Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyMost respondents reported regular daily light housework (55.8% ROI and 31.8% NI) and there was astrong sex-related pattern, in that 45.1% of men in ROI and 46.1% in NI never did such work comparedto 6.2% of women in ROI and 13.7% in NI. Conversely, 28.6% of men in ROI and 12.0% in NI reporteddaily light housework, compared to 75.3% of women in ROI and 50.2% in NI. The pattern was notparticularly age-related.Table 172: Do you do light household work? (e.g. dusting, washing dishes, repairing clothes).(Questionnaire item C1_23)Seldom ornever1-3 timesper monthOnce perweek3-4 timesper weekMost daysTotal ROI 22.5% 4.7% 6.0% 11.1% 55.8% 1,633NI 29.3% 13.6% 14.1% 11.1% 31.8% 396Male ROI 45.1% 7.0% 7.8% 11.6% 28.6% 683NI 46.1% 17.3% 13.6% 11.0% 12.0% 191Female ROI 6.2% 3.0% 4.7% 10.7% 75.3% 949NI 13.7% 10.2% 14.6% 11.2% 50.2% 205Under 30 ROI 23.6% 4.4% 5.2% 11.2% 55.6% 725NI 31.2% 9.8% 12.7% 11.2% 35.1% 20530-44 ROI 17.5% 4.5% 5.7% 10.9% 61.5% 423NI 22.7% 16.7% 15.2% 9.8% 35.6% 13245 + ROI 25.3% 5.8% 7.6% 12.4% 48.9% 395NI 37.3% 20.3% 16.9% 13.6% 11.9% 59There were high rates of heavy household work also, and again the pattern related to sex, with almosthalf of men never doing such work, but 64.9% in ROI and 45.4% in NI of women doing so daily.There was an age pattern in that the oldest respondents were less likely to engage in regular heavyhousework.n144