Students in grades 6 to 12 who have their need for autonomy highly satisfied

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
68.7
68.3 - 69.0
67.9
67.6 - 68.3
62.6
62.2 - 63.0
65.1
66.9
68.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
71.5
70.9 - 72.2
70.2
69.6 - 70.8
64.4
63.7 - 65.1
65.4
67.2
70.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
65.7
64.9 - 66.5
65.4
64.6 - 66.1
59.7
58.9 - 60.5
62.8
64.3
66.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
65.7
64.9 - 66.5
65.3
64.5 - 66.0
59.8
59.0 - 60.6
62.9
64.7
65.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
73.6
72.2 - 75.0
75.3
73.9 - 76.7
70.3
68.9 - 71.8
73.1
78.3
76.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
66.7
64.6 - 68.8
65.8
63.6 - 68.0
62.6
60.3 - 64.9
65.4
66.7
69.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
72.0
70.8 - 73.2
70.8
69.6 - 72.0
66.1
64.8 - 67.5
70.3
72.2
74.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
67.0
65.4 - 68.5
67.2
65.6 - 68.7
62.3
60.7 - 64.0
66.0
66.8
68.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
69.1
67.2 - 71.0
68.7
66.8 - 70.5
63.6
61.6 - 65.7
66.3
71.2
69.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
69.6
67.7 - 71.6
69.6
67.6 - 71.5
64.4
62.2 - 66.7
66.4
66.5
68.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
67.9
65.1 - 70.6
66.4
63.5 - 69.4
62.6
59.6 - 65.5
65.9
68.3
70.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
78.4
75.6 - 81.1
74.5
71.5 - 77.6
68.2
64.8 - 71.6
73.7
70.0
80.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
65.1
61.8 - 68.4
65.0
61.7 - 68.3
62.8
59.1 - 66.4
64.7
64.6
68.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
81.0
79.6 - 82.5
79.9
78.4 - 81.5
76.2
74.5 - 77.9
74.9
76.9
80.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
59.4
54.7 - 64.1
65.0
60.5 - 69.5
56.0
51.0 - 60.9
65.8
63.9
62.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
76.3
74.4 - 78.2
77.1
75.2 - 79.0
72.1
70.1 - 74.1
73.4
80.1
79.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
70.8
69.0 - 72.6
66.7
64.8 - 68.5
60.6
58.6 - 62.6
63.3
65.3
67.2
Fredericton
68.4
67.3 - 69.5
68.8
67.7 - 69.8
63.3
62.1 - 64.5
66.1
67.7
70.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
68.7
66.1 - 71.2
71.2
68.8 - 73.6
65.5
63.0 - 68.0
69.5
68.9
71.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
60.1
53.2 - 67.1
57.2
51.8 - 62.5
55.3
49.4 - 61.2
53.4
58.8
68.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
75.8
72.2 - 79.4
78.8
75.4 - 82.2
76.6
72.7 - 80.5
80.8
81.3
80.9
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
55.7
52.0 - 59.4
53.7
49.9 - 57.4
50.6
46.6 - 54.7
54.5
60.9
59.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
67.0
65.4 - 68.6
67.3
65.7 - 69.0
62.5
60.7 - 64.2
65.9
66.5
67.3
Moncton
72.2
71.3 - 73.1
70.4
69.5 - 71.3
63.9
62.8 - 64.9
65.4
67.2
70.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
63.2
59.6 - 66.9
67.7
64.0 - 71.3
60.8
56.9 - 64.8
58.9
68.1
66.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
66.5
61.6 - 71.4
65.7
60.9 - 70.4
61.4
56.2 - 66.6
67.3
70.0
76.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
65.6
61.0 - 70.3
67.3
63.3 - 71.3
58.4
54.0 - 62.9
62.5
62.1
64.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
59.3
57.3 - 61.4
58.5
56.5 - 60.4
54.1
52.1 - 56.2
56.8
57.6
56.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
56.5
52.8 - 60.3
49.5
45.8 - 53.3
51.4
47.6 - 55.2
55.0
56.2
65.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
67.6
66.1 - 69.1
67.6
66.2 - 69.0
60.5
59.1 - 62.0
64.5
66.3
66.5
Riverview and Coverdale
69.2
67.3 - 71.1
65.2
63.2 - 67.3
57.2
55.0 - 59.4
62.1
61.1
67.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
61.7
58.7 - 64.7
63.9
60.9 - 67.0
58.5
55.1 - 62.0
58.1
66.0
63.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
65.9
64.7 - 67.2
65.2
64.1 - 66.3
59.8
58.6 - 61.0
62.8
63.9
65.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
60.4
57.4 - 63.4
60.3
57.5 - 63.1
53.6
50.8 - 56.5
53.3
56.7
55.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
72.8
70.2 - 75.3
73.0
70.7 - 75.3
68.9
66.2 - 71.7
68.9
71.0
76.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
70.2
67.2 - 73.3
70.0
66.9 - 73.2
67.0
63.5 - 70.5
72.9
74.5
75.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
64.1
60.9 - 67.4
62.9
59.7 - 66.2
58.9
55.3 - 62.5
59.1
62.6
65.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
64.6
61.9 - 67.3
65.9
63.3 - 68.6
59.9
57.1 - 62.6
61.9
66.3
68.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
61.2
58.5 - 63.9
61.6
59.0 - 64.2
56.9
54.4 - 59.5
60.6
59.7
64.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
74.5
72.1 - 76.8
73.0
70.6 - 75.4
68.8
66.1 - 71.4
74.1
74.3
76.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
67.7
66.9 - 68.6
65.6
64.8 - 66.5
59.0
58.1 - 60.0
61.2
62.6
66.0
Anglophone North School District
63.7
62.4 - 65.0
63.7
62.4 - 65.0
59.2
57.8 - 60.6
62.2
62.2
63.1
Anglophone South School District
65.3
64.5 - 66.1
65.1
64.3 - 65.9
59.4
58.6 - 60.3
62.6
63.9
65.7
Anglophone West School District
65.4
64.7 - 66.2
64.4
63.6 - 65.1
59.6
58.8 - 60.4
62.1
63.8
65.2
Anglophone sector
65.8
65.4 - 66.2
64.8
64.4 - 65.3
59.4
58.9 - 59.8
62.1
63.4
65.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
72.8
71.7 - 74.0
71.5
70.3 - 72.7
67.6
66.3 - 68.9
71.6
74.2
77.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
76.0
74.5 - 77.5
77.3
75.9 - 78.8
72.1
70.6 - 73.6
74.8
80.8
78.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
78.4
77.6 - 79.3
77.8
77.0 - 78.6
72.0
71.0 - 73.1
72.4
75.0
78.2
Francophone sector
76.3
75.7 - 76.9
75.8
75.2 - 76.5
70.7
70.0 - 71.4
72.6
75.8
77.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
66.0
65.5 - 66.6
64.8
64.3 - 65.4
61.4
60.8 - 62.0
63.1
64.9
69.4
Grades 9 to 12
70.6
70.1 - 71.1
70.1
69.6 - 70.6
63.4
62.8 - 63.9
66.5
68.4
68.5
Gender
Female
69.0
68.5 - 69.6
68.7
68.2 - 69.2
64.3
63.8 - 64.9
66.4
n/a
n/a
Male
70.3
69.8 - 70.8
69.4
68.9 - 69.9
63.9
63.3 - 64.5
67.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
41.6
38.3 - 44.9
45.1
42.1 - 48.0
38.0
36.2 - 39.8
37.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
67.5
67.0 - 68.0
66.8
66.3 - 67.3
61.5
60.9 - 62.0
63.0
67.8
n/a
Male
70.1
69.6 - 70.7
69.4
68.9 - 69.9
63.9
63.3 - 64.5
67.5
66.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
50.6
49.4 - 51.8
52.0
50.9 - 53.1
47.8
46.9 - 48.7
48.8
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
59.3
57.9 - 60.7
58.7
57.2 - 60.1
55.9
54.2 - 57.6
58.3
58.9
61.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
71.9
71.0 - 72.8
70.6
69.6 - 71.6
67.2
66.1 - 68.3
69.1
69.6
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
53.9
52.5 - 55.3
54.9
53.5 - 56.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
69.9
69.0 - 70.7
67.9
67.0 - 68.7
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 have their need for autonomy highly satisfied.

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 have a total autonomy score higher than a specified cutoff by the number of respondents who described their feelings and ideas for at least 3 of the following 6 questionnaire items: I feel free to express myself at home, I feel free to express myself with my friends, I feel I have a choice about when and how to do my schoolwork, I feel I have a choice about which activities to do with my friends, I feel free to express myself at school and I feel like I have a choice about when and how to do my household chores. The response options for these 6 items are: really false for me, sort of false for me, sort of true for me and really true for 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_MEFAU_1

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