Students in grades 6 to 12 who report feeling free to express themselves with their friends

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
54.3
54.0 - 54.7
49.8
49.4 - 50.2
53.9
52.3
54.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
56.0
55.3 - 56.7
50.9
50.2 - 51.7
53.3
53.1
55.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
52.1
51.3 - 52.9
47.5
46.7 - 48.4
52.0
51.2
52.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
54.4
53.6 - 55.2
49.4
48.5 - 50.2
53.8
50.6
51.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
55.6
54.0 - 57.2
53.3
51.7 - 54.9
58.4
58.1
61.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
52.2
49.8 - 54.5
49.7
47.3 - 52.1
55.3
49.2
53.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
56.2
54.9 - 57.5
53.1
51.6 - 54.5
58.0
56.0
60.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
51.1
49.4 - 52.7
47.3
45.6 - 49.0
53.3
50.0
51.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
55.3
53.3 - 57.3
52.7
50.6 - 54.8
56.1
55.7
56.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
54.9
52.8 - 57.0
51.3
48.9 - 53.7
51.9
51.5
54.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
54.4
51.3 - 57.6
50.0
46.9 - 53.1
54.1
52.2
58.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
58.0
54.6 - 61.5
52.2
48.6 - 55.9
59.3
49.6
63.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
49.0
45.6 - 52.5
49.3
45.5 - 53.1
57.2
44.9
49.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
62.5
60.6 - 64.3
60.9
59.0 - 62.8
62.1
65.9
66.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
52.9
48.1 - 57.6
46.6
41.6 - 51.5
52.2
50.6
51.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
58.7
56.5 - 61.0
56.4
54.2 - 58.6
59.4
59.6
64.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
55.4
53.5 - 57.4
50.8
48.8 - 52.9
54.4
47.6
51.4
Fredericton
56.4
55.3 - 57.5
51.8
50.6 - 53.1
56.1
53.5
54.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
55.1
48.5
53.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
50.3
47.7 - 53.0
47.8
45.1 - 50.4
53.8
50.0
55.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
52.1
46.6 - 57.5
40.4
34.6 - 46.2
48.1
44.5
43.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
57.1
52.9 - 61.2
55.7
51.1 - 60.3
65.2
60.7
69.8
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
45.5
41.7 - 49.2
40.4
36.5 - 44.4
43.8
45.1
47.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
51.1
49.3 - 52.9
47.3
45.5 - 49.1
52.8
50.3
50.7
Moncton
55.7
54.7 - 56.7
50.1
49.0 - 51.2
53.2
52.7
55.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
53.4
49.5 - 57.2
48.4
44.4 - 52.4
51.1
46.6
49.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
50.5
45.5 - 55.5
47.2
41.9 - 52.6
58.1
47.6
60.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
54.0
49.8 - 58.3
48.5
43.9 - 53.0
56.7
47.2
42.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
52.6
50.6 - 54.6
47.0
44.9 - 49.1
50.3
50.2
49.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
44.0
40.3 - 47.7
39.1
35.4 - 42.8
49.6
44.4
49.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
54.5
53.0 - 56.0
48.1
46.6 - 49.7
53.3
53.0
52.2
Riverview and Coverdale
53.2
51.1 - 55.4
47.7
45.5 - 49.9
51.7
47.4
52.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
51.0
47.8 - 54.2
43.9
40.5 - 47.4
45.8
47.2
48.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
51.7
50.6 - 52.9
48.3
47.1 - 49.6
52.4
51.1
52.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
52.3
49.4 - 55.2
43.5
40.7 - 46.3
46.9
43.3
43.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
59.0
56.4 - 61.6
52.3
49.3 - 55.3
53.1
56.6
61.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
53.5
50.0 - 56.9
53.9
50.3 - 57.6
59.7
61.5
63.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
49.9
46.6 - 53.2
43.6
40.0 - 47.3
51.8
50.2
53.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
50.1
47.4 - 52.9
46.1
43.3 - 48.9
46.9
51.2
51.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
49.9
47.2 - 52.6
44.5
42.0 - 47.1
50.0
48.5
48.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
58.6
55.9 - 61.2
53.7
50.8 - 56.5
59.7
57.5
61.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
52.4
51.5 - 53.3
46.5
45.5 - 47.4
49.8
47.4
50.5
Anglophone North School District
50.7
49.3 - 52.1
45.8
44.4 - 47.2
51.7
46.8
48.3
Anglophone South School District
52.0
51.2 - 52.9
47.4
46.6 - 48.2
51.9
50.9
51.7
Anglophone West School District
53.3
52.5 - 54.1
49.0
48.1 - 49.8
53.0
49.6
50.9
Anglophone sector
52.4
51.9 - 52.8
47.5
47.0 - 48.0
51.8
49.2
50.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
56.2
54.9 - 57.5
54.0
52.6 - 55.4
58.9
56.5
62.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
57.3
55.6 - 59.0
55.2
53.5 - 56.9
60.2
59.7
63.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
61.9
61.0 - 62.9
57.0
55.9 - 58.1
58.8
62.4
64.4
Francophone sector
59.4
58.7 - 60.1
55.8
55.0 - 56.5
59.1
59.9
63.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
53.6
53.0 - 54.2
50.2
49.6 - 50.8
53.0
51.9
55.6
Grades 9 to 12
54.9
54.3 - 55.4
49.6
49.0 - 50.1
54.5
52.6
53.6
Gender
Female
55.5
55.0 - 56.1
52.1
51.5 - 52.7
54.4
n/a
n/a
Male
54.0
53.4 - 54.6
48.5
47.9 - 49.1
54.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
50.6
47.6 - 53.5
45.3
43.4 - 47.2
51.3
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
55.0
54.5 - 55.6
51.4
50.8 - 51.9
53.9
56.1
n/a
Male
53.8
53.2 - 54.3
48.3
47.7 - 48.9
53.8
48.5
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
51.8
50.7 - 52.9
47.6
46.7 - 48.5
51.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
51.7
50.3 - 53.2
47.8
46.1 - 49.5
50.1
45.3
49.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
52.6
51.6 - 53.7
47.3
46.1 - 48.5
50.6
50.0
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
49.4
48.0 - 50.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
51.7
50.7 - 52.6
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 with their friends.

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: f) I feel free to express myself with my friends.

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_MEF06_1

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