Students in grades 6 to 12 who report never eating a meal while using an electronic device in the last 7 days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
24.5
24.2 - 24.9
26.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.6
26.0 - 27.2
29.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
20.7
20.1 - 21.4
23.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
22.2
21.6 - 22.9
24.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
34.2
32.7 - 35.8
36.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
24.8
22.7 - 26.9
27.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
30.0
28.7 - 31.2
30.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
21.0
19.7 - 22.4
23.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
28.7
26.9 - 30.5
29.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
29.0
27.1 - 30.9
31.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.0
22.2 - 27.7
27.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
32.6
29.3 - 35.9
33.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
24.6
21.5 - 27.7
26.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
35.4
33.5 - 37.3
35.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
15.7
12.2 - 19.2
19.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
35.4
33.2 - 37.6
37.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
22.0
20.4 - 23.7
24.2
Fredericton
23.9
22.9 - 24.8
25.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
35.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
32.5
30.0 - 35.0
36.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
16.2
12.1 - 20.3
15.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
34.3
30.2 - 38.3
29.8
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
15.3
12.6 - 18.0
16.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
20.1
18.7 - 21.6
22.0
Moncton
25.0
24.1 - 25.9
27.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
20.5
17.3 - 23.6
22.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
28.9
24.3 - 33.4
35.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
26.2
22.4 - 30.0
25.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
20.4
18.7 - 22.1
22.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
19.4
16.4 - 22.4
20.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
22.2
21.0 - 23.5
24.0
Riverview and Coverdale
20.0
18.2 - 21.8
24.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
22.3
19.7 - 25.0
25.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
18.8
17.9 - 19.8
21.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
27.0
24.4 - 29.7
25.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
31.1
28.6 - 33.6
36.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
32.0
28.7 - 35.3
30.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
18.1
15.4 - 20.7
22.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
22.0
19.7 - 24.4
24.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
23.6
21.2 - 25.9
25.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
29.2
26.7 - 31.7
32.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
20.9
20.2 - 21.6
23.3
Anglophone North School District
18.8
17.7 - 19.8
21.2
Anglophone South School District
20.1
19.4 - 20.8
23.0
Anglophone West School District
20.6
20.0 - 21.3
23.0
Anglophone sector
20.3
20.0 - 20.7
22.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
31.6
30.4 - 32.8
32.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
36.1
34.4 - 37.7
36.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
36.9
35.9 - 37.8
38.1
Francophone sector
35.1
34.5 - 35.8
36.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
30.7
30.2 - 31.3
34.4
Grades 9 to 12
20.1
19.6 - 20.5
21.0
Gender
Female
24.5
24.0 - 25.0
26.6
Male
24.7
24.2 - 25.2
27.3
Non-binary
18.5
16.3 - 20.8
22.3
Sex at birth
Female
24.2
23.7 - 24.6
26.1
Male
24.9
24.4 - 25.4
27.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
18.3
17.4 - 19.1
22.9
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
21.4
20.2 - 22.6
25.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
24.9
23.9 - 25.8
28.7
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
22.1
20.9 - 23.3
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
24.7
23.9 - 25.5
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 report never eating a meal while using an electronic device in the last 7 days.

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 "never" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1-2 times, 3-4 times, 5-6 times or 7+ times" to the question: In the last 7 days, how many times did you: b) Eat a meal while using any electronic device, such as a smartphone, computer, tablet, video game console or TV?

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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_EAT14_3

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