Students in grades 6 to 12 who report their friends stand by them during difficult times

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
38.4
38.0 - 38.8
41.8
44.0
46.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
37.2
36.5 - 38.0
39.5
43.4
46.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
38.5
37.7 - 39.3
43.1
44.9
46.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
39.7
38.9 - 40.6
43.2
44.5
45.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
36.6
35.0 - 38.1
40.6
42.7
47.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
39.9
37.6 - 42.3
41.7
40.3
43.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
39.5
38.1 - 40.9
42.0
43.9
45.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
37.7
36.0 - 39.4
43.0
44.0
43.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
37.8
35.7 - 39.8
39.3
44.3
46.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
36.0
33.7 - 38.3
38.8
39.0
43.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
41.3
38.2 - 44.4
43.0
42.2
43.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
40.9
37.3 - 44.5
43.8
43.7
43.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
38.0
34.3 - 41.7
39.7
37.7
42.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
38.2
36.2 - 40.1
38.4
46.9
50.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
42.3
37.4 - 47.3
49.5
46.7
42.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
37.0
34.8 - 39.1
42.2
43.4
51.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
41.8
39.8 - 43.8
46.5
41.3
48.2
Fredericton
40.3
39.1 - 41.6
43.7
47.1
47.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
48.2
52.3
52.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
34.9
32.3 - 37.4
36.2
40.5
40.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
38.2
32.4 - 44.1
37.6
33.9
42.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
39.8
35.2 - 44.3
44.7
42.4
48.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
33.1
29.3 - 36.9
42.3
40.0
41.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
38.0
36.2 - 39.8
43.4
44.6
43.8
Moncton
36.8
35.7 - 37.8
40.0
43.9
47.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
41.3
37.3 - 45.2
41.4
43.6
44.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
35.2
30.0 - 40.4
40.2
39.5
39.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
36.9
32.5 - 41.3
39.8
37.8
39.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
39.5
37.4 - 41.5
40.3
43.0
43.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
32.9
29.3 - 36.4
37.7
40.8
44.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
39.3
37.8 - 40.8
45.1
47.5
46.1
Riverview and Coverdale
39.2
37.0 - 41.4
41.9
44.1
46.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
36.5
33.2 - 39.9
39.3
43.1
47.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
39.7
38.5 - 40.9
42.6
43.5
46.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
38.0
35.2 - 40.7
37.6
38.4
39.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
36.8
33.9 - 39.7
38.3
45.7
47.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
40.0
36.4 - 43.5
43.2
41.0
44.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
33.4
29.9 - 36.9
41.3
42.2
46.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
35.7
33.0 - 38.4
43.0
42.6
45.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
35.3
32.8 - 37.7
40.6
44.9
48.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
41.3
38.4 - 44.1
45.5
44.7
46.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
38.3
37.4 - 39.2
40.5
42.9
45.5
Anglophone North School District
37.5
36.2 - 38.9
41.4
43.0
43.6
Anglophone South School District
38.7
37.8 - 39.5
43.3
44.8
46.4
Anglophone West School District
39.3
38.5 - 40.2
43.4
44.5
46.1
Anglophone sector
38.7
38.2 - 39.1
42.4
44.1
45.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
40.1
38.7 - 41.4
42.5
42.9
45.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
37.2
35.5 - 38.9
41.5
43.4
48.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
36.2
35.1 - 37.3
38.3
44.3
48.1
Francophone sector
37.6
36.8 - 38.4
40.2
43.7
47.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
41.3
40.7 - 41.9
44.1
46.4
51.5
Grades 9 to 12
36.3
35.8 - 36.8
40.1
42.3
42.5
Gender
Woman/Girl
42.7
42.1 - 43.3
44.3
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
35.0
34.4 - 35.6
40.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
33.5
31.7 - 35.3
39.7
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
41.7
41.1 - 42.2
43.7
48.4
n/a
Male
34.9
34.4 - 35.5
40.0
39.4
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
35.5
34.7 - 36.4
39.5
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
39.5
39.0 - 40.0
42.8
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
35.4
34.5 - 36.2
39.4
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
39.5
39.0 - 40.0
42.8
n/a
n/a
Race
White
39.0
38.5 - 39.4
42.6
n/a
n/a
South Asian
35.7
32.0 - 39.5
36.0
n/a
n/a
Other
37.7
34.9 - 40.5
40.0
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
38.2
35.4 - 41.0
39.4
n/a
n/a
Latino
36.0
33.1 - 38.9
40.7
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
32.9
31.0 - 34.7
37.6
n/a
n/a
Black
35.8
34.0 - 37.7
37.9
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
36.7
35.0 - 38.3
37.6
39.2
41.0
Non-Indigenous
38.9
38.5 - 39.3
42.3
44.5
46.4
Food poverty
Food poverty
27.4
26.0 - 28.8
36.2
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
39.2
38.8 - 39.6
42.3
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
35.9
34.7 - 37.0
38.5
42.2
n/a
Non-immigrants
38.7
38.3 - 39.1
42.2
44.2
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
35.0
34.4 - 35.7
38.0
n/a
n/a
No special need
40.2
39.7 - 40.7
43.9
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 their friends stand by them during difficult times.

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? h) My friends stand by me during difficult times.

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_RES08_1

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