Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyTable 162: Did you ever smoke cigarettes in the past? For respondents who report notcurrently smoking in Questionnaire item C1_11 (Table 160) only.Never smoked Occasionally: smoked less Smoked regularly nthan one cigarette per dayTotal ROI 81.5% 6.5% 11.9% 780NI 89.7% 5.1% 5.1% 195Male ROI 82.0% 5.9% 12.2% 205NI 88.8% 5.6% 5.6% 89Female ROI 81.4% 6.8% 11.8% 575NI 90.6% 4.7% 4.7% 106Under 30 ROI 86.9% 4.0% 9.1% 298*NI 95.7% 1.7% 2.6% 11530-44 ROI 81.5% 7.2% 11.3% 221*NI 80.8% 11.5% 7.7% 5245 + ROI 77.2% 8.0% 14.3% 224*NI 82.1% 7.1% 10.7% 28*Data by age group was only available for n=743 persons in ROI38.1 % of respondents in ROI and 39.3% in NI indicated they never drank alcohol, rates of nondrinkingbeing considerably higher in women than men. The lowest rate of never drinkers (30.9% in ROI and32.1% in NI) was in the 30-44 year old age group. Overall 46.0% in ROI and 46.4% in NI indicated theydrank fewer than 5 drinks in a day when drinking. Men reported drinking more drinks when drinkingthan did women.Table 163: How often do you have a drink containing alcohol? (Questionnaire item C1_14)Never Monthly or 2-3 times per 2-3 times per 4 + times per nlessmonthweekweekTotal ROI 38.1% 29.5% 19.0% 9.7% 3.7% 1,639NI 39.3% 19.3% 18.5% 15.0% 7.8% 399Male ROI 29.5% 26.5% 24.9% 13.2% 5.9% 695NI 32.8% 14.4% 22.6% 19.0% 11.3% 195Female ROI 44.5% 31.7% 14.6% 7.1% 2.0% 943NI 45.6% 24.0% 14.7% 11.3% 4.4% 204Under 30 ROI 40.9% 31.9% 18.0% 6.8% 2.5% 734NI 45.4% 20.0% 18.5% 11.7% 4.4% 20530-44 ROI 30.9% 30.7% 22.2% 12.5% 3.8% 424NI 32.1% 20.1% 18.7% 17.2% 11.9% 13445 + ROI 41.3% 23.5% 18.4% 11.2% 5.6% 392NI 35.0% 15.0% 18.3% 21.7% 10.0% 60138