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

Table

Unit %

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
54.1
53.7 - 54.5
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
54.2
53.5 - 54.9
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 - 56.1
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
56.0
55.1 - 56.8
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
49.1
47.5 - 50.7
49.7
48.1 - 51.3
47.3
45.7 - 48.9
50.7
46.2
52.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
49.4
47.2 - 51.7
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
52.3
51.0 - 53.7
50.9
49.6 - 52.3
47.5
46.1 - 48.9
50.9
47.0
49.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
51.7
50.0 - 53.3
53.1
51.4 - 54.8
49.0
47.3 - 50.7
53.1
47.1
48.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
54.2
52.2 - 56.2
52.8
50.8 - 54.8
49.9
47.8 - 52.0
51.5
47.8
50.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
50.2
48.0 - 52.4
51.8
49.7 - 54.0
47.9
45.6 - 50.3
48.5
41.8
46.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
48.4
45.5 - 51.3
53.3
50.1 - 56.5
51.0
47.9 - 54.1
51.2
44.7
49.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
51.5
48.1 - 54.9
49.6
46.1 - 53.2
45.0
41.4 - 48.7
48.7
42.5
50.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
50.9
47.4 - 54.4
48.7
45.2 - 52.1
47.8
44.0 - 51.5
50.3
38.3
46.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
58.6
56.8 - 60.5
58.3
56.4 - 60.2
53.9
51.9 - 55.9
55.9
55.2
57.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
48.2
43.4 - 53.1
53.8
49.1 - 58.5
50.7
45.7 - 55.7
56.5
50.0
48.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
51.5
49.2 - 53.8
51.6
49.4 - 53.9
48.3
46.1 - 50.6
52.4
47.9
55.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
59.4
57.4 - 61.3
55.4
53.5 - 57.4
55.3
53.3 - 57.4
56.8
50.2
53.0
Fredericton
57.6
56.4 - 58.8
57.5
56.4 - 58.6
55.8
54.5 - 57.0
58.4
51.9
54.6
Grand Falls, Saint-LĂ©onard, Drummond Area
45.9
43.2 - 48.6
44.8
42.1 - 47.5
45.7
43.0 - 48.3
47.2
42.6
46.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
48.3
41.3 - 55.2
55.6
50.1 - 61.0
46.7
40.8 - 52.7
53.8
42.5
42.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
47.8
43.5 - 52.1
54.8
50.6 - 59.0
47.5
42.9 - 52.1
51.7
42.9
55.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
43.5
39.7 - 47.3
45.0
41.2 - 48.7
44.4
40.4 - 48.4
48.6
42.3
46.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
53.0
51.2 - 54.7
54.2
52.5 - 56.0
49.3
47.5 - 51.2
53.8
48.0
48.0
Moncton
54.7
53.7 - 55.7
55.2
54.3 - 56.2
49.1
48.0 - 50.2
54.3
49.2
53.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
53.9
50.1 - 57.7
55.2
51.3 - 59.0
50.6
46.5 - 54.6
49.7
47.8
50.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
39.1
34.0 - 44.1
43.6
38.7 - 48.6
45.8
40.4 - 51.2
47.5
39.3
56.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
56.5
51.6 - 61.3
57.1
52.9 - 61.3
51.1
46.6 - 55.7
60.2
46.9
42.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
56.2
54.2 - 58.3
54.3
52.3 - 56.3
49.9
47.8 - 52.0
51.9
46.4
48.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
44.4
40.6 - 48.1
43.7
40.0 - 47.5
45.6
41.8 - 49.4
51.2
43.1
50.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
57.0
55.4 - 58.6
57.6
56.1 - 59.0
53.1
51.6 - 54.7
58.2
53.6
52.4
Riverview and Coverdale
55.4
53.3 - 57.4
52.9
50.8 - 55.1
51.7
49.4 - 53.9
55.5
49.7
52.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
49.2
46.1 - 52.3
56.0
52.8 - 59.2
49.6
46.1 - 53.1
53.2
47.2
49.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
54.9
53.6 - 56.2
54.7
53.5 - 55.8
49.8
48.6 - 51.1
55.8
49.1
53.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
51.3
48.2 - 54.4
52.3
49.4 - 55.2
47.1
44.3 - 49.9
51.7
37.1
46.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
53.6
50.7 - 56.5
56.2
53.6 - 58.8
48.3
45.3 - 51.3
51.5
46.6
54.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
47.3
43.9 - 50.6
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
53.5
50.1 - 56.9
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
54.7
51.9 - 57.6
53.5
50.7 - 56.3
47.7
44.9 - 50.5
55.4
47.8
51.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
53.2
50.4 - 56.0
54.8
52.1 - 57.5
47.5
45.0 - 50.1
55.6
50.5
51.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
52.6
50.0 - 55.3
50.4
47.7 - 53.1
47.2
44.4 - 50.1
51.3
49.1
49.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
53.3
52.4 - 54.2
53.4
52.5 - 54.3
49.6
48.7 - 50.6
54.2
47.0
50.6
Anglophone North School District
51.8
50.4 - 53.1
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 - 56.1
55.2
54.4 - 56.0
50.6
49.8 - 51.4
56.1
50.4
52.4
Anglophone West School District
55.6
54.8 - 56.4
54.9
54.1 - 55.7
52.9
52.1 - 53.7
56.0
49.6
51.3
Anglophone sector
54.4
54.0 - 54.9
54.5
54.0 - 54.9
50.9
50.5 - 51.4
55.1
48.8
51.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
51.2
49.9 - 52.5
49.7
48.4 - 51.1
47.4
46.0 - 48.8
51.1
45.8
49.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
49.4
47.6 - 51.1
50.3
48.6 - 52.0
47.7
46.0 - 49.4
51.4
46.5
53.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
55.9
54.9 - 57.0
57.5
56.5 - 58.4
50.2
49.1 - 51.4
53.4
50.3
55.8
Francophone sector
53.3
52.6 - 54.0
53.9
53.2 - 54.6
48.9
48.1 - 49.7
52.3
48.1
53.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
56.1
55.5 - 56.7
55.5
54.9 - 56.0
52.4
51.8 - 53.0
55.0
49.8
55.7
Grades 9 to 12
52.7
52.2 - 53.3
53.5
53.0 - 54.0
48.9
48.4 - 49.5
53.8
47.8
48.9
Gender
Female
57.7
57.1 - 58.3
57.9
57.3 - 58.4
55.2
54.6 - 55.8
58.2
n/a
n/a
Male
51.5
50.9 - 52.0
51.8
51.3 - 52.4
46.7
46.1 - 47.3
51.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
47.0
43.7 - 50.4
48.9
45.9 - 51.8
45.0
43.1 - 46.9
47.9
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
57.1
56.5 - 57.6
57.2
56.7 - 57.7
54.1
53.5 - 54.6
56.9
53.8
n/a
Male
51.3
50.8 - 51.9
51.5
51.0 - 52.1
46.6
46.0 - 47.2
51.8
43.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
49.2
48.0 - 50.4
51.8
50.7 - 52.9
47.7
46.8 - 48.6
50.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
49.0
47.6 - 50.4
50.6
49.2 - 52.1
49.4
47.6 - 51.1
49.6
43.5
46.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
51.9
50.9 - 52.9
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
49.2
47.8 - 50.7
51.6
50.1 - 53.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
51.4
50.5 - 52.3
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 reported 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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