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Health Survey Findings
Table 54: How important are each of the following to your family?
(Questionnaire item A_25_a)
Very
unimportant
Unimportant Important Very
important
Total ROI Membership of Traveller 10.3% 4.3% 14.7% 70.7% 6920
community
NI Membership of Traveller 15.9% 6.5% 16.6% 61.0% 1424
community
ROI Nomadism 21.5% 11.9% 12.6% 53.9% 6904
NI Nomadism 28.4% 15.5% 16.7% 39.3% 1383
ROI Traveller culture 9.6% 3.8% 13.9% 72.7% 6898
NI Traveller culture 14.9% 7.7% 18.1% 59.3% 1407
ROI Traveller identity 9.6% 3.6% 13.1% 73.7% 6881
NI Traveller identity 15.6% 6.6% 17.7% 60.1% 1410
ROI Religion/faith 9.1% 1.5% 6.4% 83.0% 6903
NI Religion/faith 13.2% 1.5% 6.7% 78.6% 1420
Table 55: What is your religion? (ROI ONLY) (Questionnaire item A_26)
Roman Church of Presbyterian Other No religion n
Catholic Ireland
religion
Total ROI 98.0% 1.2% 0.2% 0.5% 0.1% 6,978
Table 56: What is your religion? (NI ONLY) (Questionnaire item A_26)
Roman Catholic Protestant Other religion No religion n
Total NI 96.7% 0.5% 2.2% 0.6% 1,438
Most respondents either had a general medical services card, 94.1% in ROI, or were registered with a GP
94.9% in NI. Of those in ROI without a card, ineligibility was the main reason (49.6%), whereas in NI, the
most frequent reason was having recently moved (47.8%).
Table 57: Do you have an up-to-date medical card? (ROI ONLY) (Questionnaire item A_27)
Yes No n
Total ROI 94.1% 5.9% 6,938
Table 58: Are you registered with a GP? (NI ONLY) (Questionnaire item A_27_NI)
Yes No n
Total NI 94.9% 5.1% 1,424
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