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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they spend time reading for fun everyday

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Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2022-2023
Province
New Brunswick
55.4
55.0 - 55.8
52.2
51.8 - 52.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
59.7
59.0 - 60.4
53.3
52.6 - 54.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
55.0
54.1 - 55.9
53.8
53.0 - 54.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
56.0
55.2 - 56.9
54.4
53.6 - 55.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
48.9
47.3 - 50.5
48.2
46.6 - 49.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
43.5
41.3 - 45.7
43.0
40.7 - 45.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
49.9
48.6 - 51.3
45.9
44.5 - 47.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
50.9
49.3 - 52.5
47.7
46.0 - 49.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
53.6
51.6 - 55.6
49.3
47.2 - 51.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
49.0
46.8 - 51.2
45.2
42.9 - 47.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
41.0
38.1 - 43.9
41.5
38.5 - 44.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
43.6
40.1 - 47.0
42.1
38.5 - 45.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
47.1
43.6 - 50.6
45.1
41.4 - 48.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
53.3
51.4 - 55.1
48.4
46.5 - 50.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
47.2
42.3 - 52.0
44.2
39.4 - 49.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
51.6
49.3 - 53.9
47.8
45.6 - 50.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
54.0
52.1 - 56.0
52.9
50.8 - 54.9
Fredericton
59.5
58.3 - 60.7
58.1
56.9 - 59.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
49.0
46.3 - 51.8
50.7
48.1 - 53.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
66.8
60.4 - 73.2
42.1
36.4 - 47.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
38.0
33.8 - 42.1
42.9
38.3 - 47.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
54.9
51.2 - 58.6
50.2
46.3 - 54.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
51.5
49.7 - 53.2
48.1
46.3 - 49.9
Moncton
65.1
64.1 - 66.1
58.4
57.3 - 59.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
50.4
46.6 - 54.3
49.2
45.2 - 53.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
45.5
40.4 - 50.6
43.9
38.7 - 49.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
54.7
49.8 - 59.5
54.8
50.4 - 59.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
53.3
51.2 - 55.4
52.3
50.3 - 54.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
48.3
44.5 - 52.1
44.0
40.3 - 47.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
55.4
53.8 - 57.0
55.2
53.7 - 56.7
Riverview and Coverdale
59.4
57.3 - 61.4
52.3
50.2 - 54.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
55.2
52.1 - 58.3
51.5
48.1 - 55.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
56.0
54.7 - 57.3
53.5
52.3 - 54.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
54.4
51.3 - 57.5
51.4
48.6 - 54.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
55.0
52.1 - 57.9
48.0
45.0 - 50.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
47.0
43.7 - 50.4
43.5
40.0 - 47.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
53.8
50.4 - 57.2
52.5
48.9 - 56.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
51.2
48.3 - 54.0
51.2
48.4 - 53.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
53.4
50.6 - 56.2
52.7
50.2 - 55.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
49.0
46.3 - 51.6
43.8
41.0 - 46.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
63.3
62.4 - 64.2
55.7
54.8 - 56.7
Anglophone North School District
51.9
50.6 - 53.2
50.1
48.7 - 51.4
Anglophone South School District
54.6
53.8 - 55.5
53.8
53.0 - 54.6
Anglophone West School District
56.0
55.2 - 56.8
54.4
53.5 - 55.2
Anglophone sector
57.0
56.6 - 57.5
54.0
53.6 - 54.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
45.9
44.6 - 47.2
42.3
41.0 - 43.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
46.7
45.0 - 48.5
46.1
44.4 - 47.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
56.0
55.0 - 57.0
51.2
50.1 - 52.4
Francophone sector
51.2
50.5 - 52.0
47.6
46.8 - 48.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
61.2
60.7 - 61.8
58.1
57.5 - 58.7
Grades 9 to 12
51.2
50.6 - 51.7
48.0
47.5 - 48.6
Gender
Female
63.4
62.9 - 64.0
59.3
58.7 - 59.9
Male
46.4
45.9 - 47.0
43.6
43.0 - 44.1
Non-binary
73.2
70.3 - 76.2
74.4
72.8 - 76.1
Sex at birth
Female
64.4
63.8 - 64.9
61.1
60.6 - 61.7
Male
46.2
45.7 - 46.8
43.2
42.7 - 43.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
73.4
72.3 - 74.5
68.8
68.0 - 69.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
51.9
50.4 - 53.3
45.4
43.8 - 47.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
68.0
67.1 - 69.0
66.3
65.2 - 67.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
59.0
57.6 - 60.4
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
65.3
64.4 - 66.2
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 that they spend time reading for fun everyday.

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 "30 minutes or less a day, between 30 minutes and 60 minutes a day or more than 1 hour a day" by the number of respondents who answered "I do not read for fun, 30 minutes or less a day, between 30 minutes and 60 minutes a day or more than 1 hour a day" to the question: About how much time do you usually spend reading for fun (for example, books, eBooks, magazines, websites, blogs)?

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_REA01_1

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