TABLE 2.

Sample characteristics for the participants with and without visual disability.

	Gender	Age	Social status
Sample	(N = 249)	(N = 249)	(N = 212)
Blind	Male: N = 25 (39.1%)	M = 13.21	SES1 (township)	N = 11 (20.4%)
(N = 64)	Female: N = 39 (60.9%)	(SD = 2.67)	SES2 (lower class)	N = 22 (40.7%)
			SES3 (middle class)	N = 20 (37.0%)
			SES4 (upper class)	N = 10 (1.9%)
Visually impaired	Male: N = 50 (56.2%)	M = 13.33	SES1 (township)	N = 15 (20.8%)
(N = 89)	Female: N = 39 (43.8%)	(SD = 2.68)	SES2 (lower class)	N = 27 (37.5%)
			SES3 (middle class)	N = 30 (41.7%)
			SES4 (upper class)	N = 0 (0.0%)
Sighted	Male: N = 47 (49.0%)	M = 12.52	SES1 (township)	N = 10 (11.6%)
(N = 96)	Female: N = 49 (51.0%)	(SD = 3.03)	SES2 (lower class)	N = 20 (23.3%)
			SES3 (middle class)	N = 52 (60.4%)
			SES4 (upper class)	N = 4 (4.7%)

N_{(social status)} ≠ [N_(blind) + N_{(visual. handic.)} + N_(sighted)] because not all participants provided information on their social status.