Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudySECTION B2: 5-Year-Old Child HealthA majority (74.6% in ROI and 80.3% in NI) of mothers rated their 5-year-old’s health as either excellentor very good. The pattern did not differ for males and females. Almost all (96.1% in ROI and 93.4% in NI)reported receiving vaccinations (‘receiving needles’), peaking at 12-15 months.Table 87: In general, how would you say your 5-year-old child’s current health is?(Questionnaire item B2_1)Poor Fair Good Very good Excellent nTotal ROI 0.6% 5.6% 19.2% 29.2% 45.4% 520NI 1.6% 6.6% 11.5% 37.7% 42.6% 61Male ROI 0.4% 6.6% 17.8% 30.6% 44.6% 258NI 0.0% 9.4% 12.5% 43.8% 34.4% 32Female ROI 0.8% 4.8% 20.0% 28.4% 46.0% 250NI 3.6% 3.6% 10.7% 32.1% 50.0% 28Table 88: Has your 5-year-old child ever received any immunisations/needles/vaccines?(Questionnaire item B2_2)ROINIYes No n Yes No nTotal 96.1% 3.9% 512 93.4% 6.6% 61Male 96.0% 4.0% 253 90.6% 9.4% 32Female 96.0% 4.0% 247 96.4% 3.6% 28Table 89: Times at which the child received a ‘needle’, i.e. a vaccination.(Questionnaire item B2_2a_1)ROINIMale(n=234)Female(n=228)Total(n=473)Male(n=26)Female(n=21)Total(n=48)Birth/1 68.4% 68.4% 68.9% 34.6% 28.6% 31.3%month2 months 80.8% 82.0% 81.6% 80.8% 76.2% 79.2%4 months 85.0% 87.3% 86.0% 69.2% 76.2% 70.8%6 months 81.6% 85.1% 83.3% 57.7% 38.1% 47.9%12-1591.5% 90.8% 90.9% 80.8% 57.1% 70.8%months4-5 years 70.1% 77.2% 73.4% 61.5% 52.4% 58.3%(for those who received immunisations/needles/vaccines only)Most also reported their children washed their teeth at least daily (94.8% in ROI and 93.4% in NI), againcomparable between the sexes. Only around a third of children in ROI (36.4%) had seen a dentist in thelast 12 months, compared to 78.7% in NI.104