Students in grades 6 to 12 who report feeling they have a choice about which activities to do with their friends

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
41.3
40.9 - 41.7
47.0
43.8
46.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
42.6
41.8 - 43.3
46.6
44.5
48.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
39.6
38.8 - 40.4
46.8
43.1
45.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
39.8
39.0 - 40.6
47.4
42.9
45.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
45.1
43.5 - 46.7
49.6
48.1
51.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
42.3
40.0 - 44.7
44.9
41.9
44.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
43.5
42.1 - 45.0
47.6
45.3
47.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
39.1
37.5 - 40.8
45.9
41.4
42.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
42.3
40.2 - 44.4
45.5
45.6
48.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
40.9
38.5 - 43.2
45.5
39.3
43.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
44.6
41.5 - 47.7
46.1
44.4
46.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
41.7
38.1 - 45.3
49.1
43.7
49.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
39.1
35.4 - 42.8
43.1
38.3
42.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
49.8
47.8 - 51.8
52.8
55.9
57.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
36.1
31.3 - 41.0
53.9
41.6
46.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
47.7
45.4 - 49.9
51.4
47.8
54.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
42.3
40.2 - 44.3
48.2
42.2
46.3
Fredericton
42.3
41.1 - 43.6
48.6
45.5
49.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
50.0
44.0
54.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
40.1
37.5 - 42.7
43.7
43.7
44.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
36.7
30.9 - 42.4
41.1
35.1
43.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
47.9
43.3 - 52.5
56.2
53.8
55.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.1
27.4 - 34.8
44.7
35.3
43.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
39.0
37.3 - 40.8
46.5
41.6
42.2
Moncton
42.8
41.7 - 43.9
46.8
45.1
49.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
37.8
33.9 - 41.7
45.8
45.9
43.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
40.1
34.8 - 45.5
40.3
40.3
48.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
41.9
37.4 - 46.4
47.6
41.1
37.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
35.3
33.3 - 37.3
45.2
39.8
39.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
31.2
27.7 - 34.8
38.2
36.1
44.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
40.8
39.3 - 42.3
47.4
46.2
45.6
Riverview and Coverdale
38.6
36.4 - 40.7
45.1
39.9
45.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
36.8
33.4 - 40.2
41.3
41.3
45.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
39.7
38.5 - 40.9
46.9
41.7
45.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
38.0
35.2 - 40.7
41.2
35.3
38.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
43.0
40.0 - 46.0
46.8
46.8
51.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
44.3
40.7 - 47.9
47.5
48.7
48.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
35.8
32.3 - 39.4
42.9
39.5
45.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
40.9
38.2 - 43.7
49.2
44.1
47.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
36.4
33.9 - 38.9
44.2
41.4
43.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
46.4
43.5 - 49.3
50.7
43.9
45.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
39.9
38.9 - 40.8
44.5
40.8
44.9
Anglophone North School District
38.2
36.8 - 39.5
44.3
39.9
40.8
Anglophone South School District
39.6
38.8 - 40.4
46.7
42.7
45.4
Anglophone West School District
39.4
38.5 - 40.2
47.0
42.6
44.7
Anglophone sector
39.4
39.0 - 39.9
46.0
41.9
44.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
44.7
43.4 - 46.1
47.9
45.2
48.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
46.6
44.9 - 48.4
50.8
48.4
53.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
46.4
45.3 - 47.6
50.1
50.7
55.0
Francophone sector
45.9
45.2 - 46.7
49.5
48.5
52.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
42.1
41.5 - 42.7
46.4
44.1
50.4
Grades 9 to 12
40.6
40.1 - 41.2
47.5
43.6
44.2
Gender
Woman/Girl
42.7
42.1 - 43.3
48.1
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
41.1
40.6 - 41.7
47.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
33.0
31.3 - 34.8
35.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
41.6
41.0 - 42.2
46.4
45.7
n/a
Male
41.0
40.4 - 41.6
47.8
41.9
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
35.5
34.6 - 36.3
39.4
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
43.0
42.5 - 43.4
49.6
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
35.6
34.7 - 36.5
39.4
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
43.0
42.5 - 43.4
49.6
n/a
n/a
Race
White
42.0
41.5 - 42.5
48.2
n/a
n/a
South Asian
46.0
42.1 - 49.9
52.0
n/a
n/a
Other
41.9
39.0 - 44.8
41.5
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
44.9
42.0 - 47.7
49.7
n/a
n/a
Latino
44.8
41.7 - 47.8
48.2
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
38.4
36.5 - 40.3
45.3
n/a
n/a
Black
43.4
41.5 - 45.4
47.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
36.9
35.2 - 38.5
43.2
37.9
41.1
Non-Indigenous
42.4
41.9 - 42.8
47.8
44.5
47.0
Food poverty
Food poverty
28.1
26.7 - 29.5
35.8
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
42.3
41.9 - 42.7
48.1
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
43.1
41.9 - 44.3
48.2
44.0
n/a
Non-immigrants
41.0
40.6 - 41.5
46.9
43.8
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
36.3
35.6 - 36.9
40.9
n/a
n/a
No special need
44.0
43.5 - 44.5
50.3
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 they have a choice about which activities to do with their friends.

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: l) I feel I have a choice about which activities to do 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_MEF12_1

Charts

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