Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

Health Survey FindingsSECTION B1: Child Health(All Children)Information was collected on 1,388 children in ROI: 521 were 5 years old, 399 were 9 years old and 460were 14 years old. In NI, information was collected on 185 children: 61 were 5 years old, 65 were 9 yearsold and 57 were 14 years old. It should be noted, when interpreting the tables, that two respondentsdid not specify the chosen child’s gender. Therefore the sample size for the total group is larger thanthat of the sum of the sex-specific groups.A majority (64.6% ROI and 55.7% NI) of both male and female children was reported as weighingbetween 3 and 4 kg at birth. Older children tended to have been relatively lighter at birth.Table 66: What was your child’s weight at birth? (Questionnaire item B1_1_1)4500g nTotal ROI 6.1% 14.1% 33.6% 30.9% 11.0% 4.3% 1,223NI 4.5% 21.7% 31.8% 28.0% 10.8% 3.2% 157Male ROI 5.4% 12.2% 34.2% 31.1% 11.5% 5.6% 591NI 3.6% 18.1% 31.3% 27.7% 14.5% 4.8% 83Female ROI 6.5% 15.8% 33.6% 30.1% 10.8% 3.3% 602NI 4.2% 25.4% 32.4% 29.6% 7.0% 1.4% 1715-year old ROI 5.2% 15.3% 38.4% 27.9% 9.9% 3.2% 463NI 3.8% 18.9% 32.1% 32.1% 13.2% 0.0% 539-year old ROI 6.2% 11.9% 33.2% 32.1% 11.9% 4.5% 352NI 3.6% 30.2% 26.8% 21.4% 8.9% 8.9% 5614-year old ROI 6.8% 14.5% 28.4% 33.3% 11.5% 5.4% 408NI 3.9% 21.9% 31.6% 28.4% 11.0% 0.0% 46Most children (56.9% ROI and 65.9% NI) were born during term period of 37-41 weeks, a pattern similaraccording to age and sex in both jurisdictions.91