Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyFour in ten respondents in ROI (40.3%) and 31.3% in NI reported eating fried food less than once perweek, with just 11.8% in ROI and 12.9% in NI reporting daily consumption. Men were more likely toconsume fried food frequently than women. This pattern was also inversely age related, so that 17.1% inROI and 15.1% in NI of those under thirty consumed fried food daily, compared with 1.1% of the oldestrespondents.Table 179: How often do you eat fried food? (Questionnaire item C1_29)< Once per week 1-3 times per week 4-6 times per week Daily nTotal ROI 40.3% 29.7% 18.2% 11.8% 1,634NI 31.3% 32.8% 23.0% 12.9% 396Male ROI 32.6% 30.0% 24.0% 13.5% 691NI 28.0% 30.1% 25.9% 16.1% 193Female ROI 46.1% 29.4% 14.0% 10.5% 942NI 34.5% 35.5% 20.2% 9.9% 203Under 30 ROI 30.8% 30.1% 22.0% 17.1% 731NI 29.3% 30.7% 24.9% 15.1% 20530-44 ROI 40.5% 32.2% 17.1% 10.2% 422NI 33.6% 33.6% 19.8% 13.0% 13145 + ROI 57.0% 26.0% 12.4% 4.6% 388NI 33.3% 38.3% 23.3% 5.0% 60In ROI butter was the most popular spread (56.2%) and was consumed every or most days by bothmen (56.9%) and women (55.8%). There was no strong age trend. In NI consumption was more evenlyspread between butter, low fat or vegetable oil spreads.148