Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

Health Survey FindingsTable 164: Number of alcoholic drinks consumed per day, on days when the respondent wasdrinking. (Questionnaire item C_15 )0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21 + nTotal ROI 46.0% 42.0% 7.9% 2.9% 1.2% 978NI 46.4% 40.0% 8.1% 4.3% 1.3% 235Male ROI 33.9% 47.4% 11.6% 4.8% 2.3% 481NI 34.4% 48.4% 10.2% 5.5% 1.6% 128Female ROI 57.7% 36.9% 4.2% 1.0% 0.2% 496NI 60.7% 29.9% 5.6% 2.8% 0.9% 107Under 30 ROI 43.6% 44.7% 8.4% 2.6% 0.7% 427NI 47.7% 42.1% 4.7% 4.7% 0.9% 10730-44 ROI 44.4% 42.0% 8.7% 4.2% 0.7% 286NI 43.3% 38.9% 10.0% 5.6% 2.2% 9045 + ROI 48.7% 40.2% 5.8% 2.2% 3.1% 224NI 50.0% 36.8% 13.2% 0.0% 0.0% 38(does not include those who answered ‘never’ to ‘how often do you drink alcohol’)A majority of respondents (66.3% in ROI and 64.6% in NI) considered illicit drugs to be a problem intheir community and this was a consistent pattern for both men and women and across age groups.Table 165: Do you consider illicit drug use to be a problem in your community?(Questionnaire item C1_16)ROINIYes No n Yes No nTotal 66.3% 33.7% 1,614 64.6% 35.4% 367Male 68.7% 31.3% 687 63.7% 36.3% 182Female 64.5% 35.5% 926 65.4% 34.6% 185Under 30 62.2% 37.8% 723 64.5% 35.5% 18630-44 69.2% 30.8% 413 65.1% 34.9% 12645 + 67.5% 32.5% 391 63.6% 36.4% 55139