Students in grades 6 to 12 who report skipping breakfast because they are not hungry in the morning

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
34.8
26.7
24.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
33.2
25.1
22.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
34.0
26.5
24.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
33.9
27.1
23.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
40.1
26.0
24.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
39.4
32.2
26.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
38.4
29.6
27.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
37.4
28.0
26.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
36.1
29.4
22.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
37.7
27.9
24.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
39.7
30.5
23.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
45.9
26.3
29.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
39.0
34.7
29.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
30.8
23.8
20.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
37.2
27.9
25.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
40.2
27.1
23.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
35.2
27.3
24.2
Fredericton
31.6
25.2
18.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
27.7
23.1
20.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
39.8
20.9
24.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
39.4
23.1
27.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
40.3
26.5
26.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
40.9
31.0
29.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
37.9
27.9
26.1
Moncton
32.2
25.0
22.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
38.4
30.2
27.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
33.5
29.4
30.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
33.7
32.0
22.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
34.8
28.5
28.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
39.3
31.1
24.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
33.6
24.8
21.8
Riverview and Coverdale
34.1
23.1
21.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
36.7
25.7
18.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
33.4
27.0
25.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
34.7
26.7
27.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
31.3
26.0
22.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
37.9
32.4
32.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
38.8
28.8
25.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
37.5
26.5
24.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
33.9
27.9
25.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
37.6
30.4
28.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
33.3
24.4
22.7
Anglophone North School District
37.1
28.8
26.3
Anglophone South School District
33.9
26.7
24.4
Anglophone West School District
34.0
27.3
23.9
Anglophone sector
34.2
26.6
24.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
39.2
30.2
27.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
40.3
26.4
24.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
33.2
25.3
21.4
Francophone sector
36.4
27.1
24.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
32.8
24.9
21.9
Grades 9 to 12
36.3
28.1
25.7
Gender
Woman/Girl
38.2
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
31.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
39.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
38.6
31.9
n/a
Male
30.9
21.7
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
38.8
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
34.4
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
38.6
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
34.4
n/a
n/a
Race
White
35.6
n/a
n/a
South Asian
30.4
n/a
n/a
Other
35.8
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
30.4
n/a
n/a
Latino
29.5
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
26.6
n/a
n/a
Black
35.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
36.9
28.0
28.6
Non-Indigenous
34.9
26.8
23.9
Food poverty
Food poverty
27.4
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
35.3
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
28.8
21.9
n/a
Non-immigrants
35.5
27.2
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
36.7
n/a
n/a
No special need
33.8
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 skipping breakfast because they are not hungry in the morning.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who selected "I’m not hungry in the morning" by the "total number of respondents" to the question: If you do not eat breakfast, why do you skip breakfast: I eat breakfast every day, I don’t have time for breakfast, the bus comes too early, I sleep in, I’m not hungry in the morning, I feel sick when I eat breakfast, I’m trying to lose weight, there is nothing to eat at home or other

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

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NBHC code

SH_SKBHM_1

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