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Health & Education

A CSO Frontier Series Output- What is this?

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Health

  • On Census night 2016, 86% of confirmed cases stated they were in good or very Good General Health, 9% said they had fair General Health with 2% stating bad or very bad General Health.
  • In total, 84% of confirmed cases stated they did not have a disability. While, 8% of cases experienced a difficulty with basic physical activities and 8% of cases stated they had another disability, including chronic illness. 
  • Three quarters (75%) of confirmed cases stated that they experienced no difficulty in relation to going outside the home alone, working at a job or school / college or participating other activities.

Education

  • Over half (52%) of confirmed cases stated that their highest level of education was upper secondary or lower in April 2016.
  • The most commonly taken fields of study by those affected by COVID-19 were nursing and caring (8%), business and administration (2%), accounting and taxation (2%).
X-axis labelGeneral Health
Very Good58
Good28
Fair9
Bad2
Very Bad1
Percentage of confirmed cases
Disability16
No disability84
X-axis labelHighest level of education
No formal education3
Primary12
Lower secondary20
Upper secondary20
Technical / vocational9
Advanced certificate / completed apprenticeship5
Higher certificate4
Ordinary bachelor/professional qualification or both7
Honours bachelor/professional qualification or both11
Postgraduate diploma or degree7
Doctorate (Ph.D)0.6
Table 3.1 COVID-19 sample and general population by general health as of April 2016
General Health% COVID sample% Census 2016 population
Very Good 58%59%
Good28%28%
Fair9%8%
Bad2%1%
Very Bad0.3%0.3%
Not stated3%3%
Source: CSO
Table 3.2 COVID-19 sample and general population by disability as of April 2016
Disability% COVID sample% Census 2016 population
   
Total persons with a disability16%13.5%
   
Blindness or vision impairment2%1%
Deafness or a serious hearing impairment3%2%
A difficulty with basic physical activities8%6%
An intellectual disability2%1%
A difficulty with learning, remembering or concentrating5%3%
A psychological or emotional condition3%3%
Other disability, including chronic illness8%6%
Difficulty with dressing, bathing and getting around the home5%3%
Difficulty going outside the home alone, i.e. going to shop or visit doctor's surgery7%4%
Difficulty working at a job or attending school or college6%4%
Difficulty participating in other activities, i.e. leisure or using transport7%5%
Source: CSO
Table 3.3 COVID-19 sample and general population by highest level of education as of April 2016
Highest Level of Education% COVID sample% Census 2016 population
No formal education3%2%
Primary12%11%
Lower secondary20%15%
Upper secondary20%19%
Technical / vocational9%9%
Advanced certificate/completed apprenticeship5%6%
Higher certificate4%5%
Ordinary bachelor/professional qualification or both7%8%
Honours bachelor/professional qualification or both11%11%
Postgraduate diploma or degree7%9%
Doctorate (Ph.D)0.6%0.9%
Not stated1%5%
* includes population aged 15 years and over
Source: CSO
Table 3.4 COVID-19 sample and general population by top 10 fields of study as of April 2016
Field of Study% COVID sample% Census 2016 population
Nursing and caring8%6%
Business and administration2%7%
Accounting and taxation2%5%
Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction1%3%
Medicine1%2%
Health (broad programmes)1%1%
Management and administration1%3%
Secretarial and office work1%1%
Hotel, restaurant and catering1%2%
Computer science1%4%
Source: CSO