Students in grades 6 to 12 who, on average, spend 3 or more hours a day playing games on an electronic device (not including moving or fitness games) on weekdays

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
25.1
24.7 - 25.4
25.1
24.8 - 25.5
28.1
27.7 - 28.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
24.0
23.4 - 24.5
23.6
22.9 - 24.2
27.6
27.0 - 28.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
25.4
24.7 - 26.2
25.0
24.3 - 25.7
27.5
26.7 - 28.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
25.1
24.4 - 25.8
25.3
24.6 - 26.0
27.0
26.3 - 27.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
23.9
22.5 - 25.3
24.6
23.2 - 25.9
26.6
25.2 - 28.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
27.6
25.5 - 29.7
28.9
26.7 - 31.0
37.1
34.7 - 39.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
26.9
25.7 - 28.1
28.3
27.0 - 29.6
30.8
29.5 - 32.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
27.0
25.5 - 28.5
28.2
26.7 - 29.7
30.4
28.6 - 32.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
24.8
23.0 - 26.5
25.4
23.6 - 27.2
28.4
26.5 - 30.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
26.7
24.8 - 28.6
24.9
22.9 - 27.0
29.1
27.0 - 31.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
26.9
24.1 - 29.7
30.3
27.5 - 33.1
36.8
33.7 - 40.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
28.0
24.8 - 31.2
31.9
28.5 - 35.3
32.1
28.8 - 35.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
28.6
25.4 - 31.8
26.9
23.6 - 30.2
37.5
33.9 - 41.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
18.8
17.2 - 20.3
16.9
15.5 - 18.4
22.5
20.8 - 24.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
33.8
29.3 - 38.3
35.7
30.9 - 40.4
34.8
30.1 - 39.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
22.1
20.2 - 23.9
24.2
22.3 - 26.1
25.8
23.8 - 27.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
24.1
22.4 - 25.8
23.7
21.9 - 25.4
27.1
25.1 - 29.2
Fredericton
22.2
21.2 - 23.1
21.6
20.6 - 22.6
23.6
22.6 - 24.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
23.5
21.2 - 25.8
23.9
21.7 - 26.1
25.6
23.0 - 28.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
34.7
29.4 - 40.0
36.2
30.5 - 41.8
41.7
35.6 - 47.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
32.4
28.5 - 36.4
28.0
23.8 - 32.2
34.1
29.3 - 38.8
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
36.0
32.3 - 39.6
39.1
35.2 - 43.0
38.0
33.6 - 42.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
26.6
25.0 - 28.2
27.8
26.2 - 29.4
30.5
28.6 - 32.3
Moncton
24.2
23.3 - 25.0
24.0
23.0 - 24.9
27.7
26.7 - 28.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
28.8
25.2 - 32.3
25.6
22.2 - 29.0
28.1
24.6 - 31.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
31.0
26.3 - 35.6
31.8
26.9 - 36.7
29.8
24.8 - 34.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
23.5
19.9 - 27.1
23.5
19.8 - 27.3
32.4
26.8 - 38.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
31.1
29.2 - 33.0
31.8
29.9 - 33.7
32.6
30.6 - 34.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
26.2
22.9 - 29.5
28.2
24.8 - 31.6
29.1
25.5 - 32.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
20.7
19.5 - 21.9
19.5
18.3 - 20.7
24.0
22.6 - 25.4
Riverview and Coverdale
24.9
23.0 - 26.8
26.8
24.8 - 28.7
30.3
28.3 - 32.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
27.7
24.8 - 30.6
25.9
22.8 - 28.9
24.4
21.3 - 27.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
27.9
26.9 - 29.0
27.9
26.8 - 29.0
29.9
28.7 - 31.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
24.2
21.7 - 26.7
24.1
21.7 - 26.5
27.1
24.4 - 29.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
21.9
19.7 - 24.1
23.5
21.0 - 26.0
30.2
27.5 - 32.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
31.6
28.4 - 34.8
32.8
29.4 - 36.3
37.2
33.6 - 40.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
26.6
23.6 - 29.7
25.5
22.3 - 28.6
26.4
23.2 - 29.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
23.5
21.1 - 26.0
25.2
22.8 - 27.6
27.3
24.5 - 30.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
26.7
24.2 - 29.1
25.1
22.9 - 27.3
25.5
23.1 - 28.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
27.4
24.9 - 29.8
28.4
25.8 - 30.9
30.8
28.2 - 33.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
26.2
25.4 - 27.0
26.4
25.6 - 27.2
29.5
28.6 - 30.4
Anglophone North School District
27.8
26.6 - 29.0
29.1
27.9 - 30.4
33.1
31.7 - 34.5
Anglophone South School District
25.7
25.0 - 26.4
25.2
24.5 - 25.9
27.6
26.8 - 28.3
Anglophone West School District
25.8
25.1 - 26.5
25.5
24.8 - 26.3
27.7
26.9 - 28.5
Anglophone sector
26.1
25.7 - 26.5
26.1
25.7 - 26.5
28.7
28.2 - 29.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
27.0
25.8 - 28.2
28.5
27.2 - 29.7
31.7
30.4 - 33.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
23.3
21.9 - 24.8
23.4
22.0 - 24.9
25.8
24.3 - 27.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
19.8
19.0 - 20.5
19.2
18.2 - 20.1
23.8
22.9 - 24.7
Francophone sector
22.5
21.9 - 23.1
22.8
22.1 - 23.4
26.6
25.9 - 27.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
28.8
28.3 - 29.4
29.1
28.6 - 29.7
32.1
31.5 - 32.6
Grades 9 to 12
22.4
21.9 - 22.8
22.3
21.9 - 22.7
25.1
24.6 - 25.6
Gender
Female
15.5
15.1 - 15.9
16.3
15.9 - 16.8
17.5
17.1 - 18.0
Male
33.3
32.7 - 33.8
32.0
31.4 - 32.5
36.5
35.9 - 37.1
Non-binary
33.8
31.0 - 36.6
34.6
32.8 - 36.3
38.4
36.6 - 40.1
Sex at birth
Female
16.7
16.2 - 17.1
17.9
17.4 - 18.3
19.7
19.2 - 20.1
Male
33.6
33.1 - 34.1
32.5
31.9 - 33.0
36.7
36.1 - 37.2
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
30.2
29.2 - 31.2
29.8
29.0 - 30.6
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
31.1
29.7 - 32.4
31.9
30.4 - 33.5
36.9
35.2 - 38.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
21.8
20.9 - 22.7
19.4
18.4 - 20.3
20.5
19.5 - 21.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
35.4
34.0 - 36.8
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
22.9
22.1 - 23.7
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 or more hours a day playing games on an electronic device (not including moving or fitness games) on weekdays.

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 or more hours a day" by the number of respondents who answered "none at all, about half an hour a day, about 1 hour a day, about 2 hours a day or about 3 or more hours a day" to the question: Playing games on an electronic device (not including moving or fitness games): Weekdays

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_GAMED_2

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