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

Table

Unit Number

Confidence Intervals

	Academic Year 2024-2025

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

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