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All Ireland Traveller Health Study
6.0% in ROI and 10.6% in NI felt that in last 12 months there was an episode when their child needed
treatment or care and did not receive it. The explanation in most cases was that the parent was
awaiting improvement before consulting, both in ROI and NI.
Table 80: Was there any time in the last 12 months that your child needed medical care for a
problem but did not receive it? (Questionnaire item B1_13)
ROI
NI
Yes No n Yes No n
Total 6.0% 94.0% 1366 10.6% 89.4% 179
Male 5.5% 94.5% 669 9.4% 90.6% 96
Female 6.8% 93.2% 666 12.5% 87.5% 80
5-year old 5.3% 94.7% 512 11.7% 88.3% 60
9-year old 5.1% 94.9% 395 9.4% 90.6% 64
14-year old 7.6% 92.4% 459 11.3% 88.7% 53
Table 81: For respondents who indicated that there was a time that their child did not receive
medical care or treatment only. Why did your child not get the medical care or treatment that
he/she needed? (Questionnaire item B1_14_a)
ROI
NI
Yes No n Yes No n
Total Could not afford 19.1% 80.9% 47 28.6% 71.4% 14
Could not access 23.1% 76.9% 52 18.2% 81.8% 11
Work commitments 6.4% 93.6% 47 9.1% 90.9% 11
Awaiting improvement 50.0% 50.0% 56 84.6% 15.4% 13
Not registered with GP 14.3% 85.7% 49 27.3% 72.7% 11
Still on waiting list 27.7% 72.3% 47 53.8% 46.2% 13
Other 35.9% 64.1% 39 11.1% 88.9% 9
In ROI 15.7% of children and in NI 25.8% were reported as having current or past eye problems, 12.9%
in ROI and 16.6% in NI were reported as having current or past hearing problems and 13.0% in ROI and
16.1% in NI were reported as having speech problems.
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