Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

Health Survey FindingsTable 35: Duration of time spent in current accommodation. If more than 1 year in yourcurrent accommodation, how many years have you been there? (Questionnaire item A_11)< 5 years 6–10 years 11–15 years 16–20 years 21+ years nTotal ROI 47.7% 22.9% 11.0% 6.3% 12.1% 5010Total NI 56.4% 24.3% 8.4% 3.8% 7.2% 824(for those with 1 year + in current accommodation only)Table 36: Previous accommodation. If less than 1 year in your current accommodation, whattype of accommodation did you live in before? (Questionnaire item A_12)House Flat Apartment Chalet Trailer/Mobile Home/Caravan Other nTotal ROI 55.2% 7.3% 4.9% 1.2% 28.1% 3.3% 1756Total NI 41.8% 6.7% 1.8% 9.0% 36.3% 4.4% 567(for those with < 1 year in current accommodation only)Table 37: If less than one year in your current accommodation, and if you last lived in a chalet,trailer, mobile home, or caravan, was the site...: (Questionnaire item A_12a)ROINIServiced Unserviced n Serviced Unserviced nTotal 42.3% 57.7% 482 48.8% 51.2% 248(for those with < 1 year in current accommodation only)Table 38: Reasons for changing accommodation place. Which of the following best describeswhy you moved on the last occasion? Please tick all that apply. (Questionnaire item A_13_1)ROIn=6,960NIn=1,393Total Personal choice 56.8% 62.3%Official eviction 4.5% 1.5%Forced by local community 1.8% 6.8%Better facilities 39.7% 26.1%Better access to services 6.0% 7.0%Internal conflict 1.7% 6.1%Other 3.3% 9.6%A sub-analysis of the accommodation data was made by accommodation type. Housing was groupedinto two groups: ‘housed’ types of accommodation, and ‘site’ types of accommodation. Table 39 showsthe differential in the amenities available to Travellers, by these groups of accommodation. Travellersliving in ‘site’ types of accommodation report less access to basic amenities such as toilets, runningwater and regular rubbish collection.81