Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported feeling they like to spend time with their friends

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
72.0
71.6 - 72.4
72.6
72.3 - 72.9
67.8
67.4 - 68.1
73.7
66.7
66.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
73.0
72.3 - 73.6
73.4
72.8 - 74.0
68.4
67.7 - 69.1
74.0
67.3
68.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
70.3
69.5 - 71.1
71.0
70.3 - 71.8
65.9
65.1 - 66.7
72.0
65.8
65.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
72.2
71.5 - 73.0
72.7
71.9 - 73.4
66.9
66.1 - 67.7
73.7
65.1
64.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
68.9
67.4 - 70.4
72.0
70.6 - 73.5
69.3
67.8 - 70.7
75.8
69.6
70.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
71.0
69.0 - 73.1
72.1
70.0 - 74.2
68.0
65.8 - 70.3
72.2
64.6
65.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
74.8
73.6 - 76.0
74.6
73.5 - 75.8
71.9
70.6 - 73.2
77.3
72.1
71.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
71.8
70.3 - 73.3
72.4
70.9 - 74.0
68.0
66.3 - 69.6
73.0
64.3
62.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
74.8
73.0 - 76.6
74.4
72.7 - 76.2
71.2
69.2 - 73.1
76.1
70.8
70.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
71.7
69.7 - 73.7
74.2
72.4 - 76.1
67.2
64.9 - 69.4
73.2
66.9
65.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
70.7
68.0 - 73.3
73.3
70.4 - 76.1
68.5
65.6 - 71.4
71.5
65.9
70.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
76.0
73.1 - 78.9
75.5
72.4 - 78.5
74.1
70.8 - 77.3
79.6
70.7
74.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
71.6
68.4 - 74.7
70.5
67.4 - 73.7
67.4
63.9 - 70.9
73.3
62.7
60.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
80.4
78.9 - 81.9
80.3
78.7 - 81.8
76.1
74.5 - 77.8
79.9
79.0
80.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
67.0
62.4 - 71.6
69.9
65.6 - 74.2
61.9
57.0 - 66.7
72.9
67.7
68.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
70.2
68.1 - 72.3
72.7
70.7 - 74.8
72.0
70.0 - 74.0
78.3
70.7
73.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
73.3
71.6 - 75.1
71.0
69.2 - 72.8
67.5
65.6 - 69.5
71.9
63.1
63.2
Fredericton
73.4
72.3 - 74.5
74.6
73.6 - 75.6
69.1
68.0 - 70.3
75.5
67.2
68.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
64.6
62.0 - 67.3
69.2
66.7 - 71.7
64.9
62.4 - 67.4
71.1
66.8
63.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
68.7
62.2 - 75.3
70.7
65.8 - 75.7
60.4
54.6 - 66.2
73.6
58.6
61.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
74.5
70.8 - 78.2
76.5
72.9 - 80.1
69.6
65.4 - 73.9
75.8
67.7
75.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
64.6
61.0 - 68.2
66.6
63.1 - 70.2
58.3
54.4 - 62.3
65.9
58.3
58.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
72.2
70.6 - 73.7
72.4
70.8 - 74.0
68.2
66.5 - 69.9
72.7
63.7
61.3
Moncton
72.5
71.6 - 73.4
72.5
71.6 - 73.3
67.6
66.6 - 68.6
73.0
66.1
67.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
69.1
65.6 - 72.7
72.8
69.3 - 76.3
65.0
61.1 - 68.8
68.8
61.7
62.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
68.4
63.6 - 73.2
72.7
68.2 - 77.2
66.0
60.9 - 71.1
76.1
69.8
71.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
77.4
73.4 - 81.4
77.0
73.4 - 80.6
70.2
66.1 - 74.4
75.2
63.7
55.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
73.1
71.3 - 75.0
70.8
69.0 - 72.6
64.5
62.5 - 66.5
73.8
65.5
63.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
63.0
59.3 - 66.7
66.0
62.4 - 69.6
60.3
56.6 - 64.1
70.5
60.3
60.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
71.6
70.2 - 73.1
72.2
70.9 - 73.6
67.6
66.2 - 69.1
73.1
69.1
67.4
Riverview and Coverdale
71.3
69.4 - 73.2
70.0
68.0 - 72.0
66.1
63.9 - 68.2
72.3
63.5
67.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
68.3
65.4 - 71.2
69.2
66.3 - 72.2
63.9
60.6 - 67.3
73.2
60.6
61.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
69.3
68.1 - 70.5
70.0
68.9 - 71.1
65.5
64.3 - 66.6
71.7
63.5
65.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
67.7
64.8 - 70.6
70.8
68.1 - 73.5
63.7
60.9 - 66.4
70.3
55.1
60.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
74.5
72.0 - 77.0
76.6
74.4 - 78.9
71.3
68.6 - 74.1
77.2
74.3
73.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
76.5
73.6 - 79.4
74.8
71.8 - 77.8
71.6
68.3 - 74.9
76.6
70.7
72.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
72.4
69.3 - 75.5
70.7
67.7 - 73.8
63.2
59.7 - 66.8
70.1
66.5
66.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
69.9
67.3 - 72.6
73.0
70.5 - 75.5
65.7
63.0 - 68.4
72.3
63.8
62.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
70.1
67.5 - 72.7
69.5
67.0 - 72.0
63.7
61.2 - 66.1
71.2
66.5
63.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
72.9
70.5 - 75.3
74.4
72.0 - 76.7
72.0
69.4 - 74.6
78.5
76.2
70.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
69.9
69.1 - 70.8
70.2
69.4 - 71.0
65.2
64.3 - 66.2
71.2
62.0
64.1
Anglophone North School District
70.4
69.2 - 71.6
72.0
70.7 - 73.2
65.5
64.2 - 66.9
70.6
60.8
59.5
Anglophone South School District
70.0
69.2 - 70.9
70.9
70.1 - 71.6
65.8
65.0 - 66.6
71.8
65.3
65.2
Anglophone West School District
71.6
70.9 - 72.4
71.9
71.1 - 72.6
66.4
65.6 - 67.2
73.1
64.5
63.6
Anglophone sector
70.6
70.1 - 71.0
71.1
70.7 - 71.6
65.8
65.4 - 66.3
71.9
63.8
63.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
74.9
73.8 - 76.1
74.3
73.1 - 75.4
72.5
71.3 - 73.7
78.0
73.3
73.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
70.3
68.7 - 71.9
72.9
71.3 - 74.4
70.4
68.8 - 72.0
77.3
70.3
72.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
78.2
77.3 - 79.1
78.7
77.8 - 79.5
73.6
72.6 - 74.6
78.8
76.0
77.1
Francophone sector
75.8
75.1 - 76.4
76.3
75.7 - 76.9
72.7
72.0 - 73.4
78.3
74.0
74.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
78.5
78.1 - 79.0
78.5
78.0 - 79.0
73.5
72.9 - 74.0
78.8
72.0
74.2
Grades 9 to 12
67.3
66.8 - 67.8
68.5
68.0 - 68.9
63.7
63.2 - 64.2
70.0
63.0
61.9
Gender
Female
74.0
73.5 - 74.5
74.6
74.1 - 75.1
70.7
70.1 - 71.2
74.8
n/a
n/a
Male
70.8
70.2 - 71.3
71.2
70.7 - 71.8
65.7
65.1 - 66.2
73.8
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
64.9
61.7 - 68.1
69.4
66.7 - 72.1
65.1
63.3 - 66.9
68.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
73.7
73.2 - 74.2
74.2
73.7 - 74.7
70.1
69.5 - 70.6
74.0
71.1
n/a
Male
70.5
69.9 - 71.0
71.2
70.7 - 71.7
65.5
64.9 - 66.0
73.6
62.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
68.7
67.6 - 69.8
70.5
69.5 - 71.5
66.6
65.8 - 67.5
69.8
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
67.5
66.1 - 68.8
69.7
68.4 - 71.1
65.4
63.8 - 67.0
69.0
61.0
60.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
68.6
67.6 - 69.6
68.6
67.6 - 69.6
62.9
61.7 - 64.0
67.5
62.2
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
66.5
65.2 - 67.9
68.0
66.6 - 69.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
68.2
67.3 - 69.1
68.0
67.1 - 68.9
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 like to spend time with their friends.

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: q) I like to spend time 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_MEF17_1

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