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

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
70.3
69.9 - 70.7
75.3
75.0 - 75.7
71.2
65.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
69.9
69.2 - 70.6
75.6
74.9 - 76.3
70.7
61.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
70.7
69.9 - 71.6
76.1
75.3 - 76.8
70.9
65.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
72.2
71.3 - 73.0
76.4
75.6 - 77.2
72.6
68.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
68.3
66.6 - 69.9
74.0
72.5 - 75.5
66.5
66.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
67.8
65.5 - 70.2
71.3
69.0 - 73.7
67.4
62.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
67.2
65.8 - 68.5
73.1
71.8 - 74.5
75.5
68.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
70.9
69.3 - 72.5
72.9
71.2 - 74.5
70.3
61.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
69.2
67.1 - 71.2
72.7
70.7 - 74.8
71.5
55.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
65.9
63.6 - 68.1
73.5
71.2 - 75.7
66.0
53.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
66.2
63.1 - 69.2
70.5
67.5 - 73.4
71.4
52.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
60.9
57.2 - 64.6
75.2
71.7 - 78.6
84.9
79.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
70.2
66.7 - 73.8
72.7
68.9 - 76.4
61.5
69.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
65.0
63.0 - 66.9
72.1
70.2 - 74.0
66.6
56.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
69.1
64.0 - 74.1
80.9
76.6 - 85.3
73.4
55.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
70.0
67.8 - 72.3
77.8
75.8 - 79.7
67.4
67.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
77.0
75.3 - 78.8
74.4
72.4 - 76.3
69.1
69.8
Fredericton
70.6
69.4 - 71.9
75.6
74.5 - 76.8
76.2
72.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
63.8
60.8 - 66.8
66.1
63.3 - 68.8
54.2
60.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
74.2
67.3 - 81.1
70.9
65.0 - 76.7
80.0
62.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
72.2
68.0 - 76.4
79.2
75.1 - 83.2
73.1
79.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
78.3
75.0 - 81.7
76.0
72.4 - 79.7
65.0
62.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
71.2
69.5 - 72.9
72.5
70.8 - 74.3
69.9
60.4
Moncton
71.0
69.9 - 72.0
76.8
75.8 - 77.8
73.0
63.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
75.3
71.6 - 78.9
77.3
73.8 - 80.9
69.6
62.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
67.9
62.6 - 73.1
75.6
70.5 - 80.8
74.0
75.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
67.7
62.2 - 73.2
71.8
67.1 - 76.5
92.5
74.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
70.6
68.4 - 72.7
79.9
78.0 - 81.7
66.7
69.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
71.2
67.4 - 75.0
79.5
76.3 - 82.7
68.6
62.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
74.6
73.1 - 76.1
76.7
75.3 - 78.1
72.3
64.2
Riverview and Coverdale
74.4
72.4 - 76.4
78.3
76.3 - 80.2
72.6
61.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
78.8
76.1 - 81.6
80.4
77.4 - 83.4
70.1
65.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
68.0
66.7 - 69.4
75.1
73.9 - 76.2
69.2
66.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
74.0
70.9 - 77.1
77.3
74.7 - 79.9
65.3
61.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
60.7
57.5 - 63.9
70.8
68.0 - 73.6
71.3
64.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
69.9
66.5 - 73.3
71.7
68.0 - 75.5
80.1
70.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
73.1
69.7 - 76.4
82.1
79.0 - 85.1
72.6
72.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
71.2
68.3 - 74.2
75.2
72.5 - 77.9
72.5
69.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
69.6
66.8 - 72.5
77.9
75.6 - 80.2
76.3
62.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
65.4
62.6 - 68.3
73.5
70.6 - 76.3
75.6
73.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
73.8
72.9 - 74.8
77.4
76.6 - 78.3
69.5
63.5
Anglophone North School District
73.9
72.6 - 75.2
75.3
74.0 - 76.6
71.0
60.5
Anglophone South School District
71.3
70.4 - 72.2
76.5
75.8 - 77.3
71.6
66.1
Anglophone West School District
72.7
71.8 - 73.5
76.8
76.1 - 77.6
72.8
68.3
Anglophone sector
72.7
72.3 - 73.2
76.7
76.3 - 77.1
71.5
65.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
65.0
63.6 - 66.4
71.4
70.0 - 72.7
73.8
69.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
67.6
65.8 - 69.4
73.6
72.0 - 75.2
67.9
67.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
61.8
60.6 - 62.9
71.3
70.2 - 72.4
69.7
59.1
Francophone sector
63.9
63.1 - 64.7
71.7
71.0 - 72.5
70.7
64.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
53.1
52.4 - 53.9
60.8
60.1 - 61.5
55.6
46.5
Grades 9 to 12
78.9
78.4 - 79.3
82.1
81.7 - 82.5
78.1
73.5
Gender
Female
69.7
69.1 - 70.3
74.8
74.2 - 75.4
n/a
n/a
Male
70.7
70.1 - 71.3
75.6
75.0 - 76.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
76.1
72.9 - 79.2
80.4
78.8 - 82.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
70.2
69.7 - 70.8
75.4
74.8 - 75.9
69.8
n/a
Male
70.5
69.9 - 71.1
75.4
74.9 - 76.0
72.9
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
80.7
79.6 - 81.7
79.8
79.0 - 80.6
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
71.5
70.1 - 72.9
78.1
76.6 - 79.7
69.0
67.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
65.9
64.8 - 67.0
71.2
70.0 - 72.3
65.8
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
70.4
68.9 - 71.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
65.9
64.9 - 66.9
n/a
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 reported knowing when they are legally able to consent to sexual activity.

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 "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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