Spectacle Coverage and Spectacles Use among Elderly Population in Residential Care in the South Indian State of Andhra Pradesh

Table 2

Present and past spectacles uses.

	Total sample	Spectacles use—present^†		Spectacles use—past^‡
	𝑛	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Age group (years)
50–69	214	66	30.8	44	20.6
70 and above	280	124	44.3	41	14.6
Gender
Male	108	48	44.4	17	15.7
Female	386	142	36.8	68	17.6
Education level
No education	356	109	30.6	63	17.7
Any education	138	81	58.7	22	15.9
Total	494	190	38.5	85	17.2

^†𝑃<0.01 for present spectacles use in age groups and association with level of education; 𝑃=0.15 for spectacles use and association with gender; ^‡not statistically significant across age groups, gender, or education among past spectacles users.