Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health Study84Table 44: Summary of safety and healthiness of living conditions: by accommodation typeHouse/ Flat/Apt(n=5,498)ROITrailer/Mobilehome/Caravan /Chalet(n=1,402)House/ Flat/Apt(n=930)NITrailer/Mobilehome/Caravan /Chalet(n=460)Healthiness of the homeVery healthy 37.9% 13.5% 29.5% 18.7%Healthy 46.5% 27.9% 56.1% 35.7%Unhealthy 9.4% 23.4% 10.8% 27.8%Very unhealthy 6.2% 35.2% 3.7% 17.8%Safety of the homeVery safe 34.6% 12.2% 27.7% 17.0%Safe 47.5% 28.4% 54.0% 31.8%Unsafe 10.9% 23.8% 14.6% 30.1%Very unsafe 7.0% 35.6% 3.7% 21.1%Which of these are problems in your local area?*River 9.5% 29.8% 9.6% 8.8%Lodged water 13.2% 52.4% 4.6% 9.2%Rats 22.6% 73.4% 13.1% 55.0%Rubbish dump 6.6% 29.4% 6.7% 9.6%Overhead cables 15.3% 37.3% 15.5% 24.6%Main road 39.9% 75.6% 25.5% 35.3%*’Yes’ versus ‘Not answered’ or ‘Not applicable’.Table 45: Overall, how healthy do you consider the place where your family lives?(Questionnaire item A_17)Very unhealthy Unhealthy Healthy Very healthy nTotal ROI 12.1% 12.3% 42.6% 33.0% 6,992Total NI 8.2% 16.6% 49.5% 25.7% 1,416Table 46: Overall, how safe do you consider the place where your family lives?(Questionnaire item A_18)Very unsafe Unsafe Safe Very safe nTotal ROI 12.9% 13.5% 43.5% 30.1% 6,992Total NI 9.3% 19.7% 46.9% 24.1% 1,427Difficulty in reading and filling out forms was reported by 28.8% of ROI and 35.3% of NI families.95.5% of ROI and 89.8% of NI family respondents could calculate change from a euro or poundnote, as relevant.