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All Ireland Traveller Health Study
Table 59: I don’t have a current medical card because....(ROI ONLY) (Questionnaire item A_28)
Card out of
date
Application
being
processed
Recently
moved
Do not
know how
to apply
Not
eligible
Have
not
applied
Cannot
get GP
to sign
family
Total ROI 17.0% 10.4% 4.8% 2.8% 49.6% 12.7% 2.8% 395
(for those who do not have a medical card only)
Table 60: Reasons for not being registered with a GP... (NI ONLY).
(Questionnaire item A_28_NI)
Recently moved
Difficult to get
accepted by GP
Don’t know how to
get registered
Other
Total NI 47.8% 18.8% 18.8% 14.5% 69
(for those who do are not registered with a GP only)
Table 61: Are you or any member of your family who is living with you pregnant at this time?
(Questionnaire item A_29)
ROI
NI
Yes No n Yes No n
Total 9.7% 90.3% 6,916 3.0% 97.0% 1,419
Table 62: In principle, if at a future time funds were available for further health examinations,
would you be interested in being contacted? (Questionnaire item A_30)
ROI
NI
Yes No n Yes No n
Total 76.7% 23.3% 6,806 50.6% 49.4% 1,339
Table 63: Have any members of your family who normally lived with you died on the island of
Ireland in the last year? (Questionnaire item A_31)
ROI
NI
Yes No n Yes No n
Total 7.7% 92.3% 6,884 4.3% 95.7% 1,388
Table 64: Have any members of your extended family died on the island of Ireland in the last
year? (Questionnaire item A_32)
ROI
NI
Yes No n Yes No n
Total 15.7% 84.3% 6,848 9.1% 90.9% 1,376
n
n
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