Visual difficulty and employment status in the world

Using a world-wide, population-based dataset, we sought to examine the relationship between visual difficulty and employment status. The World Health Survey was conducted in 70 countries throughout the world in 2003 using a random, multi-stage, stratified, cluster sampling design. Far vision was ass...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-02, Vol.9 (2), p.e88306-e88306
Main Authors: Harrabi, Hanen, Aubin, Marie-Josee, Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria, Haddad, Slim, Freeman, Ellen E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US
Blindness
Contact lenses
Demographics
Employment
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Eye diseases
Female
Health Surveys
Households
Humans
Labor economics
Labor productivity
Male
Measuring instruments
Medicine
Middle Aged
Occupational health
Older people
People with disabilities
Population
Public health
Sampling designs
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Socioeconomic factors
Vision
Vision Disorders
Visual impairment
Visually Impaired Persons - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
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Summary:Using a world-wide, population-based dataset, we sought to examine the relationship between visual difficulty and employment status. The World Health Survey was conducted in 70 countries throughout the world in 2003 using a random, multi-stage, stratified, cluster sampling design. Far vision was assessed by asking about the level of difficulty in seeing and recognizing a person you know across the road (i.e. from a distance of about 20 meters). Responses included none, mild, moderate, severe, or extreme/unable. Participants were asked about their current job, and if they were not working, the reason why (unable to find job, ill health, homemaker, studies, unpaid work, other). The occupation in the last 12 months was obtained. Multinomial regression was used accounting for the complex survey design. Of those who wanted to work, 79% of those with severe visual difficulty and 64% of those with extreme visual difficulty were actually working. People who had moderate, severe, or extreme visual difficulty had a higher odds of not working due to an inability to find a job and of not working due to ill health after adjusting for demographic and health factors (P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0088306