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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Needles, Jabs and Jags: a qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to child and adult immunisation uptake among Gypsies, Travellers and Roma

 

All

Bristol Romanian Roma

Bristol English Gypsy/Irish Traveller

York English Gypsy

Glasgow Roma

Glasgow Scottish Showpeopled

London Irish Traveller

English Gypsya

Irish Travellerb

Romanian Roma

Slovakian Romac

Total

174

24

15

9

48

17

20

14

27

 Used Interpreter

47

19

0

0

0

12

16

0

0

Gender

 Female

139

14

10

7

37

17

17

10

27

 Male

35

10

5

2

11

0

3

4

0

Family role

 Mother

64

9

5

4

19

8

7

5

7

 Grandmother

33

3

4

1

6

3

5

3

8

 Pregnant woman

5

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

3

 Woman no children

8

0

1

1

3

0

0

1

2

 Adolescent girl with children

5

2

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

 Adolescent girl no children

24

0

0

1

7

4

5

0

7

 Father

19

6

2

2

5

0

2

2

0

 Grandfather

5

1

0

0

2

0

0

2

0

 Male no children

11

3

3

0

4

0

1

0

0

Housing

 House/Flat

112

23

0

6

24

17

20

3

19

 Authorised site - caravan/trailer

45

0

11

3

23

0

0

0

8

 Authorised site - chalet

15

0

4

0

0

0

0

11

0

 Bed and Breakfast

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Missing

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Self-reported Immunisation status of participants

 Full

59

7

4

2

24

5

4

11

2

 Partial

40

5

7

2

7

4

4

3

8

 None

11

1

0

3

4

1

0

0

2

 Missing

64

11

4

2

13

7

12

0

15

Self-reported Immunisation status of participants’ children

 Full

69

10

8

6

20

7

10

0

8

 Partial

17

4

0

1

2

0

2

0

8

 None

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

 N/A

44

3

4

2

16

5

4

1

9

 Missing

42

7

1

0

10

5

4

13

2

  1. Note: aOne participant is a Welsh Gypsy. bOne participant has married into the Irish Traveller community. cOne participant is Hungarian. dOne participant has married into the Scottish Showpeople community