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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan 14;200:201–217. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2019.01.001

Table 1:

Demographics of Children and Parents Completing Master Questionnaires

N (%)
Sex of child
 Female 224 (50)
 Male 220 (50)
Age
 0–4 167 (38)
 5–11 156 (35)
 12–17 121 (27)
Race
 White (including Hispanic / Latino) 339 (76)
 Asian 35 (8)
 More than 1 race 35 (8)
 Black/African American 19 (4)
 American Indian / Alaskan Native 5 (1)
 Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander 1 (<1)
 Other 8 (2)
 Unknown/not reported 2 (<1)
Ethnicity
 Not Hispanic / Latino and not Middle Eastern/North African and not Indian Subcontinent 349 (79)
 Hispanic / Latino 62 (14)
 Indian Subcontinental 18 (4)
 Middle Eastern / North African 7 (2)
 More than one 4 (1)
 Unknown / Not Reported 4 (1)
Developmental delay
 No delay 365 (82%)
 Delay 79 (18%)
Parent / Legal Guardian Interviewed
 Mother 367 (83)
 Father 71 (16)
 Legal guardian 6 (1)
Parent / Legal Guardian Age
 Under 21 5 (1)
 21 to 30 55 (12)
 31 to 40 218 (49)
 41 to 50 129 (29)
 51 to 60 31 (7)
 Over 60 4 (1)
 Not Reported 2 (<1)
Parent / Legal Guardian Highest Level of Education
 Attended high school 28 (6)
 High school graduate 29 (7)
 Attended college 80 (18)
 College graduate 175 (39)
 Post-graduate / professional degree 126 (28)
 Not reported 6 (1)
Housing
 Own 366 (82)
 Rent 65 (15)
 Other 10 (2)
 Not reported 3 (1)
Number of Parents/Legal Guardians in Home
 1 45 (10)
 2 398 (90)
 Not reported 1 (<1)
Care of Child
 Parents /Legal Guardians only 189 (43)
 Day care 47 (11)
 Babysitter 37 (8)
 Other relative 76 (17)
 Other 21 (5)
 After-school program 19 (4)
 More than 1 source of assistance 50 (11)
 Not reported 5 (1)
Visual acuity of worse eye
 −0.1 to 0.54 LogMAR (20/16 to 20/70) 287 (65%)
 <0.54 to 1.0 LogMAR (<20/70 to 20/200) 77 (17%)
 <1.0 LogMAR (<20/200) 28 (6%)
 Not recorded 52 (12%)
Visual acuity of better eye
 −0.2 to 0.54 LogMAR (20/12 to 20/70) 340 (77%)
 <0.54 to 1.0 LogMAR (<20/70 to 20/200)a 52 (12%)
 <1.0 LogMAR (<20/200)b 13 (3%)
 Not recorded 39 (9%)
a

World Health Organization criteria for moderate visual impairment;

b

World Health Organization criteria for severe visual impairment or blindness (https://www.icd10monitor.com/looking-at-new-icd-10-cm-codes-for-blindness)