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

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
81.5
86.6
87.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
81.9
86.7
87.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
80.6
86.4
87.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
81.2
86.4
86.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
84.0
88.5
87.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
75.7
83.8
85.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
82.5
87.4
88.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
84.0
86.5
85.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
81.5
87.4
87.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
79.9
84.2
84.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
74.9
82.0
85.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
85.2
86.1
89.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
76.8
86.4
86.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
88.0
91.2
92.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
84.3
89.5
87.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
85.3
90.3
89.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
82.8
87.3
85.1
Fredericton
83.3
87.7
89.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
82.9
88.3
94.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
83.1
84.8
85.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
76.5
84.6
89.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
79.4
85.1
87.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
75.7
81.8
84.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
84.8
86.6
85.8
Moncton
81.4
86.1
88.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
73.7
84.8
84.1
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
77.1
86.2
83.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
81.2
80.4
83.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
78.8
83.9
83.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
72.2
84.6
82.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
84.1
89.3
90.2
Riverview and Coverdale
82.0
86.4
87.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
81.7
86.0
86.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
79.1
85.4
86.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
76.3
83.7
78.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
82.8
89.7
90.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
82.3
84.3
87.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
79.2
87.4
86.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
77.6
85.1
83.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
80.2
83.4
86.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
82.8
89.9
89.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
80.3
85.5
86.5
Anglophone North School District
79.8
83.3
83.2
Anglophone South School District
80.5
86.4
87.3
Anglophone West School District
81.2
86.1
85.6
Anglophone sector
80.6
85.7
86.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
82.5
87.6
88.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
84.4
89.6
88.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
84.5
89.6
91.1
Francophone sector
83.8
88.9
89.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
83.7
89.2
91.6
Grades 9 to 12
79.9
84.9
84.2
Gender
Woman/Girl
83.8
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
82.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
63.6
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
81.3
87.2
n/a
Male
82.0
86.1
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
70.8
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
84.8
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
70.8
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
84.8
n/a
n/a
Race
White
82.3
n/a
n/a
South Asian
83.8
n/a
n/a
Other
79.5
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
80.4
n/a
n/a
Latino
78.2
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
80.9
n/a
n/a
Black
77.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
74.9
81.7
78.4
Non-Indigenous
82.3
87.1
87.7
Food poverty
Food poverty
75.8
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
82.0
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
81.2
88.4
n/a
Non-immigrants
81.5
86.5
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
76.3
n/a
n/a
No special need
84.4
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data was suppressed due to low respondent counts

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 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

%

NBHC code

SH_VAL02_1

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