Presbyopia: a pilot investigation of the barriers and benefits of near visual acuity correction among a rural Filipino population

Table 1 Demographic and near visual acuity data for questionnaire participants

		n
Mean age (yr ± SD):		142
	57 ± 11
Gender (%):		142
Male	24.7
Female	75.3
Education (%):		133
None	3.0
Primary	44.4
Secondary	41.3
College	11.3
Occupation (%):		135
Domestic laborer	31.9
Farmer	19.3
Other^a	25.8
Unemployed	23.0
Uncorrected near visual acuity (n, %):		137
≥20/40	16, 11.7%
<20/40-20/63	17, 12.4%
<20/63-20/200	60, 43.8%
<20/200-20/400	44, 32.1%

^aOther occupations include governement employee, utility worker, driver, teacher, and street vendor.

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