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

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
50.4
50.0 - 50.8
52.8
53.2
55.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
51.2
50.5 - 51.9
52.6
53.7
57.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
47.1
46.3 - 48.0
50.0
50.6
52.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
48.9
48.0 - 49.7
52.3
51.1
51.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
57.7
56.1 - 59.3
59.7
63.6
61.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
50.5
48.1 - 52.9
52.7
53.4
56.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
56.8
55.4 - 58.3
58.0
58.4
60.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
49.7
48.0 - 51.4
53.3
52.3
53.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
54.2
52.1 - 56.3
54.4
57.3
57.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
51.8
49.4 - 54.1
53.4
53.5
53.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
53.7
50.6 - 56.7
55.4
55.5
60.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
56.5
52.9 - 60.1
61.5
51.4
65.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
46.1
42.3 - 49.8
48.7
50.5
52.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
60.9
58.9 - 62.8
63.7
68.9
71.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
45.8
40.8 - 50.7
49.6
53.1
50.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
61.3
59.2 - 63.5
59.6
64.5
62.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
48.6
46.6 - 50.7
51.3
51.5
55.7
Fredericton
51.9
50.6 - 53.1
54.9
53.5
54.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
56.7
54.0
62.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
49.0
46.4 - 51.6
56.6
54.6
58.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
45.5
39.6 - 51.4
44.6
43.4
46.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
66.3
62.0 - 70.7
68.8
69.3
66.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
36.7
32.9 - 40.6
45.1
48.6
46.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
49.1
47.3 - 50.9
52.9
51.7
53.0
Moncton
50.7
49.6 - 51.7
51.4
52.5
57.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
48.7
44.7 - 52.7
48.9
50.4
53.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
55.0
49.7 - 60.3
56.0
57.7
56.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
51.7
47.2 - 56.2
57.6
52.2
46.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
46.3
44.2 - 48.4
47.9
45.5
44.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
39.1
35.5 - 42.8
48.8
45.3
50.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
49.4
47.9 - 50.9
51.6
52.9
54.5
Riverview and Coverdale
46.5
44.3 - 48.7
48.9
48.0
53.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
41.7
38.2 - 45.1
46.2
51.0
50.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
46.9
45.7 - 48.1
49.7
48.5
51.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
42.6
39.7 - 45.4
46.4
39.4
45.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
55.2
52.3 - 58.2
54.4
55.8
64.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
59.1
55.5 - 62.7
59.2
64.1
63.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
47.3
43.6 - 50.9
47.2
49.5
53.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
44.4
41.6 - 47.2
49.6
52.4
55.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
43.6
41.1 - 46.2
47.9
50.6
50.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
60.4
57.6 - 63.2
61.7
61.9
59.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
46.3
45.4 - 47.2
48.6
47.8
52.5
Anglophone North School District
46.0
44.6 - 47.4
49.5
47.8
49.0
Anglophone South School District
46.9
46.1 - 47.7
49.9
50.0
52.3
Anglophone West School District
48.6
47.7 - 49.4
51.6
50.4
51.4
Anglophone sector
47.2
46.7 - 47.7
50.1
49.4
51.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
58.6
57.2 - 59.9
59.5
60.6
62.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
59.9
58.2 - 61.6
62.5
65.9
63.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
58.3
57.2 - 59.4
58.5
63.1
66.5
Francophone sector
58.7
57.9 - 59.4
59.5
62.8
64.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
53.1
52.5 - 53.7
53.5
56.4
60.2
Grades 9 to 12
48.5
48.0 - 49.1
52.3
51.0
51.9
Gender
Woman/Girl
51.6
51.0 - 52.2
52.3
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
52.3
51.7 - 52.9
57.3
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
26.8
25.1 - 28.4
22.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
48.9
48.3 - 49.4
48.9
55.4
n/a
Male
52.2
51.7 - 52.8
57.2
51.1
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
34.9
34.0 - 35.8
32.8
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
54.5
54.0 - 54.9
58.7
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
34.9
34.0 - 35.7
33.0
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
54.5
54.1 - 55.0
58.7
n/a
n/a
Race
White
51.4
50.9 - 51.8
53.8
n/a
n/a
South Asian
49.0
45.2 - 52.9
52.0
n/a
n/a
Other
51.3
48.5 - 54.2
51.3
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
51.4
48.6 - 54.2
57.8
n/a
n/a
Latino
46.5
43.5 - 49.5
50.6
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
42.4
40.5 - 44.4
46.3
n/a
n/a
Black
48.7
46.8 - 50.7
53.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
44.6
42.9 - 46.3
47.9
46.7
47.1
Non-Indigenous
51.4
50.9 - 51.8
53.6
53.9
55.7
Food poverty
Food poverty
30.7
29.3 - 32.1
37.7
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
52.0
51.6 - 52.4
54.0
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
48.5
47.3 - 49.7
52.4
50.6
n/a
Non-immigrants
50.7
50.3 - 51.2
52.9
53.5
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
42.8
42.2 - 43.5
44.2
n/a
n/a
No special need
54.6
54.1 - 55.1
57.5
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 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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