Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyA quarter of respondents (25.5% in ROI and 26.3% in NI) reported spending less than an hour per daywatching television or playing computer games. However, most men and women, in all age groups andin both jurisdictions, reported spending appreciable time doing so.Table 175: How many hours per day do you spend watching television or playing computergames? (Questionnaire item C1_26)< 1 hour 2-3 hours 4 + hours nTotal ROI 25.5% 46.0% 28.5% 1,629NI 26.3% 55.0% 18.8% 400Male ROI 21.5% 43.5% 35.0% 689NI 27.2% 53.3% 19.5% 195Female ROI 28.3% 47.9% 23.7% 939NI 25.4% 56.6% 18.0% 205Under 30 ROI 24.0% 48.0% 28.0% 725NI 24.3% 54.4% 21.4% 20630-44 ROI 24.8% 44.9% 30.3% 423NI 21.6% 61.9% 16.4% 13445 + ROI 27.6% 45.8% 26.6% 391NI 43.3% 41.7% 15.0% 60DietOf respondents who reported being on some kind of formal diet in ROI, the most frequent was weightreducing,followed by low cholesterol and diabetic diets. In NI, the two most frequently reported dietswere weight-reducing and vegetarian/vegan. Women generally were more likely to be on a weightreducingdiet than men, and special diets such as for diabetes rose in frequency with age.Table 176: Do you follow any of the following diets? Percentages given are the percentage ofall respondents who endorsed one or more diets. (Questionnaire item C1_27_1 )ROINIMalen=664Femalen=918Totaln=1,583Malen=183Femalen=199Totaln=382Total Vegetarian/Vegan 3.0% 2.9% 3.0% 10.4% 12.6% 11.5%Diabetic 4.1% 5.3% 4.8% 2.7% 3.0% 2.9%Gluten free 1.2% 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.5%Weight-reducing 5.6% 9.3% 7.7% 7.7% 24.1% 16.2%Low cholesterol 5.7% 5.7% 5.7% 3.8% 4.0% 3.9%Other diet 3.6% 4.6% 4.2% 7.1% 8.0% 7.6%146