Students in grades 6 to 12 who, on average, spend 3 hours or more per day on social media sites or apps

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
46.8
46.5 - 47.2
61.5
61.1 - 61.9
47.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
44.6
44.0 - 45.3
58.5
57.8 - 59.2
45.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
47.3
46.5 - 48.1
62.5
61.7 - 63.3
47.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
45.0
44.2 - 45.8
60.3
59.5 - 61.1
45.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
51.9
50.3 - 53.5
63.3
61.8 - 64.8
51.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
57.4
55.1 - 59.7
72.5
70.4 - 74.6
57.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
49.4
48.0 - 50.7
64.0
62.6 - 65.3
52.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
51.3
49.6 - 53.0
68.2
66.6 - 69.8
55.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
47.0
45.0 - 49.0
65.1
63.1 - 67.1
50.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
49.6
47.5 - 51.8
64.9
62.7 - 67.2
52.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
55.7
52.6 - 58.9
74.1
71.5 - 76.8
57.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
49.1
45.6 - 52.6
61.6
58.1 - 65.1
52.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
59.8
56.4 - 63.2
70.2
66.8 - 73.6
56.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
41.8
39.9 - 43.7
57.1
55.2 - 59.1
41.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
53.9
49.1 - 58.6
64.1
59.5 - 68.8
53.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
52.6
50.3 - 54.9
65.1
63.0 - 67.2
51.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
47.0
45.0 - 49.0
60.8
58.9 - 62.8
48.2
Fredericton
42.0
40.9 - 43.2
58.3
57.1 - 59.5
41.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
45.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
52.2
49.5 - 54.8
61.4
58.9 - 63.9
49.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
53.9
48.4 - 59.4
66.0
60.5 - 71.5
56.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
48.5
44.3 - 52.7
60.9
56.5 - 65.4
54.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
53.0
49.3 - 56.8
66.1
62.4 - 69.9
46.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
51.3
49.5 - 53.1
67.5
65.8 - 69.1
55.4
Moncton
44.1
43.1 - 45.1
56.5
55.4 - 57.6
45.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
46.8
42.9 - 50.7
62.0
58.2 - 65.8
49.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
51.8
46.8 - 56.8
74.1
69.5 - 78.6
60.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
39.0
34.8 - 43.2
50.3
45.9 - 54.8
49.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
47.8
45.8 - 49.9
63.3
61.3 - 65.2
47.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
53.2
49.4 - 57.0
65.8
62.2 - 69.3
54.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
42.1
40.6 - 43.6
59.7
58.2 - 61.2
43.7
Riverview and Coverdale
43.9
41.6 - 46.1
60.4
58.3 - 62.6
45.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
46.0
42.8 - 49.2
59.3
55.9 - 62.7
40.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
50.2
49.0 - 51.4
64.7
63.6 - 65.8
50.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
45.1
42.2 - 48.1
60.5
57.8 - 63.3
43.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
44.5
41.8 - 47.1
58.9
56.0 - 61.8
50.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
53.0
49.6 - 56.5
64.5
61.1 - 67.9
57.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
53.5
50.2 - 56.9
66.7
63.3 - 70.0
51.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
46.0
43.2 - 48.8
61.7
59.0 - 64.4
45.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
45.8
43.1 - 48.6
58.7
56.3 - 61.2
45.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
51.7
49.0 - 54.4
63.1
60.4 - 65.8
51.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
45.9
45.0 - 46.8
60.0
59.1 - 60.9
46.2
Anglophone North School District
53.0
51.7 - 54.4
70.0
68.8 - 71.3
55.7
Anglophone South School District
47.6
46.8 - 48.4
63.0
62.2 - 63.8
47.8
Anglophone West School District
45.9
45.1 - 46.7
60.7
59.9 - 61.6
45.8
Anglophone sector
47.2
46.8 - 47.7
62.3
61.9 - 62.8
47.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
51.1
49.7 - 52.4
65.1
63.8 - 66.4
53.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
51.4
49.7 - 53.2
63.2
61.5 - 64.8
50.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
41.1
40.1 - 42.1
54.7
53.6 - 55.8
43.4
Francophone sector
45.9
45.2 - 46.6
59.4
58.7 - 60.2
47.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
40.5
40.0 - 41.1
54.3
53.7 - 54.9
41.1
Grades 9 to 12
51.4
50.8 - 51.9
66.6
66.1 - 67.1
52.7
Gender
Female
55.2
54.6 - 55.8
69.1
68.6 - 69.7
56.7
Male
38.6
38.0 - 39.1
53.8
53.3 - 54.4
38.5
Non-binary
50.8
47.9 - 53.8
69.5
67.8 - 71.3
56.6
Sex at birth
Female
55.0
54.5 - 55.6
69.2
68.7 - 69.8
56.8
Male
38.3
37.8 - 38.9
53.6
53.1 - 54.2
38.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
53.7
52.6 - 54.8
66.8
66.0 - 67.6
53.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
54.4
53.0 - 55.9
69.6
68.0 - 71.1
55.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
45.3
44.2 - 46.4
57.6
56.5 - 58.8
43.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
46.7
45.3 - 48.2
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
46.5
45.6 - 47.5
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, on average, spend 3 hours or more per day on social media sites or apps.

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 "about 3 hours, about 4 hours, about 5 hours, about 6 hours or about 7 or more hours" by the number of respondents who answered "none at all, about 30 minutes, about 1 hour, about 2 hours, about 3 hours, about 4 hours, about 5 hours, about 6 hours or about 7 or more hours" to the question: About how many hours a day do you usually spend on social media sites or apps, such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, either posting or browsing?

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_DAA04_1

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