Table 2.
Poor/fair vision and/or hearing by age groups and gender among older Chinese aged 60+, 2013.
| Weighted proportion (%) | Sample size CHARLS 2013 | Poor/fair vision for long distance/near vision | Poor/fair vision for long distance | Poor/fair near vision | Wearing glasses regularly | Wearing glasses from time to time | No glasses | Poor/fair hearing | Wearing hearing aid/s | Dual poor/fair vision & hearing | Unmet needs for glasses | Unmet needs for hearing aid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | n | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Aged 60–64 | 2,677 | 80.6 | 64.6 | 68.3 | 9.8 | 22.9 | 67.2 | 61.4 | 0.6 | 55.2 | 53.6 | 60.8 |
| Aged 65–69 | 2,197 | 80.2 | 70.2 | 67.3 | 9.8 | 23.7 | 66.0 | 64.4 | 0.5 | 56.6 | 53.2 | 63.3 |
| Aged 70–74 | 1,539 | 81.5 | 72.2 | 66.8 | 11.8 | 19.7 | 67.4 | 67.0 | 0.7 | 60.0 | 54.3 | 66.0 |
| Aged 75+ | 1,855 | 78.7 | 70.7 | 62.8 | 9.0 | 13.5 | 76.5 | 68.9 | 1.4 | 58.5 | 59.3 | 67.2 |
| Total aged 60+ | 8,268 | 80.2 | 68.9 | 66.6 | 10.0 | 20.1 | 69.4 | 64.9 | 0.8 | 57.2 | 54.9 | 63.9 |
| Men | n | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Aged 60–64 | 1,278 | 77.4 | 59.2 | 64.7 | 12.2 | 23.8 | 63.8 | 61.1 | 0.4 | 53.8 | 49.1 | 60.5 |
| Aged 65–69 | 1,125 | 77.9 | 66.8 | 66.4 | 10.8 | 25.4 | 63.2 | 64.9 | 0.6 | 55.2 | 49.9 | 63.7 |
| Aged 70–74 | 787 | 80.7 | 68.8 | 67.3 | 12.7 | 23.4 | 63.6 | 70.3 | 1.0 | 62.5 | 49.8 | 68.9 |
| Aged 75+ | 903 | 76.0 | 67.7 | 60.5 | 13.1 | 16.4 | 70.3 | 69.1 | 2.4 | 57.5 | 54.4 | 67.1 |
| Total aged 60+ | 4,093 | 77.9 | 65.0 | 64.7 | 12.2 | 22.3 | 65.2 | 65.7 | 1.1 | 56.7 | 50.6 | 64.5 |
| Women | n | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Aged 60–64 | 1,398 | 83.4 | 69.5 | 71.6 | 7.6 | 22.0 | 70.2 | 61.6 | 0.7 | 56.5 | 57.6 | 61.1 |
| Aged 65–69 | 1,071 | 82.7 | 73.9 | 68.3 | 8.8 | 21.8 | 68.9 | 63.8 | 0.4 | 58.1 | 56.7 | 62.8 |
| Aged 70–74 | 752 | 82.3 | 75.7 | 66.3 | 10.9 | 16.0 | 71.9 | 63.7 | 0.4 | 57.4 | 59.0 | 63.1 |
| Aged 75+ | 952 | 81.3 | 73.6 | 65.1 | 5.4 | 11.0 | 82.1 | 68.7 | 0.5 | 59.6 | 64.0 | 67.4 |
| Total aged 60+ | 4,173 | 82.5 | 72.7 | 68.3 | 7.9 | 17.9 | 73.4 | 64.2 | 0.5 | 57.8 | 59.0 | 63.3 |
Data source: CHARLS 2013. http://charls.pku.edu.cn/en.
(1)
The proportions (%) here are weighted proportions based on observations with reported information on each of the variables. (4) The proportions of unmet needs for glasses/hearing aid are based on the proportions of respondents with vision/hearing loss but without glasses/hearing aid among all respondents who have reported vision/hearing capacities. As shown in Table 1, its counterpart includes both respondents who do not have vision/hearing loss, and those with vision/hearing loss but with glasses/hearing aid.