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Students in grades 6 to 12 who report that making friends is very important or important to them

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
82.2
81.9 - 82.5
81.5
86.6
87.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
83.4
82.9 - 83.9
81.9
86.7
87.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
81.6
80.9 - 82.2
80.6
86.4
87.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
81.3
80.6 - 81.9
81.2
86.4
86.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
83.1
81.9 - 84.3
84.0
88.5
87.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
79.3
77.4 - 81.2
75.7
83.8
85.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
83.1
82.1 - 84.1
82.5
87.4
88.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
82.0
80.7 - 83.3
84.0
86.5
85.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
82.7
81.1 - 84.2
81.5
87.4
87.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
81.1
79.4 - 82.7
79.9
84.2
84.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
80.0
77.5 - 82.6
74.9
82.0
85.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
84.6
82.0 - 87.1
85.2
86.1
89.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
78.3
75.4 - 81.2
76.8
86.4
86.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
89.1
87.9 - 90.4
88.0
91.2
92.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
78.7
74.9 - 82.6
84.3
89.5
87.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
84.5
82.8 - 86.2
85.3
90.3
89.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
82.6
81.1 - 84.1
82.8
87.3
85.1
Fredericton
83.3
82.4 - 84.1
83.3
87.7
89.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
82.9
88.3
94.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
82.2
80.2 - 84.3
83.1
84.8
85.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
82.5
78.3 - 86.6
76.5
84.6
89.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
79.5
76.1 - 82.9
79.4
85.1
87.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
74.2
70.9 - 77.4
75.7
81.8
84.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
82.8
81.4 - 84.1
84.8
86.6
85.8
Moncton
83.3
82.5 - 84.0
81.4
86.1
88.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
80.8
77.7 - 83.8
73.7
84.8
84.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
75.3
71.0 - 79.6
77.1
86.2
83.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
85.2
82.1 - 88.3
81.2
80.4
83.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
78.1
76.4 - 79.7
78.8
83.9
83.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
70.0
66.5 - 73.4
72.2
84.6
82.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
85.9
84.9 - 87.0
84.1
89.3
90.2
Riverview and Coverdale
83.2
81.6 - 84.8
82.0
86.4
87.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
80.4
77.8 - 82.9
81.7
86.0
86.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
79.5
78.6 - 80.5
79.1
85.4
86.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
79.7
77.4 - 82.0
76.3
83.7
78.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
82.3
80.2 - 84.3
82.8
89.7
90.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
81.9
79.2 - 84.6
82.3
84.3
87.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
78.6
75.9 - 81.4
79.2
87.4
86.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
79.8
77.5 - 82.0
77.6
85.1
83.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
81.8
79.7 - 83.9
80.2
83.4
86.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
83.7
81.7 - 85.7
82.8
89.9
89.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
82.1
81.4 - 82.8
80.3
85.5
86.5
Anglophone North School District
80.1
79.0 - 81.2
79.8
83.3
83.2
Anglophone South School District
81.5
80.9 - 82.2
80.5
86.4
87.3
Anglophone West School District
81.0
80.3 - 81.6
81.2
86.1
85.6
Anglophone sector
81.3
81.0 - 81.7
80.6
85.7
86.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
82.7
81.6 - 83.7
82.5
87.6
88.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
83.5
82.2 - 84.8
84.4
89.6
88.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
86.0
85.3 - 86.7
84.5
89.6
91.1
Francophone sector
84.6
84.0 - 85.1
83.8
88.9
89.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
84.7
84.3 - 85.1
83.7
89.2
91.6
Grades 9 to 12
80.5
80.0 - 80.9
79.9
84.9
84.2
Gender
Female
84.4
84.0 - 84.8
83.8
n/a
n/a
Male
81.5
81.1 - 81.9
82.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
64.7
61.8 - 67.5
63.6
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
83.0
82.5 - 83.4
81.3
87.2
n/a
Male
81.7
81.3 - 82.2
82.0
86.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
70.8
69.8 - 71.8
70.8
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
75.1
73.8 - 76.4
74.9
81.7
78.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
82.4
81.6 - 83.2
81.2
88.4
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
75.9
74.7 - 77.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
81.3
80.5 - 82.0
n/a
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 that making friends is very important or important to them.

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 "important or very important" by the number of respondents who answered "not at all important, not very important, important or very important" to the question: How important are each of the following to you: b) Making friends

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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_VAL02_1

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