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All Ireland Traveller Health Study
Table 236: For those who would use a healer/curing person for an illness or sickness only
- which of the following sicknesses/ illnesses would you go to a healer for? Table presented
by respondent sex. (Questionnaire item C2_20)
ROI
NI
Male
n=393
Female
n=591
Male
n=125
Female
n=121
Thrush 43.8% 47.4% 20.0% 38.0%
Infectious diseases 19.1% 19.5% 12.8% 19.0%
Eczema 51.4% 56.7% 29.6% 47.9%
Arthritis 44.5% 45.2% 28.0% 56.2%
Aches & pains 53.7% 51.1% 54.4% 66.1%
Burns 53.7% 50.4% 48.8% 66.9%
Flu/chest 22.6% 19.0% 24.0% 35.5%
Asthma 47.3% 48.2% 23.2% 37.2%
Depression/Worries 52.2% 51.8% 41.6% 51.2%
Other 21.1% 14.6% 15.2% 21.5%
Table 237: For those who would use a healer/curing person for an illness or sickness only
- which of the following sicknesses/ illnesses would you go to a healer for? Table presented by
respondent age group. (Questionnaire item C2_20)
ROI
NI
Under 30
n=439
30-44
n=241
45 +
n=252
Under 30
n=122
30-44
n=74
45 +
n=50
Thrush 51.9% 44.4% 36.9% 28.7% 31.1% 26.0%
Infectious diseases 19.4% 22.0% 18.3% 14.8% 17.6% 16.0%
Eczema 58.8% 52.7% 49.2% 39.3% 37.8% 38.0%
Arthritis 42.6% 44.4% 51.2% 32.8% 39.2% 68.0%
Aches & pains 50.3% 51.9% 56.3% 54.9% 63.5% 68.0%
Burns 55.6% 50.6% 49.2% 54.9% 64.9% 54.0%
Flu/chest 19.8% 19.9% 23.0% 27.0% 33.8% 30.0%
Asthma 47.2% 51.0% 44.0% 29.5% 35.1% 24.0%
Depression/Worries 50.3% 58.5% 50.4% 43.4% 52.7% 44.0%
Other 18.0% 16.6% 15.9% 19.7% 17.6% 16.0%
When asked if they ever wished to make a complaint about some aspect of the health service, 25.6%
in ROI and 36.4% in NI said yes and of these, 38.8% in ROI and 55.4% in NI indicated they knew how
to go about it. Whilst numbers were small, more people were satisfied or somewhat satisfied with the
outcome in NI (72%) than ROI (37.7%), of the people who made a complaint.
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