Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudySocio-demographic CharacteristicsIn total 7,042 families in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and 1,450 families in Northern Ireland (NI)were interviewed. Primary respondents provided data on the socio-demographic condition of theirhousehold members, thus expanding the valid sample size up to a maximum of 22,869 persons in ROI,and 3,293 in NI for this part of the census.The following tables (Tables 6 to 10) show some of the overall socio-demographic features of theTraveller population surveyed. Surprisingly, marriage was the minority state for Travellers both in ROIand NI, and more respondents in NI than ROI were separated or divorced (Table 6). Substantially morerespondents in NI than ROI were self-employed, and overall the number of persons expressing thatthey were employed or self-employed is low. A large minority of ROI Travellers described that theywere on training schemes (Table 7). As indicated from the literature review on Traveller educationalstatus, Traveller respondents describe a varied educational attainment, with a substantial minority notprogressing beyond primary schooling (Table 8 and 9)Table 6: Marital Status (Questionnaire Item A_19d)Married Single Divorced Separated Widowed Co-habiting nTotal ROI 22.2% 68.5% 0.4% 2.9% 2.3% 3.7% 19561NI 22.5% 57.6% 2.5% 11.0% 2.5% 3.9% 3100Male ROI 6.4% 85.0% 0.3% 2.3% 1.2% 4.8% 7972NI 14.0% 66.5% 2.8% 9.6% 2.6% 4.6% 1443Female ROI 33.0% 57.1% 0.5% 3.4% 3.0% 3.0% 11554NI 29.8% 49.9% 2.4% 12.2% 2.4% 3.4% 1657Under 30 ROI 11.0% 85.1% 0.1% 0.9% 0.1% 2.9% 13979yearsNI 14.4% 76.2% 0.9% 5.6% 0.0% 2.8% 216130-44 ROI 58.3% 18.8% 1.4% 9.3% 2.9% 9.2% 2592NI 40.6% 13.5% 7.1% 26.5% 3.4% 8.9% 62045 - 64 ROI 62.4% 10.6% 1.6% 11.6% 10.8% 2.9% 1401NI 45.7% 8.6% 5.9% 20.7% 16.4% 2.7% 25665+ ROI 36.6% 8.8% 0.6% 5.5% 47.3% 1.2% 328NI 37.8% 24.3% 0.0% 2.7% 35.1% 0.0% 3772