Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyTable 181 How often do you add salt to food at the table? (Questionnaire item C1_31)Never Rarely Sometimes Usually Always nTotal ROI 16.8% 17.5% 16.0% 11.7% 38.0% 1,648NI 11.5% 23.5% 25.3% 19.3% 20.5% 400Male ROI 14.9% 17.5% 14.7% 12.8% 40.1% 696NI 8.8% 23.7% 27.3% 16.5% 23.7% 194Female ROI 18.2% 17.4% 17.0% 10.8% 36.6% 951NI 14.1% 23.3% 23.3% 21.8% 17.5% 206Under 30 ROI 13.8% 17.3% 15.8% 12.3% 40.9% 734NI 13.5% 21.3% 22.2% 22.2% 20.8% 20730-44 ROI 17.2% 16.5% 15.6% 10.1% 40.6% 424NI 8.3% 27.1% 29.3% 15.8% 19.5% 13345 + ROI 21.7% 18.6% 17.1% 10.8% 31.7% 397NI 11.7% 23.3% 26.7% 16.7% 21.7% 60Respondents hardly ever eat out, particularly in restaurants (62.0% in ROI and 67.5% in NI) and womeneat out less frequently than men. There is a strong inverse pattern with older respondents less likely toever eat out, but rates of fast food and ‘home delivery food’ consumption higher in the younger agegroups in both jurisdictions.150