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All Ireland Traveller Health Study
Table 130: How many days a week does your 14-year-old child usually eat or
drink...(Questionnaire item B4_12_a)
Never
Less than
once per
week
Once
per
week
2-4 times
per week
5-6 times
per week
Once
every day
More
than once
every day
Total ROI Fruit 3.3% 6.2% 10.4% 23.8% 13.4% 15.2% 27.8% 454
NI Fruit 1.8% 1.8% 3.6% 21.8% 14.5% 38.1% 18.2% 55
ROI Vegetables 3.5% 6.4% 10.1% 21.3% 12.3% 17.6% 28.8% 455
NI Vegetables 3.6% 1.8% 7.3% 18.2% 9.1% 47.3% 12.7% 55
ROI Sweets 6.2% 14.3% 15.6% 20.5% 11.4% 10.7% 21.4% 449
NI Sweets 13.0% 11.1% 13.0% 22.2% 14.8% 24.1% 1.9% 54
ROI Sugary 11.1% 14.9% 16.0% 18.2% 12.0% 11.5% 16.4% 451
fizzy drinks
NI Sugary 7.3% 20.0% 14.5% 25.5% 10.9% 18.2% 3.6% 55
fizzy drinks
ROI “Diet” fizzy 33.2% 19.7% 15.1% 12.8% 6.9% 5.3% 7.1% 437
drinks
NI “Diet” fizzy 35.8% 20.8% 17.0% 15.1% 3.8% 7.5% 0.0% 53
drinks
ROI Crisps 8.6% 15.7% 16.2% 23.5% 13.5% 9.1% 13.3% 451
NI Crisps 7.4% 11.1% 18.5% 27.8% 14.8% 16.7% 3.7% 54
ROI Chips 6.9% 17.5% 22.4% 26.2% 12.9% 6.9% 7.3% 451
NI Chips 7.1% 12.5% 23.2% 21.4% 14.3% 19.7% 1.8% 56
ROI Fish 24.6% 25.0% 25.0% 12.4% 6.2% 3.3% 3.5% 452
NI Fish 29.1% 21.8% 23.6% 9.1% 5.5% 10.9% 0.0% 55
n
School attendance was 89.2% in ROI and 72.3% in NI. Higher numbers in NI were attending training centres
(17.5% compared with 6.2% in ROI) and with more NI boys than girls attending such centres.
Table 131: Is your 14-year-old child going to school? (Questionnaire item B4_13)
ROI
NI
Yes No n Yes No n
Total 89.2% 10.8% 426 72.3% 27.7% 47
Male 88.9% 11.1% 208 73.9% 26.1% 23
Female 89.4% 10.6% 218 70.8% 29.2% 24
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