Share of adults who are limited in their activities by eyesight in England, by income

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 10, 2014

This statistic displays the proportion of individuals who are limited in their activities, at least sometimes in England in 2013, by gender and household income. In this year, 35 percent of men and 27 percent of women in the highest household income quintile said that they were limited, at least sometimes, in their activities due to their eyesight.

Proportion of individuals who are at least sometimes limited in their activities due to their eyesight in England in 2013, by gender and household income quintile

Characteristic	Men	Women
Highest income quintile	35%	27%
2nd income quintile	25%	40%
3rd income quintile	9%	32%
4th income quintile	37%	36%
Lowest income quintile	34%	40%

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Release date

December 2014

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

January to December 2013

Number of respondents

735*

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Questionnaire and personal interview

Supplementary notes

* Weighted bases: n (men) = 314; n (women) = 421.

The source provides the following information:
-at least mid difficulty with close vision (seeing newsprint at arms' length) or distant vision (seeing a face across a room).
-participants were asked to answer about any eyesight difficulties while wearing their glasses or contact lenses, if needed.
This statistic is using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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