Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyTable 52: In which months were you away for more than 3 days? (Questionnaire item A_23_1)ROIn=1,437NIn=452Total January 10.3% 18.1%February 9.8% 16.8%March 14.2% 24.3%April 18.4% 31.0%May 26.6% 36.5%June 46.8% 53.8%July 55.3% 53.1%August 49.7% 39.4%September 14.5% 18.1%October 11.2% 9.7%November 5.5% 9.3%December 5.1% 9.7%(for those who have ‘gone on the road for 3+ days in past only).In ROI 42.0% and in NI 46.0% of families reported that they often or very often felt discriminated against.Table 53: Overall how often do you feel that you or your family are discriminated againstbecause you are a Traveller? (Questionnaire item A_24)Never Rarely Sometimes Often Very often nTotal ROI 18.3% 16.1% 23.7% 11.9% 30.1% 6,943Total NI 15.7% 15.0% 23.2% 21.2% 24.8% 1,423Religion or faith was ranked as very important by 83% in ROI and 78.6% in NI, with high ratings ofimportance given to Traveller culture, identity and community membership also. Nomadism was ratedas very important by 53.9% of ROI families and 39.3% of NI families. The overwhelming majority areRoman Catholics, 98.0% in ROI and 96.7% in NI.86