Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of eligible participants at the eye outreach programme

S. no	Sociodemographic feature	Frequency	Percentage (95% CI)
1	Sex
	Male	264	55.2 (50.8 to 59.8)
	Female	214	44.8 (40.2 to 49.2)
2	Age (years)
	18–29	55	11.5 (8.6 to 14.6)
	30–39	60	12.6 (9.6 to 15.9)
	40–49	107	22.4 (19.0 to 26.6)
	50–59	118	24.7 (21.1 to 28.2)
	60–69	86	18.0 (14.4 to 21.1)
	>70	52	10.9 (8.2 to 13.8)
3	Marital status
	Married	364	76.2 (72.4 to 79.7)
	Single	87	18.2 (15.3 to 21.5)
	Widowed	26	5.4 (3.3 to 7.5)
	Divorced/separated	1	0.2 (0.0 to 0.6)
4	Occupation
	Professional	26	5.4 (3.6 to 7.5)
	Business/self-employed	124	25.9 (22.4 to 29.9)
	Student	44	9.2 (6.7 to 11.7)
	Civil servant	95	19.9 (16.3 to 23.6)
	Pensioner	61	12.8 (10.0 to 15.7)
	Unemployed	35	7.3 (5.2 to 9.6)
	Farmer/labourer	93	19.5 (15.9 to 22.8)
5	Highest educational level attained
	None	43	9.0 (6.7 to 11.7)
	Primary	111	23.2 (19.5 to 27.4)
	Secondary	129	27.0 (23.0 to 30.8)
	Tertiary	181	37.9 (33.5 to 42.9)
	Higher (MSc, PhD, etc)	14	2.9 (1.5 to 4.4)