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Students in grades 6 to 12 who, on average, spend 2 hours or more a day using electronic devices for entertainment on weekdays

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Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
51.2
50.8 - 51.6
53.8
53.4 - 54.2
53.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
50.5
49.8 - 51.2
51.8
51.1 - 52.6
52.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
52.2
51.3 - 53.0
55.5
54.7 - 56.3
54.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
50.2
49.4 - 51.0
54.2
53.4 - 55.0
51.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
49.5
47.8 - 51.1
51.7
50.1 - 53.3
50.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
55.2
52.8 - 57.6
60.1
57.8 - 62.4
59.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
50.8
49.4 - 52.1
51.5
50.1 - 53.0
53.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
56.3
54.6 - 58.0
58.7
57.1 - 60.4
58.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
49.4
47.4 - 51.4
51.7
49.5 - 53.8
54.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
52.6
50.5 - 54.7
55.3
52.9 - 57.6
55.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
54.2
51.0 - 57.4
62.2
59.2 - 65.2
60.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
48.4
44.9 - 52.0
50.2
46.5 - 53.8
52.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
56.7
53.2 - 60.2
57.1
53.4 - 60.8
57.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
46.0
44.1 - 48.0
46.3
44.4 - 48.3
45.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
54.2
49.4 - 58.9
56.9
52.0 - 61.8
52.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
50.0
47.7 - 52.3
52.6
50.4 - 54.8
50.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
52.9
50.9 - 54.9
54.7
52.6 - 56.7
54.7
Fredericton
48.2
47.1 - 49.4
53.1
51.9 - 54.4
48.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
44.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
50.9
48.2 - 53.6
51.1
48.5 - 53.8
49.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
57.7
52.2 - 63.2
55.9
50.0 - 61.8
63.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
43.6
39.4 - 47.8
49.1
44.5 - 53.7
54.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
54.5
50.8 - 58.3
59.1
55.2 - 63.1
56.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
57.2
55.4 - 58.9
58.7
57.0 - 60.5
58.9
Moncton
50.7
49.7 - 51.7
52.0
50.9 - 53.0
53.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
50.4
46.5 - 54.4
53.0
49.1 - 57.0
54.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
48.8
43.7 - 53.8
58.9
53.7 - 64.2
58.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
40.8
36.6 - 45.1
45.3
40.8 - 49.7
49.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
53.1
51.0 - 55.1
55.2
53.1 - 57.2
53.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
55.0
51.2 - 58.8
60.9
57.2 - 64.6
57.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
50.1
48.6 - 51.6
52.0
50.5 - 53.5
49.6
Riverview and Coverdale
52.0
49.7 - 54.2
53.4
51.2 - 55.6
53.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
52.8
49.6 - 56.0
54.5
51.0 - 57.9
47.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
54.3
53.1 - 55.5
58.1
56.9 - 59.3
58.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
51.6
48.7 - 54.6
51.9
49.0 - 54.7
51.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
49.2
46.5 - 51.8
52.7
49.7 - 55.7
56.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
52.6
49.1 - 56.1
51.2
47.6 - 54.8
52.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
56.5
53.1 - 59.9
55.8
52.2 - 59.5
59.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
49.1
46.3 - 51.9
57.5
54.7 - 60.3
53.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
50.6
47.8 - 53.3
51.9
49.4 - 54.4
50.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
53.6
50.9 - 56.4
52.4
49.6 - 55.3
55.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
52.8
51.9 - 53.7
54.8
53.8 - 55.7
54.2
Anglophone North School District
58.5
57.2 - 59.9
62.0
60.6 - 63.3
61.1
Anglophone South School District
52.5
51.7 - 53.4
55.8
55.0 - 56.6
54.5
Anglophone West School District
51.3
50.4 - 52.1
54.8
54.0 - 55.6
51.9
Anglophone sector
52.9
52.4 - 53.3
55.9
55.5 - 56.4
54.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
49.7
48.3 - 51.0
51.0
49.6 - 52.3
53.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
47.4
45.7 - 49.2
50.2
48.5 - 51.9
49.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
45.4
44.4 - 46.4
46.3
45.2 - 47.4
47.9
Francophone sector
47.0
46.3 - 47.8
48.4
47.7 - 49.2
50.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
42.5
42.0 - 43.1
42.8
42.2 - 43.4
44.0
Grades 9 to 12
57.4
56.9 - 57.9
61.6
61.0 - 62.1
59.7
Gender
Female
59.5
58.9 - 60.0
62.2
61.6 - 62.7
61.3
Male
42.7
42.2 - 43.3
45.1
44.5 - 45.7
44.2
Non-binary
58.4
55.5 - 61.4
64.0
62.2 - 65.8
64.2
Sex at birth
Female
59.6
59.1 - 60.2
62.3
61.8 - 62.9
61.6
Male
42.5
41.9 - 43.0
45.1
44.5 - 45.6
44.1
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
62.1
61.0 - 63.2
60.3
59.5 - 61.2
60.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
57.9
56.5 - 59.4
63.0
61.4 - 64.6
59.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
50.5
49.4 - 51.6
52.3
51.1 - 53.5
50.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
52.5
51.0 - 54.0
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
50.2
49.2 - 51.1
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, on average, spend 2 hours or more a day using electronic devices for entertainment on weekdays.

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 "about 2 hours a day or about 3 or more hours a day" by the number of respondents who answered "none at all, about half an hour a day, about 1 hour a day, about 2 hours a day or about 3 or more hours a day" to the question: Using electronic devices for other purposes like: social media, chatting, instant messaging, emailing or surfing the Internet: Weekdays

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_SOMED_1

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