Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of 1179 Children Who Underwent Ocular Assessment
| WE (n = 268) |
BAC (n = 280) |
SA (n = 338) |
AO (n = 81) |
Other (n = 212) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age, y | ||||||||||
| 9.8 to <11 | 168 | 63 | 196 | 70 | 183 | 54 | 60 | 74 | 146 | 69 |
| 11 to 11.9 | 100 | 37 | 84 | 30 | 155 | 46 | 21 | 26 | 66 | 31 |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 137 | 51 | 119 | 43 | 161 | 48 | 40 | 49 | 104 | 49 |
| Female | 131 | 49 | 161 | 58 | 177 | 52 | 41 | 51 | 108 | 51 |
| Parental occupation | ||||||||||
| Managers and senior officials | 31 | 11.6 | 33 | 11.8 | 43 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 10 |
| Professional occupations | 40 | 14.9 | 27 | 9.6 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 |
| Associate professional and technical | 27 | 10.1 | 47 | 16.8 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 11 |
| Admin and secretarial occupations | 28 | 10.4 | 27 | 9.6 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 10 |
| Skilled trades occupations | 52 | 19.4 | 29 | 10.4 | 42 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 17 |
| Personal service occupations | 21 | 7.8 | 39 | 13.9 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 9 |
| Sales and customer service | 15 | 5.6 | 16 | 5.7 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| Process and machine operatives | 17 | 6.3 | 12 | 4.3 | 41 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 5 |
| Elementary occupation | 23 | 8.6 | 26 | 9.3 | 51 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 12 |
| Unclassified | 14 | 5.2 | 24 | 8.6 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 8 |
Data are expressed as the number of participants, with the percentage of the corresponding ethnic group. WE, white European; BAC, black African Caribbean; SA, South Asian; AO, Asian other.