Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyTable 191: In the last year, how much did you worry about experiencing unfair treatment as aTraveller? (Questionnaire item C1_37)Rarely or never Sometimes Most of the time nTotal ROI 47.1% 26.9% 26.1% 1,634NI 25.2% 51.1% 23.7% 393Male ROI 45.2% 26.3% 28.6% 693NI 27.0% 49.2% 23.8% 189Female ROI 48.4% 27.3% 24.3% 940NI 23.5% 52.9% 23.5% 204Under 30 ROI 45.7% 26.8% 27.5% 724NI 28.2% 49.5% 22.3% 20230-44 ROI 49.4% 27.9% 22.7% 423NI 25.2% 49.6% 25.2% 13145 + ROI 46.3% 25.3% 28.4% 395NI 15.0% 60.0% 25.0% 60Issues Specific to Women’s HealthInformation on family planning was elicited only from the ever-married women who took part inthe survey (n=679 in ROI; n=137 in NI). Overall 40.8% in ROI and 50.4% in NI had ever been on thecontraceptive pill and this showed a strong age pattern, with the group most likely ever to be on thepill those in the 30-44 year age group (53.6% in ROI and 51.9% in NI). The pill was the most frequentlyemployed method in the last 12 months (39.4% in ROI and 44.1% in NI), followed by natural familyplanning (18.8% ROI and 32.3% NI) with very low rates of barrier methods (4.6% ROI and 2.2% NI).Notably around a quarter cited ‘other’ methods.Table 192: Have you ever been on the contraceptive pill? Question asked of married,divorced, separated, widowed & cohabiting women only. (Questionnaire item C1_38)ROINIYes No n Yes No nTotal 40.8% 59.2% 679 50.4% 49.6% 137Under 30 42.6% 57.4% 282 54.0% 46.0% 6330-44 53.6% 46.4% 166 51.9% 48.1% 5245 + 28.8% 71.2% 191 36.4% 63.6% 22162