2010 Report - Waterways Ireland

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1111Looking at usage of the waterways by gender, three out of every fiveusers are male. However, usage of the waterways by gender hasbecome more balanced in the last number of years, with more femalesusing the waterways in 2010 (41%) than was the case in 2004 (32%).Figure 2: Gender ProfileWaterwayGrand Lower Royal ShannonTotal Barrow Erne Canal Bann Canal Erne Shannon(1,625) (216) (129) (152) (137) (188) (229) (574)% % % % % % % %Male595068 71565259 59Female415032 29444841 41Base: All waterway users10-031982 Waterway Users Research 2010 Report (1st December)
1212The chart below illustrates that the marital status of those using thewaterways broadly reflects the profile of the population as illustrated onthe chart below.Figure 3: Marital StatusWaterwayGrand Lower Royal ShannonTotal Barrow Erne Canal Bann Canal Erne Shannon(1,606) (214) (125) (148) (137) (186) (227) (567)% % % % % % % %Married/ livingas married6149686055 527364SingleWidowed/separated/divorced4332257 8 728 36 42292212 9 6 5 6Base: All who provided marital status informationThose using the waterways are coming from all socio-economicbackgrounds further demonstrating the broad appeal of the waterways.At an overall level, 46% of users are from the higher socio-economicgroupings of Managerial/Technical and Professional. This figureincreases to 56% for the Erne waterway and to 54% for both theShannon-Erne and the Shannon waterways.Figure 4: OccupationWaterwayGrand Lower Royal ShannonTotal Barrow Erne Canal Bann Canal Erne Shannon(1,625) (216) (129) (152) (137) (188) (229) (574)% % % % % % % %Managerial/technical26168312336181427 29Professional2022251792127 25Skilled manualNon-manualSemi-skilledUnskilledOther & Unknown1911841212139211795212229831722199982 913 11201074417106211Base: All waterway users10-031982 Waterway Users Research 2010 Report (1st December)
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Page 3 and 4: 1Executive Summary10-031982 Waterwa
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Page 7 and 8: 44Background & Objectives10-031982
Page 9 and 10: 66Research Methodology10-031982 Wat
Page 11 and 12: 883.1 Interviews AchievedInterviews
Page 13: 10104. Findings4.1 Profile of Water
Page 17 and 18: 1414Comparing country of origin acr
Page 19 and 20: 16164.2 Visit to the Waterways4.2.1
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Page 23 and 24: 2020In terms of the frequency of us
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Page 31 and 32: 28284.3 Rating of the Waterways4.3.
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Page 35 and 36: 32324.3.5 Development of Facilities
Page 37 and 38: 3434Positive ratings have increased
Page 39 and 40: 3636In the 53 cases where there was
Page 41 and 42: 3838In the 40 cases where difficult
Page 43 and 44: 40404.5 International VisitorsFour
Page 45 and 46: 42424.6 ExpenditureAll waterway use
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Page 53 and 54: 5050In terms of ethnic origin, 98%
Page 55 and 56: 52525. ConclusionsAt an overall lev
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