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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported feeling their parents or guardians like them and care about them

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
78.2
77.1 - 79.3
78.5
78.2 - 78.8
77.3
77.0 - 77.6
72.4
72.0 - 72.8
77.0
74.4
75.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
78.1
76.0 - 80.1
79.2
78.6 - 79.7
77.8
77.2 - 78.3
73.2
72.6 - 73.9
77.3
74.8
77.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
77.8
75.4 - 80.1
77.3
76.5 - 78.0
75.9
75.2 - 76.6
69.4
68.6 - 70.1
74.3
73.1
75.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
78.3
75.7 - 80.8
77.6
76.9 - 78.3
77.2
76.5 - 77.9
71.7
70.9 - 72.5
77.1
72.9
73.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
79.1
77.8 - 80.4
79.2
77.9 - 80.5
77.2
75.9 - 78.6
81.7
79.9
78.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
77.2
72.0 - 82.4
77.6
75.7 - 79.5
73.5
71.4 - 75.5
72.3
70.2 - 74.4
77.1
74.2
75.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
80.4
78.1 - 82.8
81.5
80.5 - 82.6
80.2
79.1 - 81.2
77.2
76.0 - 78.4
80.8
78.1
77.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
77.8
75.2 - 80.5
78.4
77.0 - 79.7
77.0
75.5 - 78.4
71.5
69.9 - 73.1
75.6
72.8
70.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
80.5
76.3 - 84.8
80.9
79.3 - 82.5
80.0
78.4 - 81.7
75.8
74.0 - 77.7
80.5
78.4
80.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
70.7
65.4 - 75.9
76.7
74.9 - 78.6
75.5
73.7 - 77.4
71.7
69.6 - 73.9
76.2
73.3
75.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
77.6
70.0 - 85.1
77.6
75.1 - 80.1
74.1
71.2 - 76.9
74.0
71.3 - 76.8
80.5
75.6
82.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
78.7
74.0 - 83.5
84.1
81.6 - 86.6
81.9
79.1 - 84.6
78.8
75.8 - 81.9
81.4
71.3
79.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
76.6
70.1 - 83.1
77.5
74.6 - 80.5
72.6
69.6 - 75.7
69.9
66.4 - 73.3
72.0
72.1
69.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
83.1
81.0 - 85.3
85.5
84.2 - 86.9
86.1
84.8 - 87.5
81.9
80.4 - 83.4
85.7
82.9
86.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
73.7
68.7 - 78.6
74.0
69.8 - 78.3
73.1
68.9 - 77.3
67.8
63.2 - 72.4
78.3
75.4
75.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
81.5
79.7 - 83.2
79.6
77.7 - 81.4
78.4
76.6 - 80.2
82.5
79.7
78.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
76.9
73.0 - 80.8
78.3
76.6 - 79.9
76.5
74.8 - 78.2
70.9
69.0 - 72.7
74.3
73.2
74.3
Fredericton
80.4
76.5 - 84.2
79.5
78.5 - 80.5
79.7
78.8 - 80.6
74.7
73.6 - 75.8
79.8
74.3
76.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
76.1
77.2
87.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
74.1
73.3 - 75.0
76.1
73.7 - 78.4
76.9
74.7 - 79.2
73.9
71.6 - 76.3
79.6
78.5
76.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
70.7
70.7 - 70.7
76.8
70.4 - 83.1
73.8
69.0 - 78.6
66.7
61.1 - 72.3
69.3
73.6
72.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
77.4
73.8 - 80.9
84.0
80.9 - 87.1
81.5
77.9 - 85.1
83.1
81.9
79.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
73.5
71.4 - 75.6
72.7
69.3 - 76.0
71.3
67.9 - 74.7
64.5
60.6 - 68.4
73.7
69.9
69.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
78.2
75.3 - 81.0
78.3
76.8 - 79.7
76.9
75.3 - 78.4
71.6
70.0 - 73.3
75.3
72.1
70.5
Moncton
78.8
75.7 - 81.9
79.6
78.8 - 80.4
77.8
77.0 - 78.6
72.8
71.9 - 73.8
76.3
74.8
78.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
78.0
74.3 - 81.7
78.4
75.2 - 81.5
75.2
71.8 - 78.6
70.9
67.2 - 74.5
77.4
75.3
69.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
74.6
69.6 - 79.6
79.5
75.3 - 83.6
78.0
73.8 - 82.1
70.3
65.4 - 75.3
78.4
78.5
71.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
82.3
77.0 - 87.7
79.9
75.8 - 83.9
80.4
76.9 - 83.9
73.0
69.0 - 77.0
76.5
74.8
66.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
75.5
68.1 - 82.9
74.6
72.8 - 76.4
73.6
71.8 - 75.4
68.7
66.7 - 70.6
72.8
69.3
69.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
69.7
66.6 - 72.9
70.0
66.5 - 73.5
69.8
66.3 - 73.3
63.1
59.4 - 66.7
69.9
67.3
73.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
79.6
74.8 - 84.4
78.7
77.4 - 80.0
77.4
76.1 - 78.6
72.9
71.5 - 74.2
76.0
76.8
77.8
Riverview and Coverdale
78.2
73.3 - 83.1
75.8
74.0 - 77.6
75.5
73.6 - 77.3
71.4
69.4 - 73.5
76.2
70.2
74.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
75.6
67.8 - 83.5
74.2
71.5 - 77.0
72.5
69.6 - 75.3
67.5
64.2 - 70.8
74.9
74.5
71.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
76.7
73.4 - 80.1
76.6
75.5 - 77.8
75.4
74.4 - 76.5
68.2
67.0 - 69.3
73.5
70.3
72.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
76.5
75.5 - 77.5
75.2
72.5 - 77.9
72.1
69.5 - 74.7
67.5
64.8 - 70.1
71.5
63.7
69.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
76.4
71.8 - 81.0
79.3
77.0 - 81.6
77.4
75.2 - 79.6
72.4
69.7 - 75.1
78.4
77.7
79.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
82.2
80.0 - 84.5
81.2
78.6 - 83.9
78.5
75.6 - 81.4
78.9
76.0 - 81.9
82.3
80.8
77.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
78.4
77.1 - 79.7
78.8
76.0 - 81.6
73.1
70.1 - 76.0
66.6
63.0 - 70.1
71.3
71.5
74.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
77.5
70.6 - 84.4
75.1
72.7 - 77.6
74.6
72.2 - 77.1
68.8
66.2 - 71.4
74.1
71.9
77.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
75.9
70.4 - 81.3
76.9
74.5 - 79.3
74.7
72.3 - 77.0
66.8
64.4 - 69.3
74.9
75.0
73.9
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
80.3
76.8 - 83.8
81.3
79.2 - 83.4
80.3
78.2 - 82.5
77.4
75.0 - 79.8
80.0
80.3
75.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
77.1
74.7 - 79.5
76.9
76.1 - 77.7
75.0
74.2 - 75.8
69.9
69.1 - 70.8
74.6
71.3
74.3
Anglophone North School District
75.3
71.8 - 78.7
75.5
74.3 - 76.6
73.6
72.4 - 74.8
69.5
68.2 - 70.8
73.9
69.3
70.3
Anglophone South School District
77.8
75.3 - 80.2
77.2
76.4 - 77.9
75.7
75.0 - 76.4
69.1
68.3 - 69.8
74.2
72.8
74.9
Anglophone West School District
77.8
75.2 - 80.4
77.3
76.6 - 78.0
76.4
75.7 - 77.1
71.4
70.6 - 72.2
76.7
72.4
72.9
Anglophone sector
77.3
76.0 - 78.7
76.9
76.5 - 77.3
75.5
75.1 - 75.9
70.1
69.6 - 70.5
75.1
71.9
73.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
80.7
78.7 - 82.8
82.3
81.3 - 83.3
80.6
79.5 - 81.6
78.0
76.9 - 79.2
81.5
79.6
78.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
80.1
78.7 - 81.5
80.8
79.5 - 82.2
78.6
77.2 - 80.0
83.0
80.9
79.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
80.6
78.6 - 82.5
83.6
82.8 - 84.4
82.9
82.1 - 83.6
78.4
77.4 - 79.3
81.5
80.9
83.0
Francophone sector
80.4
78.8 - 82.1
82.6
82.0 - 83.1
81.8
81.3 - 82.4
78.3
77.7 - 79.0
81.8
80.5
80.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
83.6
82.8 - 84.4
83.6
83.2 - 84.0
82.0
81.6 - 82.5
78.0
77.5 - 78.5
81.3
80.5
83.1
Grades 9 to 12
74.5
73.2 - 75.8
74.8
74.4 - 75.3
74.0
73.5 - 74.4
68.5
68.0 - 69.0
73.8
70.0
70.4
Gender
Female
78.3
77.0 - 79.7
77.8
77.3 - 78.3
76.3
75.9 - 76.8
72.9
72.4 - 73.4
77.2
n/a
n/a
Male
79.9
78.8 - 81.1
80.9
80.5 - 81.4
80.2
79.7 - 80.6
75.0
74.5 - 75.5
80.5
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
51.9
47.9 - 56.0
52.0
48.7 - 55.4
51.1
48.1 - 54.0
46.4
44.5 - 48.3
48.3
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
76.8
75.4 - 78.2
76.3
75.8 - 76.8
74.6
74.1 - 75.1
70.2
69.7 - 70.7
73.8
75.5
n/a
Male
80.0
78.8 - 81.2
81.0
80.6 - 81.5
80.3
79.9 - 80.8
75.0
74.5 - 75.5
80.6
73.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
61.2
59.5 - 62.9
60.8
59.6 - 61.9
59.9
58.8 - 60.9
58.7
57.8 - 59.6
61.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
69.9
68.0 - 71.7
69.6
68.3 - 70.9
67.2
65.9 - 68.6
64.0
62.4 - 65.6
70.1
68.2
67.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
78.4
76.9 - 79.8
77.3
76.5 - 78.2
78.6
77.8 - 79.5
71.6
70.6 - 72.7
75.0
71.9
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
68.1
66.2 - 70.0
68.4
67.0 - 69.7
68.1
66.8 - 69.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
76.6
75.0 - 78.2
75.8
75.1 - 76.6
76.6
75.8 - 77.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
83.1
81.7 - 84.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
70.7
69.1 - 72.2
n/a
n/a
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 reported feeling their parents or guardians like them and care about them.

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: h) My parents like me and care about me.

Notes

Due to a low school participation rate in some areas of the province for the 2025-2026 edition of this survey, survey results are not available for District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest (school district), Madawaska and North-West Area (health zone), Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer (community), and Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area (community).

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_MEF08_1

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