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

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
61.5
61.1 - 61.9
47.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
58.5
57.8 - 59.2
45.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
62.5
61.7 - 63.3
47.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
60.3
59.5 - 61.1
45.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
63.3
61.8 - 64.8
51.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
72.5
70.4 - 74.6
57.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
64.0
62.6 - 65.3
52.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
68.2
66.6 - 69.8
55.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
65.1
63.1 - 67.1
50.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
64.9
62.7 - 67.2
52.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
74.1
71.5 - 76.8
57.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
61.6
58.1 - 65.1
52.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
70.2
66.8 - 73.6
56.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
57.1
55.2 - 59.1
41.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
64.1
59.5 - 68.8
53.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
65.1
63.0 - 67.2
51.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
60.8
58.9 - 62.8
48.2
Fredericton
58.3
57.1 - 59.5
41.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
45.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
61.4
58.9 - 63.9
49.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
66.0
60.5 - 71.5
56.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
60.9
56.5 - 65.4
54.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
66.1
62.4 - 69.9
46.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
67.5
65.8 - 69.1
55.4
Moncton
56.5
55.4 - 57.6
45.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
62.0
58.2 - 65.8
49.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
74.1
69.5 - 78.6
60.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
50.3
45.9 - 54.8
49.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
63.3
61.3 - 65.2
47.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
65.8
62.2 - 69.3
54.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
59.7
58.2 - 61.2
43.7
Riverview and Coverdale
60.4
58.3 - 62.6
45.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
59.3
55.9 - 62.7
40.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
64.7
63.6 - 65.8
50.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
60.5
57.8 - 63.3
43.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
58.9
56.0 - 61.8
50.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
64.5
61.1 - 67.9
57.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
66.7
63.3 - 70.0
51.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
61.7
59.0 - 64.4
45.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
58.7
56.3 - 61.2
45.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
63.1
60.4 - 65.8
51.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
60.0
59.1 - 60.9
46.2
Anglophone North School District
70.0
68.8 - 71.3
55.7
Anglophone South School District
63.0
62.2 - 63.8
47.8
Anglophone West School District
60.7
59.9 - 61.6
45.8
Anglophone sector
62.3
61.9 - 62.8
47.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
65.1
63.8 - 66.4
53.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
63.2
61.5 - 64.8
50.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
54.7
53.6 - 55.8
43.4
Francophone sector
59.4
58.7 - 60.2
47.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
54.3
53.7 - 54.9
41.1
Grades 9 to 12
66.6
66.1 - 67.1
52.7
Gender
Woman/Girl
69.1
68.6 - 69.7
56.7
Man/Boy
53.8
53.3 - 54.4
38.5
Non-binary
69.5
67.8 - 71.3
56.6
Sex at birth
Female
69.2
68.7 - 69.8
56.8
Male
53.6
53.1 - 54.2
38.3
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
67.0
66.2 - 67.9
53.9
Heterosexual
62.1
61.7 - 62.6
47.9
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
66.8
66.0 - 67.6
53.7
Non LGBTQ2+ person
62.1
61.7 - 62.6
47.9
Race
White
62.8
62.3 - 63.2
48.7
South Asian
47.8
44.0 - 51.7
33.4
Other
56.8
54.1 - 59.6
42.4
Middle Eastern
59.2
56.4 - 61.9
46.6
Latino
64.8
62.0 - 67.6
50.0
East/Southeast Asian
60.8
58.9 - 62.7
44.9
Black
61.9
60.1 - 63.7
50.3
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
69.6
68.0 - 71.1
55.2
Non-Indigenous
61.4
61.0 - 61.9
47.5
Food poverty
Food poverty
69.4
68.0 - 70.7
56.3
No food poverty
61.0
60.6 - 61.4
47.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
57.6
56.5 - 58.8
43.8
Non-immigrants
62.0
61.6 - 62.5
48.2
Special needs
Has a special need
67.0
66.3 - 67.6
53.4
No special need
58.5
58.0 - 59.0
44.6
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 on social media sites or apps.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness 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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