Table 4.

Profile of spectacle wear in Ireland Eye Study participants aged 6–7 years old and 12–13 years old

Wearing/not wearing spectacles, n (%)	No PVI, n (%)	PVI ‘either eye’, n (%)	PVI ‘better eye’, n (%)
6–7 years
No spectacles: 628 (86.3)	583 (92.8)	45 (7.2)	20 (3.2)
Wearing spectacles: 63 (8.8)	50 (79.4%)	13 (20.6)	4 (6.3)
At school without spectacles: 28 (3.9)	22 (78.6%)	6 (21.4)	1 (3.6)
12–13 years
No spectacles: 675 (69.6)	645 (95.6)	30 (4.4)	14 (2.1)
Wearing spectacles: 124 (13.8)	114 (91.9)	10 (8.1)	1 (0.8)
At school without spectacles: 96 (10.7)	61 (63.5)	35 (36.5)	15 (15.6)

PVI, presenting visual impairment.