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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 weekends

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Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
52.9
52.5 - 53.3
55.1
54.7 - 55.5
54.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
52.6
51.9 - 53.3
53.3
52.6 - 54.1
54.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
53.4
52.6 - 54.2
56.9
56.1 - 57.7
55.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
52.8
52.0 - 53.6
55.6
54.8 - 56.5
53.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
50.9
49.3 - 52.5
52.0
50.4 - 53.6
51.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
54.8
52.4 - 57.2
58.8
56.4 - 61.1
59.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
50.9
49.5 - 52.2
53.3
51.9 - 54.7
55.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
57.7
56.0 - 59.4
58.7
57.0 - 60.4
60.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
48.6
46.6 - 50.7
54.9
52.8 - 57.0
55.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
53.8
51.6 - 55.9
57.4
55.1 - 59.8
57.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
53.3
50.1 - 56.6
61.0
57.9 - 64.0
60.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
48.6
45.0 - 52.1
49.7
46.0 - 53.4
55.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
56.9
53.3 - 60.4
55.6
51.9 - 59.4
56.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
49.1
47.1 - 51.1
48.4
46.4 - 50.4
48.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
55.6
50.8 - 60.3
58.0
53.0 - 62.9
52.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
50.7
48.4 - 53.1
53.5
51.2 - 55.7
50.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
54.3
52.3 - 56.4
56.0
53.9 - 58.0
56.3
Fredericton
51.1
49.9 - 52.2
55.0
53.8 - 56.3
51.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
47.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
54.0
51.3 - 56.7
51.1
48.5 - 53.8
54.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
57.8
52.2 - 63.3
57.3
51.3 - 63.3
60.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
43.6
39.3 - 47.8
47.9
43.3 - 52.5
51.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
57.9
54.1 - 61.7
59.6
55.7 - 63.6
56.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
58.9
57.1 - 60.7
58.6
56.9 - 60.4
60.3
Moncton
53.1
52.1 - 54.1
53.5
52.4 - 54.6
55.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
53.5
49.5 - 57.5
52.8
48.8 - 56.8
55.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
47.7
42.7 - 52.8
58.9
53.6 - 64.2
58.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
41.4
37.1 - 45.7
45.0
40.5 - 49.5
50.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
56.8
54.7 - 58.8
56.4
54.3 - 58.5
55.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
55.6
51.8 - 59.4
62.1
58.4 - 65.8
61.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
51.9
50.4 - 53.4
53.3
51.8 - 54.8
51.6
Riverview and Coverdale
53.3
51.0 - 55.5
55.1
52.8 - 57.3
56.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
55.5
52.3 - 58.8
58.7
55.3 - 62.2
50.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
55.2
54.0 - 56.4
59.9
58.7 - 61.1
59.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
52.0
49.0 - 54.9
52.3
49.4 - 55.1
48.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
50.2
47.5 - 52.9
50.7
47.7 - 53.7
54.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
54.0
50.5 - 57.5
51.5
47.8 - 55.1
55.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
55.0
51.6 - 58.5
56.9
53.2 - 60.6
60.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
52.5
49.6 - 55.3
58.6
55.9 - 61.4
55.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
51.5
48.7 - 54.3
51.9
49.3 - 54.4
49.9
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
54.5
51.7 - 57.2
53.9
51.0 - 56.7
53.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
54.9
54.0 - 55.9
56.3
55.3 - 57.2
56.5
Anglophone North School District
59.6
58.3 - 61.0
62.2
60.9 - 63.6
62.9
Anglophone South School District
53.8
52.9 - 54.6
57.3
56.5 - 58.1
55.7
Anglophone West School District
53.8
52.9 - 54.6
56.3
55.5 - 57.1
54.3
Anglophone sector
54.7
54.3 - 55.2
57.3
56.8 - 57.7
56.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
49.5
48.1 - 50.8
51.8
50.4 - 53.2
53.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
48.4
46.6 - 50.2
50.1
48.4 - 51.9
50.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
47.6
46.6 - 48.7
47.8
46.6 - 48.9
49.6
Francophone sector
48.3
47.6 - 49.1
49.4
48.6 - 50.2
51.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
44.0
43.5 - 44.6
44.2
43.6 - 44.8
45.6
Grades 9 to 12
59.3
58.8 - 59.8
62.7
62.1 - 63.2
61.4
Gender
Female
61.4
60.8 - 62.0
64.1
63.5 - 64.6
62.8
Male
44.1
43.5 - 44.7
45.7
45.1 - 46.3
45.8
Non-binary
63.1
60.2 - 65.9
66.5
64.7 - 68.3
68.1
Sex at birth
Female
61.5
61.0 - 62.1
64.3
63.7 - 64.8
63.4
Male
43.8
43.3 - 44.4
45.6
45.0 - 46.2
45.6
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
65.0
64.0 - 66.1
63.4
62.5 - 64.2
63.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
58.5
57.0 - 60.0
62.1
60.5 - 63.8
59.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
52.8
51.7 - 53.9
54.5
53.3 - 55.6
53.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
54.2
52.7 - 55.6
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
52.6
51.6 - 53.6
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 weekends.

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: Weekends

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_SOMEE_1

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