Students in grades 6 to 12 who report feeling their friends like them and care about them

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
53.9 - 54.7
50.4
50.0 - 50.8
54.3
48.6
51.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
55.0
54.3 - 55.7
49.8
49.1 - 50.5
53.6
48.2
52.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
55.2
54.4 - 56.0
50.4
49.6 - 51.2
56.1
50.6
52.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
55.4
54.6 - 56.2
53.3
52.4 - 54.1
56.0
49.5
51.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
49.7
48.1 - 51.3
47.3
45.7 - 48.9
50.7
46.2
52.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
51.4
49.0 - 53.7
49.6
47.2 - 52.0
50.8
42.1
47.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
50.9
49.6 - 52.3
47.5
46.1 - 48.9
50.9
47.0
49.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
53.1
51.4 - 54.8
49.0
47.3 - 50.7
53.1
47.1
48.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
52.8
50.8 - 54.8
49.9
47.8 - 52.0
51.5
47.8
50.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
51.8
49.7 - 54.0
47.9
45.6 - 50.3
48.5
41.8
46.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
53.3
50.1 - 56.5
51.0
47.9 - 54.1
51.2
44.7
49.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
49.6
46.1 - 53.2
45.0
41.4 - 48.7
48.7
42.5
50.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
48.7
45.2 - 52.1
47.8
44.0 - 51.5
50.3
38.3
46.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
58.3
56.4 - 60.2
53.9
51.9 - 55.9
55.9
55.2
57.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
53.8
49.1 - 58.5
50.7
45.7 - 55.7
56.5
50.0
48.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
51.6
49.4 - 53.9
48.3
46.1 - 50.6
52.4
47.9
55.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
55.4
53.5 - 57.4
55.3
53.3 - 57.4
56.8
50.2
53.0
Fredericton
57.5
56.4 - 58.6
55.8
54.5 - 57.0
58.4
51.9
54.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
55.0
53.1
59.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
44.8
42.1 - 47.5
45.7
43.0 - 48.3
47.2
42.6
46.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
55.6
50.1 - 61.0
46.7
40.8 - 52.7
53.8
42.5
42.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
54.8
50.6 - 59.0
47.5
42.9 - 52.1
51.7
42.9
55.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
45.0
41.2 - 48.7
44.4
40.4 - 48.4
48.6
42.3
46.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
54.2
52.5 - 56.0
49.3
47.5 - 51.2
53.8
48.0
48.0
Moncton
55.2
54.3 - 56.2
49.1
48.0 - 50.2
54.3
49.2
53.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
55.2
51.3 - 59.0
50.6
46.5 - 54.6
49.7
47.8
50.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
43.6
38.7 - 48.6
45.8
40.4 - 51.2
47.5
39.3
56.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
57.1
52.9 - 61.3
51.1
46.6 - 55.7
60.2
46.9
42.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
54.3
52.3 - 56.3
49.9
47.8 - 52.0
51.9
46.4
48.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
43.7
40.0 - 47.5
45.6
41.8 - 49.4
51.2
43.1
50.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
57.6
56.1 - 59.0
53.1
51.6 - 54.7
58.2
53.6
52.4
Riverview and Coverdale
52.9
50.8 - 55.1
51.7
49.4 - 53.9
55.5
49.7
52.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
56.0
52.8 - 59.2
49.6
46.1 - 53.1
53.2
47.2
49.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
54.7
53.5 - 55.8
49.8
48.6 - 51.1
55.8
49.1
53.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
52.3
49.4 - 55.2
47.1
44.3 - 49.9
51.7
37.1
46.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
56.2
53.6 - 58.8
48.3
45.3 - 51.3
51.5
46.6
54.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
47.4
43.9 - 50.8
43.6
40.0 - 47.2
50.9
45.4
47.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
49.6
46.2 - 52.9
47.6
43.9 - 51.3
50.8
49.2
52.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
53.5
50.7 - 56.3
47.7
44.9 - 50.5
55.4
47.8
51.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
54.8
52.1 - 57.5
47.5
45.0 - 50.1
55.6
50.5
51.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
50.4
47.7 - 53.1
47.2
44.4 - 50.1
51.3
49.1
49.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
53.4
52.5 - 54.3
49.6
48.7 - 50.6
54.2
47.0
50.6
Anglophone North School District
53.7
52.3 - 55.0
49.1
47.7 - 50.5
51.5
45.4
47.2
Anglophone South School District
55.2
54.4 - 56.0
50.6
49.8 - 51.4
56.1
50.4
52.4
Anglophone West School District
54.9
54.1 - 55.7
52.9
52.1 - 53.7
56.0
49.6
51.3
Anglophone sector
54.5
54.0 - 54.9
50.9
50.5 - 51.4
55.1
48.8
51.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
49.7
48.4 - 51.1
47.4
46.0 - 48.8
51.1
45.8
49.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
50.3
48.6 - 52.0
47.7
46.0 - 49.4
51.4
46.5
53.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
57.5
56.5 - 58.4
50.2
49.1 - 51.4
53.4
50.3
55.8
Francophone sector
53.9
53.2 - 54.6
48.9
48.1 - 49.7
52.3
48.1
53.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
55.5
54.9 - 56.0
52.4
51.8 - 53.0
55.0
49.8
55.7
Grades 9 to 12
53.5
53.0 - 54.0
48.9
48.4 - 49.5
53.8
47.8
48.9
Gender
Female
57.9
57.3 - 58.4
55.2
54.6 - 55.8
58.2
n/a
n/a
Male
51.8
51.3 - 52.4
46.7
46.1 - 47.3
51.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
48.9
45.9 - 51.8
45.0
43.1 - 46.9
47.9
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
57.2
56.7 - 57.7
54.1
53.5 - 54.6
56.9
53.8
n/a
Male
51.5
51.0 - 52.1
46.6
46.0 - 47.2
51.8
43.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
51.8
50.7 - 52.9
47.7
46.8 - 48.6
50.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
50.6
49.2 - 52.1
49.4
47.6 - 51.1
49.6
43.5
46.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
51.6
50.5 - 52.7
47.4
46.2 - 48.6
52.3
46.7
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
51.6
50.1 - 53.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
51.4
50.4 - 52.3
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 their friends 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: n) My friends like me and care about me.

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_MEF14_1

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