Table 1.
Patient Sociodemographics
| Subjects | 225 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 60.4 (8.6) |
| Female sex | 66.2% |
| Pay status | |
| Paying | 51.1% |
| Free | 48.9% |
| Surgery Type, % | |
| Phacoemulsification | 46.2% |
| MSICS | 53.8% |
| Place of living | |
| Urban | 76% |
| Suburban/rural | 24% |
| Education | |
| No schooling | 36.4% |
| Primary | 21.8% |
| High school | 30.7% |
| Undergraduate | 6.2% |
| Post-graduate | 4.9% |
| Employment | |
| Employed | 36.0% |
| Retired | 9.8% |
| Unemployed | 54.2% |
| Marital Status | |
| Married | 71.1% |
| Widowed | 26.2% |
| Never married | 2.7% |
| Monthly Income, INR ($USD) | |
| ≤ 5000 ($78) | 52.0% |
| 5001–10,000 ($156) | 20.4% |
| 10,001–20,000 ($311) | 8.9% |
| 20,001–30,000 ($467) | 3.1% |
| ≥ 30,001 | 4.4% |
| No response | 11.1% |
INR Indian Rupees
USD United States Dollars
MSICS manual small incision cataract surgery