Students in grades 6 to 12 who have their mental fitness needs highly satisfied by 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
83.8
83.5 - 84.1
80.2
79.8 - 80.5
82.8
81.3
82.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
84.7
84.2 - 85.2
80.7
80.1 - 81.3
82.5
80.9
83.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
83.0
82.4 - 83.6
79.3
78.7 - 80.0
82.1
81.0
81.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
83.8
83.3 - 84.4
80.0
79.3 - 80.7
82.8
81.1
81.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
85.0
83.9 - 86.1
82.1
80.9 - 83.3
86.1
84.4
85.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
81.8
80.0 - 83.6
78.1
76.1 - 80.1
82.7
80.2
82.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
83.1
82.1 - 84.1
80.5
79.4 - 81.7
83.8
82.9
85.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
82.3
81.0 - 83.6
80.0
78.6 - 81.4
81.8
80.5
80.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
82.5
81.0 - 84.1
79.8
78.1 - 81.5
81.3
81.9
82.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
84.0
82.5 - 85.6
78.9
76.9 - 80.8
80.9
77.6
78.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
82.1
79.7 - 84.5
79.0
76.4 - 81.5
83.6
81.1
82.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
82.9
80.2 - 85.5
81.9
79.1 - 84.8
86.5
80.8
87.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
81.4
78.7 - 84.1
76.9
73.7 - 80.0
81.4
78.9
81.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
89.0
87.8 - 90.2
85.4
84.0 - 86.8
87.5
87.0
89.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
81.7
78.1 - 85.4
75.4
71.1 - 79.7
81.3
82.0
78.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
86.0
84.4 - 87.5
83.1
81.5 - 84.8
87.7
85.5
86.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
84.7
83.3 - 86.1
80.6
79.0 - 82.3
83.6
79.7
81.6
Fredericton
85.4
84.7 - 86.2
82.2
81.3 - 83.2
83.7
83.3
83.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
82.3
81.4
87.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
82.7
80.7 - 84.7
78.9
76.7 - 81.0
82.5
82.7
82.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
79.1
74.7 - 83.6
78.2
73.2 - 83.1
77.7
78.4
84.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
87.2
84.4 - 90.0
86.6
83.6 - 89.7
87.7
81.5
88.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
75.6
72.4 - 78.8
73.1
69.5 - 76.7
80.5
75.1
78.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
82.5
81.2 - 83.9
80.1
78.7 - 81.6
82.6
80.2
80.0
Moncton
84.3
83.6 - 85.0
81.1
80.2 - 81.9
82.0
81.4
83.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
84.4
81.6 - 87.2
77.4
74.0 - 80.7
79.5
82.7
80.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
80.3
76.3 - 84.3
78.8
74.5 - 83.2
75.0
83.2
84.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
86.5
83.6 - 89.4
80.8
77.2 - 84.3
83.2
75.8
72.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
81.0
79.5 - 82.6
77.8
76.1 - 79.5
81.6
78.7
78.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
78.0
75.0 - 81.1
73.5
70.2 - 76.9
79.4
78.0
82.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
84.9
83.9 - 86.0
81.2
80.0 - 82.3
83.9
83.9
82.6
Riverview and Coverdale
84.4
82.8 - 85.9
78.3
76.4 - 80.1
83.2
78.1
83.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
82.5
80.0 - 84.9
75.9
72.9 - 78.9
82.0
81.1
78.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
82.8
81.9 - 83.7
79.3
78.3 - 80.3
82.0
79.8
81.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
82.3
80.1 - 84.5
75.7
73.2 - 78.1
77.5
74.0
77.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
85.2
83.3 - 87.0
82.8
80.5 - 85.0
82.0
82.3
85.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
82.8
80.3 - 85.4
80.1
77.2 - 83.1
84.8
84.4
86.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
81.6
79.0 - 84.2
77.0
73.8 - 80.1
78.6
80.0
81.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
80.5
78.3 - 82.7
76.6
74.3 - 79.0
80.4
80.1
80.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
81.5
79.5 - 83.6
77.9
75.8 - 80.0
81.3
79.1
80.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
84.4
82.4 - 86.3
81.3
79.0 - 83.5
86.3
85.4
86.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
82.7
82.0 - 83.3
78.8
78.0 - 79.6
80.7
78.7
81.2
Anglophone North School District
81.7
80.7 - 82.8
77.4
76.2 - 78.6
80.6
77.2
77.9
Anglophone South School District
82.9
82.3 - 83.6
79.3
78.6 - 80.0
82.1
80.8
81.5
Anglophone West School District
83.4
82.8 - 84.0
79.8
79.1 - 80.5
82.5
80.9
81.0
Anglophone sector
82.9
82.5 - 83.2
79.1
78.7 - 79.5
81.8
80.0
80.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
82.9
81.9 - 83.8
81.2
80.1 - 82.2
84.2
84.3
86.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
85.5
84.3 - 86.7
82.9
81.6 - 84.2
87.1
84.8
85.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
88.2
87.5 - 88.8
83.8
83.0 - 84.7
85.3
84.9
87.0
Francophone sector
86.1
85.6 - 86.6
82.8
82.2 - 83.4
85.3
84.7
86.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
83.2
82.8 - 83.7
80.5
80.0 - 81.0
82.5
80.9
83.9
Grades 9 to 12
84.2
83.8 - 84.5
80.0
79.5 - 80.4
82.9
81.6
81.5
Gender
Female
84.6
84.2 - 85.0
81.3
80.9 - 81.8
83.4
n/a
n/a
Male
84.3
83.9 - 84.8
80.7
80.2 - 81.2
84.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
70.5
67.9 - 73.2
69.0
67.3 - 70.8
72.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
83.6
83.2 - 84.0
80.0
79.6 - 80.5
82.0
81.9
n/a
Male
84.3
83.9 - 84.7
80.5
80.1 - 81.0
83.8
80.8
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
77.0
76.1 - 77.9
73.6
72.8 - 74.4
75.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
79.1
77.9 - 80.3
76.0
74.6 - 77.5
76.8
75.9
76.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
82.4
81.6 - 83.2
80.0
79.0 - 80.9
81.1
81.0
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
76.5
75.3 - 77.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
81.7
81.0 - 82.4
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 mental fitness needs highly satisfied by 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 have a total friends 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 like to spend time with my parents, I feel I have a choice about which activities to do with my friends, I feel I do things well when I am with my friends, my friends like me and care about me, I feel my friends think I am good at things and I like to spend time with my friends. 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_MEFFR_1

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