Students in grades 6 to 12 who, on average, spend 2 hours or more a day watching TV, movies or videos, on any type of screen on weekends

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
55.0
54.6 - 55.4
57.0
56.6 - 57.4
59.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
54.2
53.5 - 54.9
55.8
55.0 - 56.5
57.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
57.0
56.1 - 57.8
59.2
58.4 - 60.0
60.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
56.0
55.2 - 56.9
59.2
58.3 - 60.0
60.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
49.9
48.3 - 51.5
48.9
47.4 - 50.5
52.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
55.4
53.0 - 57.8
59.4
57.0 - 61.8
65.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
50.6
49.3 - 52.0
52.6
51.2 - 54.0
56.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
58.0
56.4 - 59.7
59.9
58.2 - 61.6
60.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
51.6
49.6 - 53.7
54.7
52.6 - 56.8
56.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
54.4
52.2 - 56.5
57.6
55.3 - 60.0
60.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
55.6
52.4 - 58.8
63.0
60.0 - 66.0
68.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
50.0
46.5 - 53.6
54.0
50.4 - 57.7
58.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
55.1
51.5 - 58.6
54.4
50.6 - 58.1
61.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
46.0
44.1 - 48.0
44.7
42.7 - 46.7
49.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
61.6
56.9 - 66.3
63.8
59.1 - 68.6
66.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
48.6
46.2 - 50.9
49.6
47.4 - 51.8
52.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
54.4
52.4 - 56.4
56.1
54.0 - 58.1
59.7
Fredericton
54.1
53.0 - 55.3
57.8
56.6 - 59.0
58.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
58.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
52.1
49.3 - 54.8
47.1
44.5 - 49.8
50.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
66.5
61.2 - 71.7
67.3
61.6 - 72.9
66.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
49.6
45.3 - 53.8
51.1
46.5 - 55.7
58.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
65.8
62.2 - 69.5
68.8
65.0 - 72.5
67.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
59.1
57.3 - 60.8
60.2
58.4 - 61.9
60.4
Moncton
55.9
54.9 - 56.9
57.0
55.9 - 58.0
58.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
54.6
50.6 - 58.6
61.6
57.7 - 65.5
63.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
49.5
44.4 - 54.5
57.2
51.9 - 62.6
61.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
55.2
50.9 - 59.5
59.0
54.6 - 63.5
62.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
61.1
59.1 - 63.2
61.8
59.7 - 63.8
63.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
57.1
53.3 - 60.9
60.9
57.2 - 64.6
61.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
52.0
50.4 - 53.5
54.2
52.7 - 55.7
55.9
Riverview and Coverdale
55.0
52.7 - 57.3
61.6
59.4 - 63.7
64.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
62.7
59.5 - 65.9
63.4
60.0 - 66.8
58.8
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
60.0
58.8 - 61.2
62.3
61.1 - 63.5
64.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
54.1
51.2 - 57.1
58.6
55.8 - 61.4
55.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
48.6
45.9 - 51.2
50.0
47.0 - 53.0
56.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
54.1
50.6 - 57.6
53.2
49.6 - 56.8
59.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
60.8
57.5 - 64.2
60.2
56.6 - 63.9
63.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
58.5
55.7 - 61.3
60.7
58.0 - 63.5
60.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
52.0
49.2 - 54.8
56.5
54.0 - 59.1
57.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
46.9
44.2 - 49.7
47.5
44.6 - 50.3
52.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
58.2
57.3 - 59.1
60.5
59.6 - 61.5
61.2
Anglophone North School District
59.7
58.4 - 61.1
62.9
61.5 - 64.2
63.9
Anglophone South School District
57.3
56.4 - 58.1
59.7
58.9 - 60.5
60.9
Anglophone West School District
56.9
56.1 - 57.7
59.4
58.6 - 60.2
60.6
Anglophone sector
57.7
57.2 - 58.1
60.2
59.7 - 60.6
61.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
49.0
47.7 - 50.3
51.4
50.1 - 52.8
56.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
47.1
45.3 - 48.9
47.3
45.6 - 49.0
51.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
48.3
47.3 - 49.3
48.4
47.2 - 49.5
52.4
Francophone sector
48.3
47.6 - 49.0
49.1
48.3 - 49.9
53.5
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
55.2
54.6 - 55.8
55.3
54.7 - 55.9
57.6
Grades 9 to 12
54.9
54.3 - 55.4
58.3
57.7 - 58.8
60.0
Gender
Female
55.7
55.1 - 56.3
56.8
56.2 - 57.4
57.1
Male
53.4
52.8 - 54.0
55.8
55.2 - 56.3
59.2
Non-binary
68.3
65.5 - 71.1
72.8
71.1 - 74.5
72.2
Sex at birth
Female
56.5
55.9 - 57.0
58.3
57.7 - 58.9
58.8
Male
53.4
52.9 - 54.0
55.7
55.2 - 56.3
59.1
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
69.9
68.9 - 71.0
68.3
67.4 - 69.1
69.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
57.9
56.4 - 59.3
61.1
59.5 - 62.8
63.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
56.4
55.3 - 57.4
56.9
55.7 - 58.0
58.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
64.1
62.7 - 65.5
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
56.5
55.5 - 57.4
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 watching TV, movies or videos, on any type of screen 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: Watching TV, movies or videos (including YouTube and similar services) on any type of screen: 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_WATVE_1

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