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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported feeling they have a choice about when and how to do their schoolwork

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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
36.5
34.6 - 38.4
33.3
32.9 - 33.6
34.0
33.7 - 34.4
29.9
29.5 - 30.2
32.6
34.9
37.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
39.8
36.0 - 43.6
35.8
35.2 - 36.5
36.3
35.6 - 36.9
31.6
30.9 - 32.3
33.4
35.7
39.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
33.5
31.1 - 35.9
30.4
29.6 - 31.2
31.7
30.9 - 32.4
27.4
26.6 - 28.1
31.9
33.5
35.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
31.8
29.0 - 34.6
28.0
27.3 - 28.8
29.8
29.1 - 30.5
26.3
25.5 - 27.0
29.8
32.2
34.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
42.0
40.4 - 43.6
42.6
41.0 - 44.3
37.4
35.8 - 38.9
37.6
40.5
42.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
38.7
34.7 - 42.7
35.1
33.0 - 37.3
34.7
32.4 - 36.9
31.3
29.0 - 33.5
33.3
36.3
40.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
42.8
38.6 - 47.1
41.0
39.7 - 42.3
39.6
38.3 - 40.9
35.5
34.1 - 36.8
36.3
40.6
41.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
32.2
27.6 - 36.8
30.4
28.8 - 31.9
33.3
31.7 - 34.9
28.9
27.4 - 30.5
32.1
34.0
36.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
41.2
34.1 - 48.2
40.8
38.8 - 42.8
37.1
35.2 - 39.1
34.5
32.5 - 36.5
35.5
39.5
37.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
42.0
35.8 - 48.2
34.9
32.8 - 37.0
34.4
32.3 - 36.4
35.7
33.5 - 38.0
34.3
33.8
37.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
39.6
33.2 - 46.1
37.5
34.7 - 40.3
37.6
34.5 - 40.7
35.0
32.0 - 38.0
34.7
38.6
43.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
41.4
36.8 - 45.9
35.9
32.6 - 39.1
39.5
36.0 - 42.9
34.7
31.1 - 38.2
36.9
42.3
45.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
37.3
35.0 - 39.7
31.7
28.4 - 35.0
30.7
27.5 - 33.9
26.0
22.7 - 29.3
31.2
33.2
37.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
49.3
43.5 - 55.2
45.9
44.0 - 47.8
48.0
46.1 - 50.0
39.8
37.8 - 41.8
39.7
42.9
47.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
27.1
25.1 - 29.0
24.8
20.5 - 29.1
28.4
24.1 - 32.7
27.2
22.7 - 31.7
29.7
31.4
32.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
45.2
42.9 - 47.5
43.5
41.2 - 45.8
38.0
35.9 - 40.2
37.9
39.0
45.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
32.5
26.0 - 39.0
33.7
31.8 - 35.5
31.4
29.6 - 33.3
27.6
25.8 - 29.5
32.1
30.2
33.7
Fredericton
34.4
30.1 - 38.6
29.0
27.9 - 30.1
32.1
31.0 - 33.2
27.1
26.0 - 28.2
31.1
34.3
38.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
26.9
33.8
33.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
46.1
37.7 - 54.5
37.9
35.2 - 40.5
39.5
36.9 - 42.1
34.8
32.3 - 37.3
35.6
38.5
37.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
28.2
28.2 - 28.2
22.6
17.2 - 28.1
23.4
18.8 - 28.0
22.9
17.9 - 28.0
25.3
26.0
35.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
40.2
36.0 - 44.4
47.7
43.5 - 51.9
42.0
37.4 - 46.6
41.0
48.8
45.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
25.4
21.1 - 29.8
24.0
20.7 - 27.2
23.4
20.2 - 26.7
22.7
19.4 - 26.1
24.3
32.9
29.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
31.8
26.8 - 36.8
30.2
28.6 - 31.8
33.0
31.3 - 34.7
28.9
27.2 - 30.5
32.3
33.4
34.9
Moncton
40.0
34.8 - 45.1
36.7
35.7 - 37.6
37.5
36.6 - 38.5
31.9
30.9 - 32.9
34.3
36.6
41.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
29.6
26.0 - 33.1
27.3
23.9 - 30.7
28.0
24.5 - 31.6
26.7
23.1 - 30.2
29.9
32.0
32.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
36.0
29.9 - 42.1
32.0
27.2 - 36.8
36.5
31.6 - 41.4
29.5
24.5 - 34.4
30.8
39.3
50.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
30.6
27.6 - 33.5
24.7
20.5 - 28.9
26.2
22.4 - 29.9
25.3
21.4 - 29.3
29.4
32.6
37.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
27.1
23.3 - 30.9
24.2
22.4 - 26.0
25.4
23.6 - 27.1
24.3
22.5 - 26.1
26.5
28.7
28.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
24.4
21.6 - 27.3
20.8
17.6 - 23.9
23.1
19.9 - 26.3
22.8
19.7 - 26.0
23.2
28.4
30.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
33.0
30.2 - 35.8
29.8
28.4 - 31.3
32.2
30.8 - 33.6
27.2
25.8 - 28.5
31.4
32.9
36.1
Riverview and Coverdale
34.5
26.4 - 42.7
29.6
27.7 - 31.5
26.1
24.1 - 28.0
24.0
22.1 - 25.9
26.1
31.1
34.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
30.2
25.7 - 34.7
26.5
23.8 - 29.3
29.0
26.1 - 31.9
27.3
24.1 - 30.4
28.3
29.3
33.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
34.4
30.5 - 38.4
31.4
30.2 - 32.7
32.2
31.1 - 33.3
28.0
26.9 - 29.1
32.0
33.8
35.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
27.5
24.4 - 30.5
23.8
21.2 - 26.5
24.6
22.1 - 27.1
20.1
17.9 - 22.4
24.3
28.0
31.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
43.5
32.8 - 54.3
40.0
37.2 - 42.9
40.4
37.8 - 43.0
32.1
29.3 - 34.9
38.3
39.8
42.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
41.6
35.9 - 47.3
40.6
37.3 - 44.0
38.3
34.9 - 41.7
36.0
32.5 - 39.5
36.7
44.2
44.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
30.1
26.8 - 33.4
27.7
24.6 - 30.8
26.9
23.9 - 29.9
25.9
22.6 - 29.1
31.7
31.0
35.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
37.9
29.6 - 46.2
31.0
28.4 - 33.6
33.4
30.8 - 36.0
29.1
26.6 - 31.7
33.7
34.6
36.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
30.4
27.4 - 33.4
28.0
25.4 - 30.5
30.7
28.2 - 33.2
25.6
23.4 - 27.9
32.6
33.7
34.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
47.6
40.0 - 55.2
45.0
42.4 - 47.7
45.2
42.5 - 47.9
37.4
34.6 - 40.2
37.3
39.8
40.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
34.1
31.2 - 37.0
31.0
30.1 - 31.8
31.6
30.8 - 32.5
26.6
25.8 - 27.5
29.8
32.7
36.4
Anglophone North School District
32.3
29.3 - 35.3
29.1
27.9 - 30.3
30.9
29.7 - 32.2
27.9
26.7 - 29.2
31.4
32.8
33.3
Anglophone South School District
33.2
30.8 - 35.6
29.8
29.0 - 30.6
31.3
30.5 - 32.0
26.9
26.1 - 27.6
31.7
33.2
34.9
Anglophone West School District
30.2
28.4 - 32.1
28.0
27.2 - 28.7
29.0
28.2 - 29.7
26.2
25.5 - 27.0
29.2
31.8
33.5
Anglophone sector
32.4
31.0 - 33.8
29.4
29.0 - 29.9
30.6
30.2 - 31.0
26.7
26.3 - 27.1
30.4
32.6
34.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
44.0
40.9 - 47.2
42.0
40.7 - 43.2
40.2
38.9 - 41.5
36.1
34.8 - 37.5
36.1
41.6
43.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
43.8
42.0 - 45.5
44.2
42.5 - 45.9
38.8
37.1 - 40.5
38.5
40.9
44.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
48.9
45.9 - 51.8
44.3
43.3 - 45.3
44.2
43.2 - 45.2
38.7
37.6 - 39.9
39.2
40.2
46.2
Francophone sector
47.3
45.2 - 49.4
43.5
42.8 - 44.2
43.0
42.3 - 43.7
38.0
37.2 - 38.7
38.1
40.8
45.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
32.4
30.7 - 34.2
30.1
29.6 - 30.6
30.2
29.7 - 30.8
27.1
26.6 - 27.6
29.6
31.3
36.8
Grades 9 to 12
39.3
36.5 - 42.1
35.5
35.0 - 36.0
36.7
36.2 - 37.2
31.8
31.3 - 32.3
34.7
37.5
38.0
Gender
Female
38.0
35.5 - 40.6
33.9
33.3 - 34.4
35.4
34.9 - 35.9
31.6
31.0 - 32.2
34.1
n/a
n/a
Male
36.0
34.4 - 37.7
33.5
32.9 - 34.0
33.7
33.2 - 34.3
29.4
28.9 - 30.0
33.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
23.6
20.1 - 27.1
22.0
19.2 - 24.8
25.0
22.4 - 27.6
20.0
18.5 - 21.5
19.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
37.2
34.7 - 39.7
33.1
32.6 - 33.7
34.5
34.0 - 35.0
30.3
29.8 - 30.9
32.4
36.9
n/a
Male
35.9
34.3 - 37.5
33.5
32.9 - 34.0
33.7
33.2 - 34.3
29.4
28.9 - 30.0
33.0
33.0
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
29.5
27.1 - 31.8
26.2
25.2 - 27.3
27.8
26.8 - 28.8
24.4
23.7 - 25.2
25.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
32.4
30.3 - 34.6
28.3
27.0 - 29.6
30.2
28.9 - 31.5
27.5
26.0 - 29.0
28.7
28.3
31.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
44.8
43.0 - 46.7
41.9
40.9 - 42.9
42.4
41.4 - 43.5
38.4
37.2 - 39.6
41.9
42.4
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
29.9
28.2 - 31.6
26.2
25.0 - 27.5
28.1
26.8 - 29.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
41.9
39.9 - 43.8
39.4
38.5 - 40.3
38.6
37.7 - 39.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
40.6
38.1 - 43.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
32.4
30.6 - 34.1
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 they have a choice about when and how to do their schoolwork.

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: i) I feel I have a choice about when and how to do my schoolwork.

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_MEF09_1

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