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Students in grades 6 to 12 who report spending time reading for fun every day

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023
Province
New Brunswick
52.2
51.8 - 52.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
53.3
52.6 - 54.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
53.8
53.0 - 54.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
54.4
53.6 - 55.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
48.2
46.6 - 49.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
43.0
40.7 - 45.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
45.9
44.5 - 47.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
47.7
46.0 - 49.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
49.3
47.2 - 51.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
45.2
42.9 - 47.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
41.5
38.5 - 44.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
42.1
38.5 - 45.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
45.1
41.4 - 48.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
48.4
46.5 - 50.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
44.2
39.4 - 49.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
47.8
45.6 - 50.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
52.9
50.8 - 54.9
Fredericton
58.1
56.9 - 59.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
50.7
48.1 - 53.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
42.1
36.4 - 47.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
42.9
38.3 - 47.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
50.2
46.3 - 54.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
48.1
46.3 - 49.9
Moncton
58.4
57.3 - 59.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
49.2
45.2 - 53.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
43.9
38.7 - 49.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
54.8
50.4 - 59.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
52.3
50.3 - 54.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
44.0
40.3 - 47.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
55.2
53.7 - 56.7
Riverview and Coverdale
52.3
50.2 - 54.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
51.5
48.1 - 55.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
53.5
52.3 - 54.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
51.4
48.6 - 54.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
48.0
45.0 - 50.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
43.5
40.0 - 47.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
52.5
48.9 - 56.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
51.2
48.4 - 53.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
52.7
50.2 - 55.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
43.8
41.0 - 46.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
55.7
54.8 - 56.7
Anglophone North School District
50.1
48.7 - 51.4
Anglophone South School District
53.8
53.0 - 54.6
Anglophone West School District
54.4
53.5 - 55.2
Anglophone sector
54.0
53.6 - 54.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
42.3
41.0 - 43.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
46.1
44.4 - 47.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
51.2
50.1 - 52.4
Francophone sector
47.6
46.8 - 48.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
58.1
57.5 - 58.7
Grades 9 to 12
48.0
47.5 - 48.6
Gender
Female
59.3
58.7 - 59.9
Male
43.6
43.0 - 44.1
Non-binary
74.4
72.8 - 76.1
Sex at birth
Female
61.1
60.6 - 61.7
Male
43.2
42.7 - 43.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
68.8
68.0 - 69.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
45.4
43.8 - 47.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
66.3
65.2 - 67.4
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 spending time reading for fun every day.

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

Charts

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