
Riverview and Coverdale
29.3
27.3 - 31.3
22.7
26.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
29.0
26.1 - 31.9
26.3
29.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
26.0
25.0 - 27.1
20.9
23.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
31.8
29.1 - 34.5
30.4
29.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
30.6
28.1 - 33.0
22.9
27.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
26.0
23.0 - 29.0
21.9
23.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.9
22.9 - 28.8
21.5
23.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
27.7
25.2 - 30.2
27.8
30.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
31.2
28.7 - 33.8
28.3
31.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
27.6
25.1 - 30.0
25.6
25.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
27.9
27.1 - 28.7
23.8
27.3
Anglophone North School District
22.5
21.4 - 23.6
19.6
24.2
Anglophone South School District
27.5
26.7 - 28.2
24.2
27.5
Anglophone West School District
27.9
27.2 - 28.7
24.7
28.8
Anglophone sector
27.2
26.8 - 27.6
23.8
27.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
27.9
26.8 - 29.1
22.0
28.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
29.5
28.0 - 31.1
26.8
38.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
32.3
31.4 - 33.2
26.9
34.3
Francophone sector
30.5
29.9 - 31.2
25.4
33.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
33.3
32.8 - 33.9
29.4
36.9
Grades 9 to 12
24.4
23.9 - 24.8
20.4
23.5
Gender
Female
27.8
27.3 - 28.3
24.3
n/a
Male
28.8
28.3 - 29.3
24.9
n/a
Non-binary
17.4
15.2 - 19.7
15.3
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
27.2
26.7 - 27.7
23.5
28.9
Male
29.0
28.5 - 29.5
25.0
29.2
Race
White
n/a
22.5
n/a
South Asian
n/a
30.5
n/a
Other
n/a
28.7
n/a
Middle Eastern
n/a
32.4
n/a
Latino
n/a
26.5
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
n/a
25.4
n/a
Black
n/a
27.1
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
26.2
24.9 - 27.5
21.5
26.4
Non-Indigenous
n/a
24.0
29.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
30.9
29.9 - 31.9
28.4
31.6
Non-immigrants
n/a
23.8
28.8
Special needs
Has a special need
n/a
20.2
n/a
No special need
n/a
26.4
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, on average, spend 2 hours or less of screen time per day.

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 "none, less than 1 hour a day or 1 to 2 hours a day" by the number of respondents who answered "none, less than 1 hour a day, 1 to 2 hours a day, more than 2 but less than 5 hours a day or 5 or more hours a day" to the question: On average, about how many hours a day do you watch / stream TV shows or movies; play video / computer games; FaceTime; text / SMS; use instant messaging (for example, Facebook chat, Snapchat); surf the Internet; email; use other social media (for example, Facebook, Twitter, apps, Instagram, games, YouTube, etc.)?

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

%

NBHC code

SH_DAA01_2

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