The All Ireland Traveller Health Study (AITHS) was a study of Traveller health status 
and health needs that involved all Travellers living on the island of Ireland, both 
North and South. The raw data from major parts of this study are available in this 
data-set.

A central part of the study was a census of Travellers living on the island of 
Ireland, examining numbers of Travellers, living conditions and other factors. At the
same time the census was conducted, a survey of the health status, and of health 
service utilisation of Traveller children and adults was carried out.

A part of the AITHS was a longitudinal study of Traveller babies. The purpose of the
birth cohort study was to enumerate the number of births to Irish Travellers in one
calendar year and to follow up the babies for a year in order to capture important
indicators of health.

Another element of the AITHS was a survey, carried out by telephone interview or by
questionnaire, of health service providers covering aspects of current service 
delivery for Travellers.

Data from each of these elements of the study are organised in separate sub-folders.
The census data are presented together with the health and health utilisation data as
this is how they were collected. Data from Northern Ireland are presented separately 
to data from the Republic of Ireland as there were small differences between the two
quesionnaires used.

The data are in SPSS sav files. Data dictionaries are included for each data-set that
explain each of the variables and the coding used. Copies of the questionnaires used 
to collect the data are also included. A full description of the data, the project, 
and its findings is contained in the report prepared at the end study. This report is
also included here.

SPSS files (*.sav) were saved using version 20.0.0 of the IBM® SPSS® Statistics 
package. Excel files (*.xlsx) were saved using version 14.0.6123.5001 (32-bit) of 
Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2010.


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Folders, Files and Contents
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ReadMe.txt				This document.

BirthCohort				Material related to the birth cohort study.

AITHS_Birth_Cohort.sav			Birth cohort data.
AITHS_Birth_Cohort_Data_Dictionary.xlsx		Data dictionary.

CensusAndHealthSurvey\NI			Northern Ireland census and health survey material.

AITHS_Census_NI.sav			Main data-set.
AITHS_Census_Data_Dictionary_NI.xlsx		Data dictionary for main data set.
AITHS_Census_Family_Members_NI.sav		Family members data set.
AITHS_Family_Members_Data_Dictionary_NI.pdf	Data dictionary for family members data set.
AITHS_Census_Questionnaire_NI.pdf		Questionnaire used for Nothern Ireland.

CensusAndHealthSurvey\ROI			Republic of Ireland census and health survey material.

AITHS_Census_ROI.sav			Main data-set.
AITHS_Census_Data_Dictionary_ROI.xlsx		Data dictionary for main data set.
AITHS_Census_Family_Members_ROI.sav		Family members data set.
AITHS_Family_Members_Data_Dictionary_ROI.pdf	Data dictionary for family members data set.
AITHS_Census_Questionnaire_ROI.pdf		Questionnaire used for Republic of Ireland.

ServiceProviders				Sub-directory holding material related to the service provider survey.

AITHS_Service_Providers_Survey.sav		Service providers survey data.
AITHS_Service_Providers_Data_Dictionary.xlsx	Data dictionary.
AITHS_Service_Providers_Questionnaire.pdf	Questionnaire used for service provider survey.

FinalReport				Sub-directory holding the final AITHS report.

AITHS_SUMMARY.pdf			Executive summary.
AITHS_TechnicalReport1.pdf			Health Survey Findings.
AITHS_TechnicalReport2.pdf			Demographics and Vital Statistics.
AITHS_TechnicalReport3.pdf			Qualitative Studies, Health Service Provider Study, Discussion and Recommendations.