Students in grades 6 to 12 who have a life satisfaction score of 6-10 on a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 represents the best possible life

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
80.2
79.9 - 80.5
79.1
78.8 - 79.5
76.5
81.3
85.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
82.1
81.6 - 82.7
81.3
80.8 - 81.9
77.0
81.7
85.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
77.8
77.1 - 78.4
76.2
75.5 - 76.9
73.7
79.4
84.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
78.0
77.3 - 78.6
77.0
76.2 - 77.7
75.1
79.4
83.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
85.5
84.4 - 86.7
84.2
83.1 - 85.4
82.8
89.1
89.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
79.5
77.6 - 81.4
78.9
77.0 - 80.9
77.0
80.5
87.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
84.5
83.5 - 85.5
82.8
81.7 - 83.9
82.0
86.2
88.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
78.9
77.5 - 80.3
78.2
76.8 - 79.6
77.1
81.2
84.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
82.2
80.6 - 83.7
80.5
78.8 - 82.2
79.8
83.6
84.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
81.1
79.5 - 82.8
81.5
79.6 - 83.3
77.9
79.3
83.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
79.7
77.1 - 82.2
80.0
77.5 - 82.4
79.3
82.8
88.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
84.8
82.3 - 87.3
82.7
80.0 - 85.5
83.5
87.2
93.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
79.3
76.5 - 82.1
77.5
74.4 - 80.6
73.7
77.1
86.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
89.7
88.5 - 90.9
88.0
86.8 - 89.3
85.1
90.7
92.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
77.0
73.0 - 81.1
72.7
68.2 - 77.2
75.7
81.7
83.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
87.5
85.9 - 89.0
85.1
83.5 - 86.7
83.5
89.7
90.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
80.2
78.6 - 81.8
79.2
77.6 - 80.9
74.5
79.3
83.1
Fredericton
79.6
78.7 - 80.6
78.0
76.9 - 79.0
76.4
81.0
86.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
79.5
84.8
88.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
81.5
79.4 - 83.7
81.5
79.4 - 83.5
80.6
83.4
87.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
74.9
70.2 - 79.6
74.2
69.1 - 79.4
73.5
78.1
87.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
88.1
85.4 - 90.8
88.2
85.3 - 91.2
85.7
92.9
93.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
69.8
66.3 - 73.2
72.3
68.7 - 75.9
77.8
78.7
79.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
79.3
77.8 - 80.7
78.3
76.8 - 79.7
77.4
80.6
84.6
Moncton
82.0
81.2 - 82.7
80.8
80.0 - 81.7
76.1
80.8
85.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
76.6
73.3 - 79.8
77.5
74.2 - 80.8
75.0
80.1
83.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
76.1
71.8 - 80.4
77.7
73.4 - 82.1
75.3
86.9
87.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
82.0
78.7 - 85.4
78.8
75.2 - 82.5
77.0
77.6
85.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
73.6
71.8 - 75.3
75.3
73.5 - 77.0
71.8
74.7
78.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
71.8
68.4 - 75.3
70.0
66.5 - 73.5
69.0
77.0
81.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
80.2
79.0 - 81.4
79.6
78.4 - 80.8
75.8
82.3
85.7
Riverview and Coverdale
80.1
78.4 - 81.9
78.0
76.2 - 79.8
74.3
79.8
83.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
73.7
70.8 - 76.5
77.1
74.2 - 80.0
73.3
78.4
84.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
77.2
76.2 - 78.2
74.7
73.7 - 75.7
72.2
77.3
82.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
78.5
76.1 - 80.9
77.0
74.6 - 79.4
71.6
75.0
80.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
83.6
81.6 - 85.6
83.2
81.0 - 85.4
78.1
85.5
91.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
88.5
86.3 - 90.7
84.1
81.5 - 86.7
85.2
89.4
89.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
77.1
74.3 - 79.9
74.7
71.5 - 77.9
74.4
78.7
84.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
74.0
71.5 - 76.4
75.0
72.6 - 77.4
74.0
80.2
84.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
77.2
75.0 - 79.5
75.5
73.3 - 77.7
72.3
78.9
85.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
86.2
84.3 - 88.0
86.2
84.2 - 88.2
83.6
88.8
88.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
79.0
78.3 - 79.8
78.4
77.6 - 79.2
74.1
78.2
83.6
Anglophone North School District
75.9
74.7 - 77.1
75.9
74.7 - 77.1
74.6
76.6
81.5
Anglophone South School District
77.5
76.8 - 78.2
76.1
75.4 - 76.8
73.7
79.2
84.0
Anglophone West School District
76.9
76.3 - 77.6
76.7
76.0 - 77.4
74.5
78.7
83.0
Anglophone sector
77.5
77.1 - 77.9
76.8
76.4 - 77.2
74.1
78.5
83.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
85.8
84.9 - 86.7
83.9
82.9 - 84.9
82.7
87.6
90.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
87.7
86.5 - 88.8
85.7
84.5 - 86.9
84.0
90.7
91.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
87.9
87.3 - 88.5
85.7
84.9 - 86.5
81.6
88.2
90.7
Francophone sector
87.2
86.8 - 87.7
85.2
84.6 - 85.7
82.4
88.5
90.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
83.0
82.6 - 83.4
82.0
81.5 - 82.4
79.7
82.6
87.7
Grades 9 to 12
78.3
77.9 - 78.7
77.2
76.7 - 77.6
74.2
80.5
83.8
Gender
Female
77.4
77.0 - 77.9
76.3
75.8 - 76.9
73.9
n/a
n/a
Male
85.2
84.8 - 85.6
85.1
84.7 - 85.5
83.4
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
49.6
46.7 - 52.6
49.3
47.4 - 51.2
43.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
75.4
74.9 - 75.8
73.5
73.0 - 74.0
70.2
77.9
n/a
Male
85.5
85.1 - 85.9
85.1
84.7 - 85.5
83.3
85.0
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
58.2
57.1 - 59.3
61.0
60.1 - 61.9
56.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
70.7
69.4 - 72.0
69.9
68.4 - 71.4
69.8
72.9
73.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
83.2
82.4 - 84.0
82.5
81.6 - 83.4
79.8
83.2
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
67.0
65.7 - 68.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
81.8
81.1 - 82.5
n/a
n/a
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 have a life satisfaction score of 6-10 on a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 represents the best possible life.

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 "6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 best possible life" by the number of respondents who answered "0 worst possible life, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 best possible life" to the question: The top of the ladder (10) is the best possible life for you and the bottom (0) is the worst possible life for you. In general, where on the ladder do you feel you stand at the moment?

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_LIF01_7

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