Students in grades 6 to 12 who report feeling free to express themselves at home

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
56.0
55.6 - 56.3
50.4
50.0 - 50.8
52.8
53.2
55.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
56.8
56.1 - 57.5
51.2
50.5 - 51.9
52.6
53.7
57.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
53.6
52.8 - 54.4
47.1
46.3 - 48.0
50.0
50.6
52.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
54.6
53.8 - 55.4
48.9
48.0 - 49.7
52.3
51.1
51.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
61.0
59.4 - 62.5
57.7
56.1 - 59.3
59.7
63.6
61.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
54.3
52.0 - 56.6
50.5
48.1 - 52.9
52.7
53.4
56.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
60.6
59.3 - 61.9
56.8
55.4 - 58.3
58.0
58.4
60.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
56.4
54.7 - 58.1
49.7
48.0 - 51.4
53.3
52.3
53.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
59.2
57.2 - 61.1
54.2
52.1 - 56.3
54.4
57.3
57.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
54.7
52.6 - 56.8
51.8
49.4 - 54.1
53.4
53.5
53.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
56.5
53.3 - 59.6
53.7
50.6 - 56.7
55.4
55.5
60.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
61.3
57.9 - 64.7
56.5
52.9 - 60.1
61.5
51.4
65.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
51.3
47.9 - 54.8
46.1
42.3 - 49.8
48.7
50.5
52.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
68.5
66.7 - 70.3
60.9
58.9 - 62.8
63.7
68.9
71.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
54.9
50.2 - 59.6
45.8
40.8 - 50.7
49.6
53.1
50.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
63.2
61.0 - 65.4
61.3
59.2 - 63.5
59.6
64.5
62.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
53.3
51.3 - 55.3
48.6
46.6 - 50.7
51.3
51.5
55.7
Fredericton
58.4
57.3 - 59.5
51.9
50.6 - 53.1
54.9
53.5
54.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
56.7
54.0
62.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
55.2
52.6 - 57.9
49.0
46.4 - 51.6
56.6
54.6
58.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
48.7
43.3 - 54.1
45.5
39.6 - 51.4
44.6
43.4
46.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
67.1
63.2 - 71.1
66.3
62.0 - 70.7
68.8
69.3
66.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
45.6
41.8 - 49.3
36.7
32.9 - 40.6
45.1
48.6
46.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
56.0
54.3 - 57.8
49.1
47.3 - 50.9
52.9
51.7
53.0
Moncton
55.8
54.8 - 56.8
50.7
49.6 - 51.7
51.4
52.5
57.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
51.0
47.1 - 54.8
48.7
44.7 - 52.7
48.9
50.4
53.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
59.4
54.5 - 64.4
55.0
49.7 - 60.3
56.0
57.7
56.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
56.9
52.7 - 61.1
51.7
47.2 - 56.2
57.6
52.2
46.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
48.7
46.7 - 50.7
46.3
44.2 - 48.4
47.9
45.5
44.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
43.8
40.1 - 47.5
39.1
35.5 - 42.8
48.8
45.3
50.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
55.8
54.3 - 57.3
49.4
47.9 - 50.9
51.6
52.9
54.5
Riverview and Coverdale
55.7
53.5 - 57.8
46.5
44.3 - 48.7
48.9
48.0
53.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
49.8
46.6 - 53.0
41.7
38.2 - 45.1
46.2
51.0
50.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
53.8
52.6 - 55.0
46.9
45.7 - 48.1
49.7
48.5
51.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
48.6
45.7 - 51.5
42.6
39.7 - 45.4
46.4
39.4
45.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
59.1
56.5 - 61.6
55.2
52.3 - 58.2
54.4
55.8
64.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
62.8
59.5 - 66.2
59.1
55.5 - 62.7
59.2
64.1
63.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
50.5
47.1 - 53.8
47.3
43.6 - 50.9
47.2
49.5
53.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
53.6
50.8 - 56.4
44.4
41.6 - 47.2
49.6
52.4
55.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
49.4
46.7 - 52.1
43.6
41.1 - 46.2
47.9
50.6
50.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
61.3
58.7 - 63.9
60.4
57.6 - 63.2
61.7
61.9
59.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
52.3
51.4 - 53.2
46.3
45.4 - 47.2
48.6
47.8
52.5
Anglophone North School District
52.5
51.1 - 53.8
46.0
44.6 - 47.4
49.5
47.8
49.0
Anglophone South School District
53.4
52.5 - 54.2
46.9
46.1 - 47.7
49.9
50.0
52.3
Anglophone West School District
53.7
52.9 - 54.5
48.6
47.7 - 49.4
51.6
50.4
51.4
Anglophone sector
53.1
52.6 - 53.6
47.2
46.7 - 47.7
50.1
49.4
51.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
62.0
60.8 - 63.3
58.6
57.2 - 59.9
59.5
60.6
62.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
63.6
62.0 - 65.3
59.9
58.2 - 61.6
62.5
65.9
63.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
63.9
63.0 - 64.9
58.3
57.2 - 59.4
58.5
63.1
66.5
Francophone sector
63.3
62.6 - 64.0
58.7
57.9 - 59.4
59.5
62.8
64.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
57.7
57.1 - 58.2
53.1
52.5 - 53.7
53.5
56.4
60.2
Grades 9 to 12
54.7
54.2 - 55.3
48.5
48.0 - 49.1
52.3
51.0
51.9
Gender
Female
55.1
54.6 - 55.7
51.6
51.0 - 52.2
52.3
n/a
n/a
Male
59.1
58.6 - 59.7
52.3
51.7 - 52.9
57.3
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
27.4
24.8 - 30.1
26.8
25.1 - 28.4
22.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
53.2
52.6 - 53.7
48.9
48.3 - 49.4
48.9
55.4
n/a
Male
59.0
58.5 - 59.5
52.2
51.7 - 52.8
57.2
51.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
34.5
33.4 - 35.5
34.9
34.0 - 35.7
33.0
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
47.8
46.4 - 49.2
44.6
42.9 - 46.3
47.9
46.7
47.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
54.9
53.8 - 55.9
48.5
47.3 - 49.7
52.4
50.6
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
47.0
45.5 - 48.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
53.8
52.9 - 54.7
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 report feeling free to express themselves at home.

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 "really true for me" by the number of respondents who answered "really false for me, sort of false for me, sort of true for me or really true for me" to the question: We are interested in how you feel about yourself and how you think other people see you: c) I feel free to express myself at home.

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_MEF03_1

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