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

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