Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

Health Survey FindingsRegionTable 3: Summary of National Mapping information by Regions (September 2008)ScopedpopulationPercentagesamplePeerResearchersrequired(pairs)*PeerResearchersavailable(pairs)ComputersrequiredCoordinatorsrequiredCoordinatorsavailableTHU CoordinatorEastern 1,979 21% 38 56 38 21 24 Ronnie FaySouth 1,132 11% 20 21 20 8 9 Liam KeaneEasternSouthern 1,305 14% 26 26 26 10 11 Deirdre O’ReillyMidlands 1,045 11% 20 17 20 8 8 Fergal FoxWestern 1,287 13% 23 25 23 10 11 Mary SyronMidWestern931 10% 18 17 18 6 5 Mary KennedyNorthWesternNorthEasternNorthernIreland368 4% 7 14 7 4 6 Moya O’Leary &Catherine Devany749 8% 14 20 14 5 6 Martin Collum752 8% 14 19 14 5 11 Dolores AtkinsonTotals 9,548 100% 180 215 180 77 91 -* It was estimated that each pair of Peer Researchers would interview 53 Traveller families. This calculation wasbased on an average duration of 1 hour and 15 minutes per family interview, with each Peer Researcher pairdoing an average of 3 interviews per day (10 per week for those working 12 hour weeks). From this, it wasestimated that each pair could complete their allotted interviews in 6 weeks.51