Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyTable 31: Of those respondents who do receive a postal service: do you get post regularly?(Questionnaire item A_7b)ROINIYes No n Yes No nTotal 97.5% 2.5% 6543 97.6% 2.4% 1302(for those with post only)In ROI 23.3% and in NI 18.0% of families had no family transport. 80% of ROI families and 84.5% of NIfamilies had public transport within 20 minutes walk of their home.Table 32: Do you have family transport? (Questionnaire item A_8)Car Van Car & Van None nTotal ROI 61.0% 10.3% 5.4% 23.3% 6992Total NI 48.1% 25.8% 8.1% 18.0% 1438Table 33: Is there public transport with a 20 minute walk from your home?(Questionnaire item A_9)ROINIYes No n Yes No nTotal 80.0% 20.0% 6980 84.5% 15.5% 1384More ROI families (74.4%) than NI families (59.6%) had been in their current accommodation for a yearor longer. Around half (47.7% ROI and 56.4% NI) had been there for 5 years or less. A majority in bothjurisdictions (56.8% ROI and 62.3% NI) said they last moved for personal choice, the next most frequentreason being better facilities (39.7% ROI and 26.1% NI).Table 34: How long have you been in your current accommodation?(Questionnaire item A_10)< 1 month 1-6 months > 6 months < 1 year > 1 year nTotal ROI 4.7% 10.7% 10.2% 74.4% 6960Total NI 13.4% 9.4% 17.6% 59.6% 141880