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Students in grades 6 to 12 who report using an electronic device before bed

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
88.9
88.7 - 89.1
89.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
87.9
87.5 - 88.4
88.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
89.7
89.2 - 90.2
89.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
88.3
87.8 - 88.8
88.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
87.9
86.9 - 88.9
90.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
92.2
90.9 - 93.4
92.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
89.9
89.1 - 90.7
91.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
91.2
90.2 - 92.1
93.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
88.1
86.8 - 89.4
90.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
92.5
91.3 - 93.6
92.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
91.0
89.2 - 92.8
92.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
91.9
90.0 - 93.8
92.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
93.9
92.2 - 95.6
92.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
86.1
84.8 - 87.4
87.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
92.0
89.3 - 94.6
94.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
88.2
86.8 - 89.6
89.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
89.8
88.6 - 91.0
90.6
Fredericton
86.8
86.0 - 87.5
86.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
82.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
86.3
84.5 - 88.1
90.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
92.1
89.2 - 95.1
92.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
91.1
88.7 - 93.5
93.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
92.6
90.7 - 94.6
94.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
91.1
90.1 - 92.1
92.7
Moncton
86.8
86.2 - 87.5
87.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
93.0
91.0 - 94.9
92.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
91.5
88.7 - 94.3
95.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
83.8
80.6 - 86.9
82.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
88.7
87.5 - 90.0
89.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
93.4
91.5 - 95.2
92.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
89.4
88.5 - 90.3
89.1
Riverview and Coverdale
88.6
87.2 - 90.0
88.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
90.4
88.5 - 92.2
85.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
90.4
89.7 - 91.1
90.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
88.3
86.5 - 90.2
87.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
88.7
87.1 - 90.4
90.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
93.1
91.4 - 94.9
90.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
90.8
88.8 - 92.7
94.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
88.7
86.9 - 90.4
88.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
89.3
87.6 - 91.0
88.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
89.9
88.3 - 91.6
91.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
88.5
87.9 - 89.1
88.3
Anglophone North School District
91.9
91.1 - 92.6
92.9
Anglophone South School District
90.0
89.5 - 90.5
90.0
Anglophone West School District
88.7
88.2 - 89.2
88.8
Anglophone sector
89.4
89.2 - 89.7
89.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
90.3
89.5 - 91.1
91.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
88.1
87.0 - 89.2
90.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
85.8
85.1 - 86.5
87.4
Francophone sector
87.5
87.1 - 88.0
89.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
82.5
82.0 - 82.9
83.1
Grades 9 to 12
93.5
93.3 - 93.8
94.1
Gender
Female
91.3
90.9 - 91.6
91.3
Male
86.6
86.2 - 87.0
87.5
Non-binary
90.5
88.8 - 92.3
92.1
Sex at birth
Female
91.3
91.0 - 91.6
91.4
Male
86.4
86.1 - 86.8
87.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
92.6
92.1 - 93.2
91.1
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
91.1
90.2 - 91.9
89.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
86.0
85.2 - 86.7
86.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
86.9
85.9 - 87.9
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
86.8
86.2 - 87.4
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 using an electronic device before bed. This indicator is based on the Canadian 24 Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth.

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 "1 night a week, 2 nights a week, 3 nights a week, 4 nights a week, 5 nights a week, 6 nights a week or every night" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1 night a week, 2 nights a week, 3 nights a week, 4 nights a week, 5 nights a week, 6 nights a week or every night" to the question: How often do you use an electronic device in your bedroom in the last hour before going to sleep?

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

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_SLE02_1

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