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Students in grades 7 to 12 who report knowing when they are legally able to consent to sexual activity

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
75.3
75.0 - 75.7
71.2
65.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
75.6
74.9 - 76.3
70.7
61.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
76.1
75.3 - 76.8
70.9
65.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
76.4
75.6 - 77.2
72.6
68.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
74.0
72.5 - 75.5
66.5
66.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
71.3
69.0 - 73.7
67.4
62.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
73.1
71.8 - 74.5
75.5
68.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
72.9
71.2 - 74.5
70.3
61.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
72.7
70.7 - 74.8
71.5
55.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
73.5
71.2 - 75.7
66.0
53.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
70.5
67.5 - 73.4
71.4
52.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
75.2
71.7 - 78.6
84.9
79.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
72.7
68.9 - 76.4
61.5
69.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
72.1
70.2 - 74.0
66.6
56.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
80.9
76.6 - 85.3
73.4
55.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
77.8
75.8 - 79.7
67.4
67.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
74.4
72.4 - 76.3
69.1
69.8
Fredericton
75.6
74.5 - 76.8
76.2
72.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
49.2
45.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
66.1
63.3 - 68.8
54.2
60.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
70.9
65.0 - 76.7
80.0
62.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
79.2
75.1 - 83.2
73.1
79.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
76.0
72.4 - 79.7
65.0
62.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
72.5
70.8 - 74.3
69.9
60.4
Moncton
76.8
75.8 - 77.8
73.0
63.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
77.3
73.8 - 80.9
69.6
62.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
75.6
70.5 - 80.8
74.0
75.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
71.8
67.1 - 76.5
92.5
74.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
79.9
78.0 - 81.7
66.7
69.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
79.5
76.3 - 82.7
68.6
62.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
76.7
75.3 - 78.1
72.3
64.2
Riverview and Coverdale
78.3
76.3 - 80.2
72.6
61.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
80.4
77.4 - 83.4
70.1
65.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
75.1
73.9 - 76.2
69.2
66.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
77.3
74.7 - 79.9
65.3
61.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
70.8
68.0 - 73.6
71.3
64.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
71.7
68.0 - 75.5
80.1
70.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
82.1
79.0 - 85.1
72.6
72.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
75.2
72.5 - 77.9
72.5
69.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
77.9
75.6 - 80.2
76.3
62.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
73.5
70.6 - 76.3
75.6
73.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
77.4
76.6 - 78.3
69.5
63.5
Anglophone North School District
75.3
74.0 - 76.6
71.0
60.5
Anglophone South School District
76.5
75.8 - 77.3
71.6
66.1
Anglophone West School District
76.8
76.1 - 77.6
72.8
68.3
Anglophone sector
76.7
76.3 - 77.1
71.5
65.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
71.4
70.0 - 72.7
73.8
69.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
73.6
72.0 - 75.2
67.9
67.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
71.3
70.2 - 72.4
69.7
59.1
Francophone sector
71.7
71.0 - 72.5
70.7
64.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
60.8
60.1 - 61.5
55.6
46.5
Grades 9 to 12
82.1
81.7 - 82.5
78.1
73.5
Gender
Woman/Girl
74.8
74.2 - 75.4
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
75.6
75.0 - 76.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
80.4
78.8 - 82.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
75.4
74.8 - 75.9
69.8
n/a
Male
75.4
74.9 - 76.0
72.9
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
79.9
79.1 - 80.7
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
75.6
75.2 - 76.1
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
79.8
79.0 - 80.6
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
75.7
75.2 - 76.1
n/a
n/a
Race
White
78.2
77.8 - 78.6
n/a
n/a
South Asian
75.5
71.8 - 79.3
n/a
n/a
Other
70.8
67.9 - 73.7
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
67.7
64.8 - 70.5
n/a
n/a
Latino
78.1
75.5 - 80.6
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
74.9
73.1 - 76.7
n/a
n/a
Black
70.3
68.4 - 72.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
78.1
76.6 - 79.7
69.0
67.7
Non-Indigenous
76.7
76.3 - 77.1
71.9
65.1
Food poverty
Food poverty
69.1
67.6 - 70.7
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
75.8
75.4 - 76.2
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
71.2
70.0 - 72.3
65.8
n/a
Non-immigrants
75.9
75.5 - 76.3
71.8
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
77.9
77.3 - 78.5
n/a
n/a
No special need
73.9
73.4 - 74.3
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 7 to 12 who report knowing when they are legally able to consent to sexual activity.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Do you know when you are legally able to consent to sexual activity?

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_SEV03_1

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