Table 4.
OLS Estimation of Correlation Between Vision Health Knowledge and Eyeglasses Wear Among Students Needing Eyeglasses
| Dependent variable | Univariate Model Adjusted for Eyeglasses Wear (n = 546) | Full Model* (n = 546) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regression Coefficient (95% CI) | P value | Regression Coefficient (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Vision health knowledge | |||||
| (1) | Students’ vision health knowledge | 0.006 (−0.062, 0.075) | 0.855 | ||
| (2) | Parents’ vision health knowledge | 0.062 (−0.010, 0.134) | 0.092 | 0.063 (−0.011, 0.137) | 0.092 |
| (3) | Teachers’ vision health knowledge | 0.038 (−0.024, 0.097) | 0.233 | ||
| Individual characteristics | |||||
| (4) | Age (years) | −0.012 (−0.047, 0.023) | 0.491 | ||
| (5) | Male (1 = yes) | −0.038(−0.116, 0.040) | 0.338 | ||
| (6) | Boarding at school (1 = yes) | −0.058 (−0.140, 0.025) | 0.171 | −0.057 (−0.140, 0.025) | 0.172 |
| (7) | Standardized math score | 0.027 (−0.009, 0.062) | 0.142 | 0.025 (−0.011, 0.061) | 0.174 |
| Parental and family characteristics | |||||
| (8) | Father has education of 12 years or more (1 = yes) | 0.021 (−0.074, 0.116) | 0.663 | ||
| (9) | Mother has education of 12 years or more (1 = yes) | 0.019 (−0.071, 0.109) | 0.674 | ||
| (10) | Parental migrant status (1 = both parents are migrants) | 0.091 (−0.006, 0.188) | 0.065 | 0.083 (−0.015, 0.181) | 0.098 |
| (11) | At least one family member wears eyeglasses (1 = yes) | 0.023 (−0.040, 0.086) | 0.475 | ||
| (12) | Medium wealth tercile (1 = yes) | −0.068 (−0.151, 0.014) | 0.104 | −0.064 (−0.147, 0.018) | 0.127 |
| (13) | High wealth tercile (1 = yes) | −0.041 (−0.120, 0.038) | 0.306 | ||
Notes: Source: Authors’ survey. In this study, 563 students needing eyeglasses had a pair of eyeglasses, but among these eyeglasses wear status of 17 students were missing, thus observation here is 546. *Including variables associated with eyeglasses wear P ≤ 0.2 in the univariate model.