Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having an evening meal together with family, friends or guardians every day

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
44.5
46.2
49.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
45.4
46.3
50.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
39.8
41.8
45.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
42.4
45.0
48.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
60.4
65.5
65.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
46.0
45.2
55.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
52.0
53.5
55.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
38.5
39.2
41.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
48.1
51.5
51.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
42.5
45.6
47.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
44.8
45.2
58.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
55.0
55.6
59.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
47.8
45.3
52.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
54.4
56.4
58.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
39.9
43.5
45.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
60.3
65.1
65.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
41.7
45.4
45.4
Fredericton
42.8
45.1
53.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
47.2
55.4
59.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
58.8
62.1
63.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
39.5
42.7
47.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
65.1
71.0
66.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
40.8
42.8
42.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
37.7
38.1
41.1
Moncton
44.8
45.8
49.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
39.1
43.8
48.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
44.4
48.9
49.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
39.2
41.8
42.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
45.2
46.4
44.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
38.9
43.6
48.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
39.2
42.2
47.5
Riverview and Coverdale
43.3
40.5
45.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
41.0
41.3
48.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
38.8
41.1
43.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
40.0
39.4
43.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
48.0
50.6
55.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
55.5
61.9
60.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
37.4
34.7
40.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
43.5
41.6
48.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
43.2
43.8
49.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
55.4
51.5
55.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
41.8
42.5
46.6
Anglophone North School District
37.9
37.8
42.7
Anglophone South School District
39.5
41.2
45.5
Anglophone West School District
41.8
44.3
47.8
Anglophone sector
40.6
42.1
46.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
53.4
55.0
58.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
61.9
67.3
67.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
51.4
53.4
56.1
Francophone sector
54.0
56.5
59.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
54.4
56.5
60.2
Grades 9 to 12
37.1
38.9
42.8
Gender
Woman/Girl
43.8
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
46.7
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
32.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
42.4
45.4
n/a
Male
46.8
47.1
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
37.2
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
45.5
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
37.3
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
45.5
n/a
n/a
Race
White
42.5
n/a
n/a
South Asian
53.0
n/a
n/a
Other
49.8
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
51.9
n/a
n/a
Latino
41.9
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
55.5
n/a
n/a
Black
37.8
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
40.9
41.8
44.4
Non-Indigenous
44.4
46.4
50.1
Food poverty
Food poverty
32.2
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
45.4
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
52.1
54.7
n/a
Non-immigrants
43.7
45.5
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
38.6
n/a
n/a
No special need
47.6
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data was suppressed due to low respondent counts

About

This indicator is the percentage of students in grades 6 to 12 who report having an evening meal together with family, friends or guardians every day.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "every day" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1 day a week, 2 days a week, 3 days a week, 4 days a week, 5 days a week, 6 days a week or every day" to the question: How often do you have an evening meal together with family, friend(s) or guardian(s)?

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_EAT11_1

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