Students in grades 6 to 12 who report that expressing their opinion in class is very important or important to them

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
59.4
59.0 - 59.8
60.4
64.7
66.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
60.6
59.9 - 61.3
60.5
64.4
66.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
57.9
57.1 - 58.7
58.4
63.8
65.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
58.5
57.7 - 59.2
60.8
64.6
67.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
64.7
63.1 - 66.3
62.8
70.5
71.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
58.6
56.3 - 61.0
60.5
63.3
69.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
58.4
57.0 - 59.7
61.3
64.5
67.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
59.8
58.2 - 61.5
62.6
65.7
61.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
58.4
56.5 - 60.4
61.5
64.3
71.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
56.8
54.7 - 58.9
58.3
62.5
63.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
59.4
56.3 - 62.6
61.3
61.1
68.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
60.4
57.0 - 63.9
60.4
65.2
68.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
57.5
54.1 - 61.0
59.2
66.5
69.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
59.5
57.6 - 61.4
60.2
63.2
66.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
55.1
50.4 - 59.8
59.6
65.8
68.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
66.0
63.8 - 68.2
64.4
70.4
73.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
64.0
62.1 - 65.9
65.2
68.2
69.4
Fredericton
59.0
57.9 - 60.1
61.8
63.2
68.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
70.4
74.5
81.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
61.5
58.9 - 64.1
58.9
74.7
67.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
55.8
50.4 - 61.2
64.4
62.7
67.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
68.2
64.2 - 72.1
65.0
66.3
77.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
53.0
49.2 - 56.7
57.8
66.6
64.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
59.4
57.6 - 61.1
61.8
65.3
61.3
Moncton
63.1
62.2 - 64.1
62.6
66.6
69.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
63.2
59.4 - 66.9
59.9
69.1
67.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
63.6
58.8 - 68.4
69.3
68.8
62.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
62.6
58.5 - 66.7
58.3
64.3
70.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
52.2
50.1 - 54.2
55.5
62.3
64.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
53.8
50.1 - 57.6
59.1
65.7
68.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
58.3
56.8 - 59.7
59.7
64.6
66.5
Riverview and Coverdale
56.8
54.6 - 58.9
58.7
61.3
63.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
59.1
56.0 - 62.3
62.8
68.4
66.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
57.0
55.9 - 58.2
56.7
62.7
63.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
58.2
55.3 - 61.1
55.7
66.3
60.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
60.2
57.6 - 62.8
55.5
57.3
67.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
56.7
53.3 - 60.1
60.6
64.7
60.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
53.9
50.6 - 57.3
58.3
59.6
63.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
59.6
56.8 - 62.3
57.3
66.2
66.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
60.2
57.6 - 62.8
60.9
63.8
68.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
57.9
55.2 - 60.6
62.0
64.5
65.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
61.5
60.6 - 62.3
61.1
66.1
66.3
Anglophone North School District
55.5
54.2 - 56.9
58.6
62.9
61.9
Anglophone South School District
57.8
57.0 - 58.6
58.3
63.5
65.1
Anglophone West School District
58.2
57.4 - 59.1
60.9
64.9
67.7
Anglophone sector
58.6
58.2 - 59.1
59.9
64.4
65.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
60.3
59.1 - 61.6
62.7
64.5
67.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
65.2
63.5 - 66.8
62.6
70.8
71.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
60.9
59.9 - 61.9
60.6
63.8
68.5
Francophone sector
61.5
60.8 - 62.2
61.6
65.4
68.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
63.3
62.7 - 63.8
65.0
71.0
74.7
Grades 9 to 12
56.7
56.1 - 57.2
57.0
60.5
61.2
Gender
Female
59.2
58.7 - 59.8
60.5
n/a
n/a
Male
60.7
60.1 - 61.2
62.3
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
45.7
42.8 - 48.7
45.5
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
58.1
57.5 - 58.6
58.7
63.2
n/a
Male
61.0
60.4 - 61.5
62.3
66.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
47.7
46.6 - 48.8
50.9
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
55.1
53.7 - 56.5
57.1
62.1
60.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
66.5
65.4 - 67.5
65.9
69.2
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
59.4
58.0 - 60.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
66.0
65.1 - 66.9
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 expressing their opinion in class 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: f) Expressing my opinion in class

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_VAL06_1

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