Students in grades 6 to 12 who report that getting an education is important to them

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
53.3
52.9 - 53.7
57.6
61.3
64.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
53.4
52.6 - 54.1
56.7
60.2
65.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
52.7
51.8 - 53.5
56.8
61.0
64.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
53.1
52.3 - 54.0
57.3
60.4
62.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
54.1
52.5 - 55.7
61.4
66.5
69.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
49.4
47.0 - 51.8
56.6
59.4
66.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
56.2
54.8 - 57.6
61.4
66.3
68.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
53.2
51.4 - 54.9
57.0
60.0
59.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
55.3
53.2 - 57.4
59.9
64.5
66.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
48.8
46.5 - 51.2
52.2
56.1
64.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
50.8
47.7 - 53.9
57.7
63.2
67.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
51.4
47.7 - 55.0
60.4
66.1
68.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
47.4
43.6 - 51.2
55.0
54.1
65.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
52.1
50.1 - 54.1
55.2
63.8
68.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
44.7
39.7 - 49.7
52.1
58.6
54.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
57.9
55.7 - 60.1
64.6
67.2
73.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
52.7
50.6 - 54.7
57.6
62.0
63.5
Fredericton
57.0
55.7 - 58.2
60.0
62.7
66.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
54.8
65.0
78.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
50.4
47.8 - 53.1
55.4
64.1
61.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
38.4
32.6 - 44.3
49.3
53.4
52.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
48.0
43.4 - 52.7
61.6
66.1
70.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
43.2
39.2 - 47.2
50.4
57.9
57.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
53.2
51.3 - 55.0
57.1
59.6
59.1
Moncton
57.1
56.0 - 58.2
59.8
62.9
66.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
52.1
48.1 - 56.1
51.5
59.6
56.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
53.2
47.8 - 58.6
56.8
63.3
65.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
50.2
45.6 - 54.7
57.6
56.0
51.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
49.5
47.4 - 51.6
53.7
54.9
59.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
44.7
40.9 - 48.5
53.2
55.0
63.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
55.2
53.7 - 56.7
59.2
64.8
67.3
Riverview and Coverdale
52.6
50.3 - 54.8
55.2
59.1
63.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
47.4
43.9 - 51.0
58.4
56.1
61.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
53.0
51.8 - 54.2
56.3
59.5
65.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
49.9
47.1 - 52.8
50.4
51.2
53.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
48.9
45.9 - 52.0
56.0
57.7
68.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
58.8
55.2 - 62.3
60.8
67.4
67.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
52.9
49.2 - 56.6
56.8
62.4
60.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
48.2
45.3 - 51.0
53.9
59.2
61.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
47.6
45.0 - 50.2
55.1
56.7
58.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
59.4
56.6 - 62.3
65.3
69.3
69.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
55.2
54.2 - 56.1
58.1
60.9
63.4
Anglophone North School District
53.3
51.9 - 54.7
55.4
58.8
61.5
Anglophone South School District
52.7
51.9 - 53.6
56.9
61.1
64.6
Anglophone West School District
53.1
52.2 - 53.9
57.4
60.4
62.3
Anglophone sector
53.5
53.0 - 54.0
57.2
60.5
63.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
54.7
53.4 - 56.1
61.3
65.8
68.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
54.2
52.5 - 55.9
61.6
66.7
70.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
51.0
49.8 - 52.2
55.8
60.3
67.2
Francophone sector
52.7
51.9 - 53.5
58.6
63.3
68.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
52.6
51.9 - 53.2
59.0
62.4
68.1
Grades 9 to 12
53.8
53.2 - 54.3
56.6
60.6
62.2
Gender
Woman/Girl
61.7
61.2 - 62.3
65.0
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
47.1
46.6 - 47.7
53.3
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
40.6
38.8 - 42.5
40.5
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
59.7
59.2 - 60.3
62.2
69.0
n/a
Male
46.9
46.3 - 47.5
53.1
53.4
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
47.3
46.4 - 48.2
47.7
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
55.0
54.5 - 55.5
60.4
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
47.1
46.2 - 48.0
47.7
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
55.1
54.6 - 55.6
60.5
n/a
n/a
Race
White
53.2
52.7 - 53.6
58.0
n/a
n/a
South Asian
67.6
64.0 - 71.2
73.2
n/a
n/a
Other
55.2
52.4 - 58.1
57.8
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
64.6
61.9 - 67.4
70.4
n/a
n/a
Latino
61.7
58.7 - 64.6
61.9
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
64.5
62.6 - 66.4
67.6
n/a
n/a
Black
56.3
54.4 - 58.3
60.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
45.0
43.3 - 46.7
49.7
54.1
57.6
Non-Indigenous
55.1
54.6 - 55.5
58.8
62.3
65.0
Food poverty
Food poverty
32.8
31.4 - 34.2
40.2
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
54.9
54.5 - 55.3
59.2
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
66.1
64.9 - 67.2
69.4
69.3
n/a
Non-immigrants
51.6
51.2 - 52.0
56.3
60.6
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
46.8
46.1 - 47.5
49.9
n/a
n/a
No special need
56.8
56.3 - 57.3
61.7
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 report that getting an education is important to them.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "a lot" by the number of respondents who answered "not at all, a little, somewhat, quite a bit or a lot" to the question: To what extent do the statements below describe you? c) Getting an education is important to 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_RES03_1

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