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Average number of hours and minutes per day of screen time that students in grades 6 to 12 reported spending in their free time

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Unit Number

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023
Province
New Brunswick
4.7
4.7 - 4.7
4.7
4.7 - 4.7
4.7
4.7 - 4.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
4.6
4.5 - 4.6
4.6
4.6 - 4.6
4.6
4.6 - 4.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
4.8
4.7 - 4.8
4.7
4.7 - 4.8
4.8
4.8 - 4.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
4.8
4.7 - 4.8
4.7
4.6 - 4.7
4.8
4.8 - 4.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
4.5
4.5 - 4.6
4.5
4.5 - 4.6
4.5
4.4 - 4.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
5.0
4.9 - 5.1
4.9
4.7 - 5.0
5.0
4.9 - 5.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
4.6
4.5 - 4.7
4.6
4.6 - 4.7
4.7
4.6 - 4.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
5.0
4.9 - 5.0
4.9
4.9 - 5.0
5.0
4.9 - 5.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
4.6
4.5 - 4.7
4.5
4.4 - 4.6
4.7
4.6 - 4.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
4.8
4.7 - 4.9
4.8
4.7 - 4.9
4.8
4.7 - 4.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
5.0
4.8 - 5.1
4.8
4.7 - 5.0
5.2
5.0 - 5.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
4.4
4.3 - 4.6
4.7
4.5 - 4.8
4.7
4.6 - 4.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
5.1
5.0 - 5.3
4.9
4.7 - 5.0
4.8
4.7 - 5.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
4.0
3.9 - 4.1
4.2
4.1 - 4.3
4.0
3.9 - 4.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
5.2
5.0 - 5.5
5.0
4.8 - 5.3
5.4
5.1 - 5.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
4.5
4.4 - 4.6
4.5
4.4 - 4.6
4.6
4.5 - 4.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
4.8
4.7 - 4.9
4.7
4.6 - 4.8
4.8
4.7 - 4.9
Fredericton
4.5
4.5 - 4.6
4.5
4.4 - 4.5
4.6
4.6 - 4.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
4.5
4.4 - 4.6
4.6
4.5 - 4.7
4.4
4.3 - 4.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
5.1
4.8 - 5.4
5.2
5.0 - 5.5
5.4
5.2 - 5.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
4.7
4.5 - 4.8
4.5
4.4 - 4.7
4.5
4.3 - 4.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
5.2
5.0 - 5.4
5.3
5.1 - 5.5
5.4
5.3 - 5.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
5.0
4.9 - 5.1
5.0
4.9 - 5.0
5.0
4.9 - 5.0
Moncton
4.5
4.5 - 4.6
4.6
4.6 - 4.7
4.6
4.6 - 4.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
5.0
4.9 - 5.2
4.8
4.6 - 4.9
4.8
4.6 - 5.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
4.7
4.5 - 5.0
4.6
4.4 - 4.9
5.0
4.8 - 5.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
4.5
4.3 - 4.7
4.5
4.3 - 4.7
4.6
4.4 - 4.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
5.1
5.0 - 5.2
5.1
5.0 - 5.2
5.1
5.0 - 5.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
5.1
5.0 - 5.3
4.8
4.7 - 5.0
5.1
4.9 - 5.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
4.4
4.3 - 4.4
4.4
4.4 - 4.5
4.5
4.4 - 4.5
Riverview and Coverdale
4.9
4.8 - 5.0
4.7
4.6 - 4.7
4.9
4.8 - 5.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
4.8
4.7 - 5.0
4.9
4.8 - 5.1
5.0
4.9 - 5.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
5.1
5.0 - 5.1
4.9
4.8 - 4.9
5.0
5.0 - 5.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
4.8
4.7 - 4.9
4.7
4.5 - 4.8
4.7
4.6 - 4.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
4.6
4.4 - 4.7
4.5
4.4 - 4.6
4.6
4.4 - 4.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
4.8
4.6 - 4.9
4.9
4.7 - 5.0
4.8
4.7 - 5.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
4.9
4.8 - 5.1
4.9
4.8 - 5.1
4.9
4.7 - 5.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
4.9
4.8 - 5.0
4.7
4.5 - 4.8
5.0
4.8 - 5.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
4.7
4.5 - 4.8
4.6
4.5 - 4.8
4.7
4.6 - 4.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
4.6
4.5 - 4.8
4.7
4.6 - 4.8
4.6
4.5 - 4.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
4.8
4.8 - 4.8
4.8
4.7 - 4.8
4.9
4.8 - 4.9
Anglophone North School District
5.1
5.1 - 5.2
5.0
4.9 - 5.1
5.1
5.1 - 5.2
Anglophone South School District
4.8
4.8 - 4.8
4.7
4.7 - 4.8
4.9
4.8 - 4.9
Anglophone West School District
4.8
4.8 - 4.8
4.7
4.7 - 4.8
4.8
4.8 - 4.9
Anglophone sector
4.8
4.8 - 4.9
4.8
4.8 - 4.8
4.9
4.9 - 4.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
4.6
4.5 - 4.6
4.6
4.5 - 4.6
4.7
4.6 - 4.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
4.4
4.4 - 4.5
4.4
4.4 - 4.5
4.4
4.3 - 4.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
4.1
4.1 - 4.2
4.3
4.2 - 4.3
4.2
4.2 - 4.3
Francophone sector
4.3
4.3 - 4.4
4.4
4.4 - 4.4
4.4
4.3 - 4.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
4.6
4.6 - 4.7
4.7
4.6 - 4.7
4.6
4.6 - 4.7
Grades 9 to 12
4.7
4.7 - 4.8
4.7
4.7 - 4.7
4.8
4.8 - 4.8
Gender
Female
4.5
4.5 - 4.5
4.5
4.4 - 4.5
4.5
4.5 - 4.6
Male
4.8
4.8 - 4.9
4.8
4.8 - 4.8
4.8
4.8 - 4.9
Non-binary
5.6
5.5 - 5.8
5.5
5.3 - 5.6
5.7
5.6 - 5.8
Sex at birth
Female
4.6
4.5 - 4.6
4.5
4.5 - 4.6
4.6
4.6 - 4.7
Male
4.8
4.8 - 4.9
4.8
4.8 - 4.8
4.8
4.8 - 4.9
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
5.5
5.4 - 5.5
5.4
5.3 - 5.4
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
5.2
5.1 - 5.2
5.1
5.0 - 5.2
5.2
5.1 - 5.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
4.6
4.5 - 4.6
4.5
4.5 - 4.6
4.4
4.4 - 4.5
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
5.4
5.3 - 5.4
5.2
5.2 - 5.3
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
4.6
4.6 - 4.6
4.6
4.5 - 4.6
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 average number of hours and minutes per day of screen time that students in grades 6 to 12 reported spending in their free time.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator adds the responses to the following 6 individual questions: Question #1 'Playing games on an electronic device (not including moving or fitness games)? Weekends', question #2 'Watching TV, movies or videos (including YouTube and similar services) on any type of screen? Weekends', question #3 'Using electronic devices for other purposes like: social media, chatting, instant messaging, emailing or surfing the Internet? Weekends', question #4 'Playing games on an electronic device (not including moving or fitness games)? Weekend', question #5 'Watching TV, movies or videos (including YouTube and similar services) on any type of screen? Weekend' and question #6 'Using electronic devices for other purposes like: social media, chatting, instant messaging, emailing or surfing the Internet? Weekend'. The response options for these 6 individual questions are: '0. None at all, 1. About half an hour a day, 2. About 1 hour a day, 3. About 2 hours a day and 4. About 3 or more hours a day'. This indicator is calculated by summing up the 6 separate questions, after adjusting the response scale to a proportional scale of hours. The average sum of the total number of hours per week thus obtained is then divided by 7 to reflect a daily number of hours.

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

Number

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_LSTDA_2

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