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Health Survey Findings
Table 103: Over the past week, on how many days was your 9-year-old child physically active
for a total of at least an hour per day? (Questionnaire item B3_8)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 n
Total ROI 3.4% 2.1% 6.0% 9.9% 8.4% 17.2% 4.4% 48.6% 383
NI 6.8% 1.7% 11.9% 16.9% 11.9% 18.6% 6.8% 25.4% 59
Male ROI 4.2% 2.1% 4.7% 7.8% 8.3% 18.2% 6.3% 48.4% 192
NI 8.8% .0% 8.8% 17.6% 20.6% 14.7% 8.8% 20.6% 34
Female ROI 2.6% 2.1% 7.3% 12.0% 8.4% 16.2% 2.6% 48.7% 191
NI 4.0% 4.0% 16.0% 16.0% .0% 24.0% 4.0% 32.0% 25
In ROI 24.6% were reported to have a mobile phone and in NI 52.3%. Almost all watched TV (including
videos and DVD) regularly, the majority spending between 1-5 hours per day on weekdays and at
weekends also.
Table 104: Does your 9-year-old child have their own mobile phone?
(Questionnaire item B3_9)
ROI
NI
Yes No n Yes No n
Total 24.6% 75.4% 386 52.3% 47.7% 65
Male 27.7% 72.3% 195 50.0% 50.0% 40
Female 21.5% 78.5% 191 56.0% 44.0% 25
Table 105: How many hours a day does your 9-year-old child watch TV (including videos and
DVDs) in their free time? During weekdays. (Questionnaire item B3_10_a)
None 1-5 hrs 6-10 hrs 11-15 hrs 16+ hours n
Total ROI 1.1% 84.7% 13.2% 1.1% 0.0% 378
NI 0.0% 87.3% 12.7% 0.0% 0.0% 55
Male ROI 2.1% 81.7% 15.2% 1.0% 0.0% 191
NI 0.0% 82.4% 17.6% 0.0% 0.0% 34
Female ROI 0.0% 87.7% 11.2% 1.1% 0.0% 187
NI 0.0% 95.2% 4.8% 0.0% 0.0% 21
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