CSV PDF

Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported feeling they have a choice about when and how to do their household chores

CSV PDF

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 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
38.6
37.3 - 40.0
37.3
37.0 - 37.7
36.2
35.8 - 36.6
31.1
30.7 - 31.4
33.9
31.9
32.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
40.2
37.4 - 43.0
38.7
38.0 - 39.4
37.4
36.7 - 38.1
31.7
31.0 - 32.4
33.8
32.2
33.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
36.1
34.3 - 37.8
34.7
33.9 - 35.5
33.9
33.1 - 34.7
28.9
28.1 - 29.6
31.9
29.0
31.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
35.6
33.5 - 37.8
34.8
34.0 - 35.6
33.3
32.5 - 34.0
28.4
27.6 - 29.2
31.8
30.5
30.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
41.3
39.7 - 42.9
41.8
40.2 - 43.4
36.7
35.2 - 38.3
38.7
38.4
36.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
41.9
39.2 - 44.7
36.5
34.4 - 38.7
35.9
33.6 - 38.1
34.1
31.8 - 36.3
37.6
31.1
34.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
44.4
41.7 - 47.1
42.7
41.4 - 44.1
41.9
40.6 - 43.3
36.6
35.3 - 38.0
39.4
38.2
36.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
39.0
36.2 - 41.9
39.7
38.1 - 41.3
38.8
37.2 - 40.5
32.5
30.9 - 34.1
36.5
33.0
33.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
43.1
39.4 - 46.8
42.2
40.3 - 44.2
40.1
38.1 - 42.0
36.3
34.3 - 38.4
39.8
38.2
35.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
41.4
34.7 - 48.1
37.6
35.5 - 39.8
39.3
37.3 - 41.4
35.6
33.3 - 37.9
33.0
31.9
31.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
42.2
39.6 - 44.8
36.9
34.0 - 39.7
37.9
34.8 - 41.0
36.6
33.6 - 39.6
38.2
32.3
37.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
46.3
44.1 - 48.5
42.2
38.8 - 45.6
45.7
42.1 - 49.2
33.2
29.8 - 36.7
36.6
36.3
38.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
41.5
35.9 - 47.2
36.0
32.7 - 39.4
33.1
29.9 - 36.3
30.4
26.9 - 33.9
36.8
29.4
32.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
47.8
44.8 - 50.7
44.6
42.8 - 46.5
43.2
41.3 - 45.2
35.2
33.3 - 37.2
38.0
36.9
37.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
32.4
22.2 - 42.6
35.5
30.8 - 40.1
41.0
36.3 - 45.7
33.9
29.1 - 38.6
43.3
29.8
30.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
43.1
40.9 - 45.4
43.6
41.3 - 45.8
37.9
35.7 - 40.1
39.2
38.6
37.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
37.2
33.0 - 41.4
37.6
35.7 - 39.5
33.4
31.5 - 35.3
28.2
26.3 - 30.0
32.6
31.8
33.1
Fredericton
37.6
34.3 - 40.8
35.9
34.8 - 37.1
35.0
33.9 - 36.1
30.0
28.9 - 31.2
33.1
31.3
31.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
32.4
27.5
41.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
44.2
38.8 - 49.6
39.2
36.6 - 41.9
37.9
35.3 - 40.5
34.0
31.5 - 36.5
37.1
32.1
34.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
30.0
30.0 - 30.0
38.5
31.8 - 45.2
35.6
30.3 - 40.8
27.3
21.9 - 32.6
25.8
31.1
33.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
38.9
34.8 - 43.1
45.0
40.8 - 49.2
39.5
35.0 - 44.0
40.1
44.4
37.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.3
26.1 - 34.5
29.6
26.1 - 33.0
26.1
22.7 - 29.4
25.1
21.6 - 28.7
30.4
31.4
28.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
38.8
35.7 - 41.8
39.6
37.9 - 41.2
38.1
36.3 - 39.8
31.6
29.9 - 33.3
35.7
32.1
32.6
Moncton
39.8
35.8 - 43.8
38.8
37.8 - 39.8
37.6
36.6 - 38.5
31.2
30.2 - 32.2
34.3
32.8
34.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
35.7
33.0 - 38.4
37.3
33.6 - 41.1
35.1
31.3 - 38.8
29.9
26.2 - 33.6
31.4
33.0
31.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
41.7
36.4 - 47.1
40.9
35.8 - 46.0
45.1
40.1 - 50.2
40.6
35.3 - 46.0
43.7
41.1
36.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
35.4
34.0 - 36.7
33.3
28.7 - 37.9
34.9
30.8 - 39.0
26.1
22.1 - 30.1
32.6
35.8
28.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
30.8
29.3 - 32.3
31.1
29.2 - 33.0
29.3
27.4 - 31.1
24.0
22.2 - 25.8
25.8
25.9
27.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
29.7
20.5 - 39.0
28.3
24.9 - 31.8
25.9
22.6 - 29.2
26.2
22.9 - 29.6
28.8
26.5
29.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
35.2
33.9 - 36.4
34.8
33.3 - 36.3
34.1
32.7 - 35.5
27.3
25.9 - 28.7
31.2
26.3
29.4
Riverview and Coverdale
36.8
32.4 - 41.2
36.6
34.5 - 38.6
29.6
27.6 - 31.6
26.4
24.5 - 28.4
28.9
25.9
27.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
38.6
37.1 - 40.1
30.5
27.7 - 33.4
30.0
27.1 - 33.0
27.4
24.2 - 30.5
32.5
30.1
28.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
36.2
33.5 - 38.9
34.6
33.4 - 35.9
34.0
32.9 - 35.2
30.5
29.3 - 31.6
31.9
30.5
33.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
30.7
26.8 - 34.5
31.6
28.8 - 34.4
33.1
30.3 - 35.8
27.5
24.9 - 30.0
30.6
24.3
25.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
42.6
35.6 - 49.7
42.5
39.6 - 45.3
42.9
40.3 - 45.5
36.5
33.6 - 39.4
36.7
39.4
35.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
42.7
37.2 - 48.2
41.6
38.3 - 44.9
35.8
32.5 - 39.2
35.5
32.0 - 38.9
38.4
42.6
38.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
36.6
35.0 - 38.2
36.2
32.9 - 39.5
36.8
33.6 - 40.1
27.7
24.3 - 31.0
32.0
27.8
32.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
42.6
35.8 - 49.4
36.8
34.1 - 39.5
35.8
33.1 - 38.4
30.1
27.5 - 32.7
36.7
31.6
31.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
32.4
28.7 - 36.1
31.5
28.9 - 34.1
30.6
28.2 - 33.1
25.2
22.9 - 27.4
30.2
29.1
29.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
46.6
40.5 - 52.7
44.7
42.0 - 47.4
47.0
44.3 - 49.8
40.2
37.4 - 43.1
41.2
37.1
33.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
35.8
34.1 - 37.4
35.2
34.4 - 36.1
33.7
32.8 - 34.5
28.8
27.9 - 29.6
31.9
29.6
30.3
Anglophone North School District
38.0
35.8 - 40.3
36.8
35.6 - 38.1
36.9
35.5 - 38.2
31.2
29.9 - 32.5
34.1
31.3
31.9
Anglophone South School District
35.6
34.1 - 37.1
34.3
33.5 - 35.2
33.5
32.8 - 34.3
28.4
27.6 - 29.2
31.7
28.4
31.6
Anglophone West School District
34.6
32.7 - 36.6
34.6
33.8 - 35.4
32.9
32.2 - 33.7
28.2
27.4 - 28.9
31.7
30.3
30.5
Anglophone sector
35.6
34.7 - 36.6
34.9
34.5 - 35.4
33.8
33.3 - 34.2
28.7
28.3 - 29.2
32.0
29.7
31.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
44.9
42.6 - 47.1
42.3
41.0 - 43.6
41.7
40.4 - 43.0
37.4
36.1 - 38.8
40.1
38.2
36.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
42.7
41.0 - 44.5
43.3
41.6 - 45.1
38.2
36.5 - 39.8
40.2
39.7
38.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
47.5
45.8 - 49.2
45.0
43.9 - 46.0
42.7
41.8 - 43.7
36.4
35.3 - 37.5
37.0
36.2
37.6
Francophone sector
46.5
45.2 - 47.8
43.7
43.0 - 44.5
42.5
41.8 - 43.2
37.0
36.3 - 37.8
38.6
37.5
37.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
37.9
36.4 - 39.3
36.7
36.2 - 37.3
35.6
35.1 - 36.2
31.5
30.9 - 32.1
33.8
32.7
34.9
Grades 9 to 12
39.2
37.1 - 41.2
37.8
37.3 - 38.3
36.6
36.1 - 37.1
30.8
30.3 - 31.3
33.9
31.3
31.3
Gender
Female
39.3
37.4 - 41.1
37.9
37.4 - 38.5
36.4
35.9 - 37.0
32.2
31.6 - 32.8
34.7
n/a
n/a
Male
39.0
37.8 - 40.2
37.8
37.2 - 38.3
37.0
36.5 - 37.6
31.1
30.5 - 31.6
34.8
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
23.9
20.4 - 27.5
23.9
21.0 - 26.7
22.6
20.1 - 25.1
21.1
19.5 - 22.6
19.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
38.5
36.7 - 40.3
37.1
36.6 - 37.7
35.5
34.9 - 36.0
31.0
30.5 - 31.5
33.1
32.6
n/a
Male
38.8
37.7 - 40.0
37.6
37.1 - 38.2
37.1
36.5 - 37.6
31.1
30.6 - 31.7
34.9
31.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
28.7
26.7 - 30.7
28.3
27.2 - 29.3
27.4
26.4 - 28.4
25.1
24.3 - 25.9
26.1
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
36.1
34.1 - 38.0
34.7
33.4 - 36.1
34.0
32.6 - 35.4
30.3
28.7 - 31.9
31.8
29.2
29.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
40.1
38.3 - 42.0
38.0
37.0 - 39.0
37.2
36.2 - 38.3
33.5
32.3 - 34.6
37.4
33.5
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
33.7
31.9 - 35.4
31.1
29.8 - 32.5
31.3
30.0 - 32.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
38.6
36.9 - 40.2
37.3
36.5 - 38.2
36.9
35.9 - 37.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
44.6
42.7 - 46.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
33.2
31.7 - 34.6
n/a
n/a
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 have a choice about when and how to do their household chores.

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. For each item, fill in the circle that best describes your feelings and ideas in the past week. r) I feel like I have a choice about when and how to do my household chores.

Notes

Due to a low school participation rate in some areas of the province for the 2025-2026 edition of this survey, survey results are not available for District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest (school district), Madawaska and North-West Area (health zone), Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer (community), and Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area (community).

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_MEF18_1

Charts

Maps