Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

Health Survey FindingsTable 199: For those respondents only who have lost a baby. How many times have you everlost a baby? (Questionnaire item C1_42a)Never 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+ nTotal ROI 1.3% 53.2% 23.7% 10.3% 4.5% 1.9% 1.9% 1.3% 1.9% 156NI 5.0% 50.0% 25.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20Under 30 ROI 0.0% 73.3% 16.7% 6.7% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 30NI 0.0% 50.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 630-44 ROI 3.9% 56.9% 23.5% 9.8% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 51NI 11.1% 55.6% 22.2% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 945+ ROI 0.0% 40.0% 27.7% 10.8% 7.7% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 4.6% 65NI 40.0% 20.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5Table 200: For those respondents only who have lost a baby. Was it before or after birth thatyou lost your baby, and how many times did this happen? (Questionnaire item C1_42b) 1Yes, onetimeYes, twotimesYes, three ormore timesNoNotansweredROI Lost baby before birth 41.6% 16.2% 20.8% 8.4% 13.0% 154NI Lost baby before birth 39.3% 28.6% 14.3% 10.7% 7.1% 28ROI Lost baby after birth 24.7% 4.6% 3.1% 32.5% 35.1% 154NI Lost baby after birth 10.7% 3.6% 0.0% 53.6% 32.1% 28Table 201: For those respondents only who have lost a baby. How many weeks pregnant wereyou when you lost your baby? (Questionnaire item C1_42c)0 - 12 weeks 13 - 28 weeks 29 - 37 weeks 37 + weeks nTotal ROI 67.2% 25.6% 4.0% 3.2% 125NI 65.2% 21.7% 8.7% 4.3% 23The overwhelming majority (89.7% in ROI and 88.0% in NI) had not breastfed any of their children.However, among the group of women 65 years and older in ROI, and those over 45 years in NI,approximately half reported breastfeeding in the past.n1Of note: percentages in Table 200 are those of all persons who were asked the Questionnaire item C1_42b, unlikeother tables which show valid percentages only. This is to highlight the number of non-responses that therewere for this variable, which was a sensitive issue for women.165