Students in grades 6 to 12 who report using an electronic device before bed 1 to 3 nights a week

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
13.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
13.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
12.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
14.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
12.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
9.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
11.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
10.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
12.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
10.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
10.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
11.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
9.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
14.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
12.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
12.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
12.6
Fredericton
15.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
15.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
11.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
8.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
9.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
13.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
11.1
Moncton
14.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
11.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
7.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
10.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
12.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
11.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
14.8
Riverview and Coverdale
13.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
13.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
11.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
14.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
12.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
8.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
12.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
11.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
14.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
10.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
14.0
Anglophone North School District
11.0
Anglophone South School District
12.8
Anglophone West School District
14.2
Anglophone sector
13.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
10.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
11.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
13.8
Francophone sector
12.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
18.5
Grades 9 to 12
9.0
Gender
Woman/Girl
11.7
Man/Boy
14.4
Non-binary
10.6
Sex at birth
Female
11.7
Male
14.4
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
11.5
Heterosexual
12.7
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
11.6
Non LGBTQ2+ person
12.7
Race
White
11.7
South Asian
19.6
Other
15.4
Middle Eastern
19.5
Latino
14.1
East/Southeast Asian
15.1
Black
15.9
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
11.4
Non-Indigenous
12.8
Food poverty
Food poverty
13.5
No food poverty
12.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
15.8
Non-immigrants
12.7
Special needs
Has a special need
11.2
No special need
14.1
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 1 to 3 nights a week.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness 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 or 3 nights a week" 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

%

NBHC code

SH_SLE02_2

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