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All Ireland Traveller Health Study
A quarter of respondents (25.5% in ROI and 26.3% in NI) reported spending less than an hour per day
watching television or playing computer games. However, most men and women, in all age groups and
in both jurisdictions, reported spending appreciable time doing so.
Table 175: How many hours per day do you spend watching television or playing computer
games? (Questionnaire item C1_26)
< 1 hour 2-3 hours 4 + hours n
Total ROI 25.5% 46.0% 28.5% 1,629
NI 26.3% 55.0% 18.8% 400
Male ROI 21.5% 43.5% 35.0% 689
NI 27.2% 53.3% 19.5% 195
Female ROI 28.3% 47.9% 23.7% 939
NI 25.4% 56.6% 18.0% 205
Under 30 ROI 24.0% 48.0% 28.0% 725
NI 24.3% 54.4% 21.4% 206
30-44 ROI 24.8% 44.9% 30.3% 423
NI 21.6% 61.9% 16.4% 134
45 + ROI 27.6% 45.8% 26.6% 391
NI 43.3% 41.7% 15.0% 60
Diet
Of respondents who reported being on some kind of formal diet in ROI, the most frequent was weightreducing,
followed by low cholesterol and diabetic diets. In NI, the two most frequently reported diets
were weight-reducing and vegetarian/vegan. Women generally were more likely to be on a weightreducing
diet than men, and special diets such as for diabetes rose in frequency with age.
Table 176: Do you follow any of the following diets? Percentages given are the percentage of
all respondents who endorsed one or more diets. (Questionnaire item C1_27_1 )
ROI
NI
Male
n=664
Female
n=918
Total
n=1,583
Male
n=183
Female
n=199
Total
n=382
Total Vegetarian/Vegan 3.0% 2.9% 3.0% 10.4% 12.6% 11.5%
Diabetic 4.1% 5.3% 4.8% 2.7% 3.0% 2.9%
Gluten free 1.2% 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.5%
Weight-reducing 5.6% 9.3% 7.7% 7.7% 24.1% 16.2%
Low cholesterol 5.7% 5.7% 5.7% 3.8% 4.0% 3.9%
Other diet 3.6% 4.6% 4.2% 7.1% 8.0% 7.6%
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