Students in grades 6 to 12 who report eating a meal while using an electronic device 7 times or more in the last 7 days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
20.3
20.0 - 20.6
19.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
19.0
18.4 - 19.6
18.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
22.6
21.9 - 23.3
20.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
21.2
20.5 - 21.8
20.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
14.3
13.2 - 15.5
14.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
21.1
19.1 - 23.0
24.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
17.3
16.3 - 18.4
18.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
23.6
22.2 - 25.1
22.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
17.5
15.9 - 19.0
19.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
21.9
20.1 - 23.7
20.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
20.2
17.6 - 22.8
23.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
16.1
13.5 - 18.8
16.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
22.3
19.3 - 25.3
25.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
11.8
10.5 - 13.1
13.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
21.9
17.9 - 25.9
28.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
14.1
12.5 - 15.7
13.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
21.1
19.5 - 22.8
18.2
Fredericton
19.0
18.1 - 19.9
18.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
14.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
14.7
12.7 - 16.6
15.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
26.4
21.5 - 31.3
23.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
14.4
11.4 - 17.4
17.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.1
27.6 - 34.6
26.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
23.9
22.3 - 25.4
22.4
Moncton
20.5
19.7 - 21.3
20.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.9
23.4 - 30.5
23.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
21.4
17.2 - 25.6
19.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
15.1
11.9 - 18.2
15.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.6
21.8 - 25.4
22.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
27.4
24.0 - 30.8
24.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
17.7
16.5 - 18.9
15.5
Riverview and Coverdale
18.7
16.9 - 20.5
19.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
21.6
18.9 - 24.3
19.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
26.4
25.3 - 27.5
23.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
18.5
16.2 - 20.9
18.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.4
13.4 - 17.3
16.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
18.2
15.6 - 20.9
21.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.2
22.2 - 28.2
23.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
21.5
19.1 - 23.9
21.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
18.7
16.5 - 20.8
18.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
17.2
15.2 - 19.3
16.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
22.2
21.4 - 22.9
21.8
Anglophone North School District
25.8
24.6 - 27.0
25.2
Anglophone South School District
22.8
22.1 - 23.6
20.5
Anglophone West School District
22.2
21.5 - 22.9
21.0
Anglophone sector
22.8
22.4 - 23.2
21.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
16.1
15.1 - 17.1
17.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
12.8
11.6 - 14.0
13.7
District scolaire francophone Sud
13.0
12.3 - 13.6
13.4
Francophone sector
13.9
13.4 - 14.4
14.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
18.2
17.8 - 18.7
17.2
Grades 9 to 12
21.7
21.3 - 22.2
21.2
Gender
Female
18.8
18.4 - 19.3
17.5
Male
20.9
20.4 - 21.3
20.2
Non-binary
30.5
27.7 - 33.3
28.8
Sex at birth
Female
19.7
19.3 - 20.2
18.6
Male
20.7
20.3 - 21.2
20.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
29.9
28.8 - 30.9
26.3
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
25.2
23.9 - 26.5
24.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
20.3
19.4 - 21.2
18.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
29.2
27.9 - 30.6
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
21.4
20.6 - 22.2
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 eating a meal while using an electronic device 7 times or more 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 "7+ times" 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

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_EAT14_4

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