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INATIONAL CENTER Series 10

For HEALTH STATISTICS Number 46

VITAL and HEALTH STATISTICS

DATA FROM THE NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEV

characteristics of

Visually ImpairedPersonsUnited States-July 1963-June1964

Statistics on vision impairments for persons 6 years and older by de-

gree of impairment, activity limitation, receipt of aid, restriction of

social activities, employment status, sex, age, education, and in-

come. Based an data COIlected in household interviews during the

period July 1963-June 1964.

Washington, D.C. August 1968

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

Wilbur J. Cohen

Secretary

Public Health Service

Wil Iiam H. Stewart

Surgeon General

F’uhlir Hmlth %rvlce Puhllcation No. 1000-Series 1O-NO. 46

NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS

THEODORE D. W(X) LSEY, Director

PHILIP S. LAWRENCE, SC. D., Associate Director

OSWALD K. SAGEN, PH. D., Assistant Director /or Health Stati-sties Development

WALT R. SIMMONS, M. A., Assistant Director for Research and Scierzti/ic Development

ALICE M. WATERHOUSE, M. D., Medical Consultant

JAMES E. KELLY, D. D. S., Dental Advisor

LOUIS R. STOLCIS, M. A., Executive O//icer

MARGERY R. CUNNINGHAM , in/ormatian O//icer

DIVISION OF HEALTH INTERVIEW STATISTICS

ELIJAH L. WHITE, Director

ROBERT R. FUCHSBERG, Deputy Director

KENNETH HAASE, Special Assistant to Director

RONALD W. WILSON, Cbie/, Survey Methods Branch

GERALDINE A. GLEESON, Chief, Analysis and Reports Branch

COOPERATION OF THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

{In(ler t,he legislation establishing the National H(>alth

Surv(.y, the pub]ic Hca!th Serviw is authorized to use, insofar

as possible, the services or facilities of other Federal, State,

or priv,ate agencies.

In accordance \vith specifications cstablishorl by the

National Health Sur\ey, the Bureau of the (’cnsus, under a

contractual] arrangement, participates in most aspects of sur-

v(’y planning, selects tho .sampl~, col!wts the data, and carries

OU t (,ertnin parts of the sta(. i.+t,icnl processing.

Public !iealth Service Publication NO. 1000-Series 1O-NO. ~f

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-60055

CONTENTSPage

htroduction ----------------------------------------------------------

Source and Limitations of Data ------------------------------------------Vision hpairment Classifications ------------------------------------Age Differences Between General Population and Visually Impaired

Persons ----------------------------------------------------------Trend of Vision hpairment -----------------------------------------

Degreeof Vision Impaiment -------------------------------------------

Demographic Characteristics -------------------------------------------hcome ------------------------------------------------------------Education ----------------------------------------------------------Region ------------------------------------------------------------Color -------------------------------------------------------------Residence ---------------------------------------------------------

Limitation of Activities ------------------------------------------------Visually hpatied Persons ad Emplopent ---------------------------Living Arrmgements -----------------------------------------------Use of an Aid------------------------------------------------------“Talking Books, ” Braille, and Financial Aid---------------------------Functional Ltiitations ----------------------------------------------Age at Which Vision Impairment First Interfered With Daily Activities---Vision Impairments and Other Selected Conditions ---------------------

Detailed Tables -------------------------------------------------------

Appendix I. Technical Notes on Methods -------------------------------Background of This Report ------------------------------------------Statistical Design of the Health Interview Survey -----------------------General @altiications ----------------------------------------------Reliability of Esttiates ---------------------------------------------Guide toUseof Relative Standard Error Charts ------------------------

Appendix II. Definitions of Certain Terms Used in This Report -----------Demographic and Economic Terms -----------------------------------TermsRelating to Employment Status --------------------------------Terms Relating to DisabUity -----------------------------------------Selected Chronic Conditions -----------------------------------------

Appendix III. Classification of Impairments -----------------------------Comparison ofX- Code to Classification of Vision Impairment Usedin

This Report ------------------------------------------------------

Appendix IV. @estiomaire and V@ion Supplement -----------------------

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IN THIS REPORT statistics are presented on the number and charac -tevis tics ofpevsons 6 yeaYs and’ ovar with. vision impairments. Thesestatistics are based on datu collected in the Health Intevview Surveywithin the civilian, nonins titwtional population of the United States. Thesurvey shows an estimated 5,029,000 visually impaired persons, ofwhom 969,000 cannot read ovdinavy newspm”nt and 310,000 cannot seethe features of friends a@/or moving objects. In the detailed tables in-formation derived from material collected duvin.g the period July 1963-June 1964 is shown on the degree of vision im#airrnent by sex, age, in-come, education, color, vegion, and residence.

An eavliev report on selected impairments (Health Statistics, Series B,Numbe-r 35) provided information on vision impairments for the periodJuly 1959-June 1961; howevar the eavliw dakz did not pvovide fov thedetailed description of degree of vision impairment and characteristicsof the impaived that can be obtained from the present estimates. Dataare ~esented on activity limitation due to impaived vision, receipt offinancial aid, receipt of “talking books,” restriction of social activities,living arrangements, and employment status.

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Quantity zero ---------------------------- -

Quantity more than O but less than 0.05---- 0.0

Figure does not meet standards ofreliability or precision ------------------ *

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CHARACTERISTICS OF

VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS

Ronald W. Wilson, Division of Health Interview Statistics

INTRODUCTION

This is the first report containing detaileddata on vision impairments to be released by theHealth Interview Survey since “Selected Impair-ments” (Health Statistics, Series B, Number 35)was issued in 1962. As a consequence of theearlier report, which was” IMed on a functionalcriterion of ability to read ordinary newsprint,there were a number of requests for more de-tailed information on vision impairments. Inorder to meet these requests for additional data,the sections of the survey questionnaire dealingwith vision problems were expanded for thecollection of more detailed information whichcould be used to assess functional loss of vision.

Where vision loss was indicated by re-sponses to the household interview, a supple-mentary set of questions was administered. Thissupplement was designed to elicit information onactivity limitation due to vision problems, receiptof financial aid, receipt of “talking books, ” re-striction of social activities, types of physicalaid needed, cause of visual impairments (notdiscussed in this report), living arrangements,and employment status. The data from the newquestions on vision permit a more -deta+ledcategorization of the degree of vision impairment,as well as a better, more complete descriptionof visually impaired persons.

SOURCE AND LIMITATIONS

OF DATAThe information contained in this publication

is derived from household interviews conductedby the Health Interview Survey (HIS) in cooperationwith the U.S. Bureau of the Census in a probabilitysample of the civilian, noninstitutional populationof the United States. The sample is so designedthat interviews are conducted during every weekof the year. During the 52-week period from July1963 through June 1964, the sample was composedof approximately 42,000 households which includedabout 134,000 persons living at the time of theint&cview.

A description of the design of the survey,the methods used in estimation, and the generalqualifications of data obtained from surveys ispresented in Appendix I. Since the estimates inthis report are based on a sample of the populationrather than on the entire population, they aresubject to sampling error. Therefore, particularattention should .be paid to the section entitled“Reliability of Estimates.” Sampling errors formost of the estimates are of relatively low magni-tude. However, where an estimated number orthe numerator or the denominator of a rate orpercentage is small, the sampling error may behigh.

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Some of the estimates included in the de-tailed tables have levels of reliability which are

below the standards usually required for publi-cation by the Health Interview Survey. Althoughit is not general policy to publish figures whichdo not meet the usual standards of reliability, anexception is often made in the case of reports

based on supplements. In order to use these datato full advantage and to show trends which areconsidered logical and important, it is some-

times necessary to show smaller figures. These

figures are marked by asterisks to call specialattention to them.

Certain terms from this report are definedin Appendix II. Because many of the terms have

specialized meanings to serve the purpose of thesurvey, one is advised to familiarize himself withthese def init ions.

The questionnaire used to obtain data on

vision impairments during the period July1963- June 1964 is shown in Appendix IV. Thisquestionnaire also included other questions, whichwere asked during the interview, about the health,medical care, and basic demographic character-istics of all persons in the household. Twopoints should be kept in mind. One question

used in determining the degree of vision im-pairment concerns the ability to read newsprint.Although interviewers were instructed in how

to apply this question to persons who wereilliterate, many illiterate respondents will not

volunteer that they cannot read, thus causing abias in the reported data. As with certain otherchronic conditions and impairments, there is alsosome emotional resistance to blindness which canlead to an underreporting of vision problems.

No attempt was made to equate blindness

in the legal sense with the degree of vision impair-

ment as determined in the interview, because avisual acuity test is basic to the legal definition of

blindness: “A person shall be considered blindwhose central visual acuity does not exceed

20/200 ‘in the better eye with corrective lenses

or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200,has a limit to the field of vision to such a degree

that its widest diameter subtends an angle of nogreater than 20 degrees.” 1

lAmerican Association of Workers for the Blind, Inc.:

Blindness-1966. Washington, D. C. p. 99.

Because it was not feasible to administer avisual acuity test during the interview, visualacuity was not used to independently validatethe classification of degree of impairment whichwas developed from the content of the surveyquestionnaire. Detailed descriptions of visual

acuity can be found in “Binocular Visual Acuityof Adults” (Vital and Health Statistics, Series11, Number 3) and in “History and ExaminationFindings Related to Visual Acuity Among Adults”

(Series 11, Number 28). These reports are basedon data gathered in the Health Examination Survey.

Vision Impairment Classifications

Before July 1, 1964, all vision impairments

reported in the survey were classified in one ofthe following four categories of the Classificationof Impairments (X-Code):

XOO - Blindness, both eyesXO1 - Blind in one eye, other eye defective

but not blind

X02 - Blind in one eye, other eye good ornot mentioned

X05 - Impaired vision except as in XOO-X02,one or both eyes

The X-Code was used in this report only toidentify persons to be included in the analysis,that is, those who were visually impaired. Anyperson who reported an eye condition which re-ceived an X-Code (XOO, XO1;” X02, X05) was in-cluded in the analysis, but the degree of impair-ment was determined from a new classification

scheme, rather than the X-Code.The earlier report on HIS data covering the

period July 1959-June 1961 (Series B-Number 35)

divided the portion of the X-Code covering visualimpairment into two categories, “severe visual

impairments” (code XOO) and “other visual im-pairments” (XO1, X02, and X05). By definition, the

XOO code includes all persons who cannot readordinary newsprint, even when wearing glasses.

In an attempt to obtain more informationabout economic, social, and health character-istics of visually impaired persons a contractwas negotiated with Dr. Milton Graham of theAmerican Foundation for -the Blind to develop

a set of supplemental questions to be asked ofpersons reporting vision problems. In addition,

several new questions were devised which would

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elicit information basic to a more detailed classi-fication of persons with vision impairments.

All persons 6 years old and over who re-ported aneyecondition oravision problem dur-ing the interview were asked an additional set ofquestions at the end of the interview (fig. 1).These questions determined the degree of seri-ousness of the vision problem as well as whichone, if either, of two sets of supplemental ques-tions would be asked. Both supplements (SectionsA and B) are reproduced in Appendix IV. Thecontent of the two supplements was basicallythe same, but section B, which was administeredto respondents with more severe vision problems,contained a few questions on light, color, andmotion perception. The interviewers were in-structed to make callbacks if necessary, to geta person to respond for himself on the supple-ment.

Since the same questions were not askedof all persons with vision impairment, it isimportant to study the design of the interview

as outlined in figure 1 in order to understandthe different combinations of questions. Overall,about 30 percent of the visually impaired per-sons were administered a supplement. TableA shows the percent of visually impaired per-sons who were asked the supplement questions,by degree of vision impairment and age. Supple-ments were given to virtually all of the personswho could not read newsprint. 2

A more detailed classification of visuallyimpaired persons was developed, using data ob-tained from the questionnaire (table B, table I,columns d-1 through d-4, and question 1 of sec-tion B of the supplement; Appendix IV). Thisnew classification is shown below.

2Two sample persons who could not read newsprint were,

through error, not-administered a supplement. Thu;, the esti:mate of persons who could not read newsprint derived fromthe basic interview data amounts to 969,000 (see table 1),while that derived from the supplement is 966,000 (see table20).

‘abi e B of ques tionnaipe ~

(4 (d) (e)

Jan you see well Can you see well Can you see

mough to read enough to recognize objects that

mdinary newsprint the features of move, such as

vith glasses ? people you know? cars or people?

No No No ~ Supplement, section BAny combination of yes and no ~ Supplement, section A

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Yes Yes(!3)

Yes — Can you see Can you see awell enough to friend acrossstep down? the street?

Yes Yes ~ stop

Table B

No to either question — (0How muchtrouble doyou haveseeing

Great deal / Supplement,Some

fsection A

Hardly any

1stop

None

Figure 1. Screening pattern for vi sicn supplements.

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Detailed Classification of Pevsons With a VisionImpairment

Both eyes involvedCannot read newsprint

Cannot see features, moving objects, or

lightCannot see features or moving objects;

can see lightCan see one and not the other (features

and moving objects)

Can see both features and moving objectsCan read newsprint

Cannot see features and/or moving objectsGreat deal of trouble seeing (can see

features and moving objects)Cannot see a friend across the streetCan see a friend across the street

Some trouble seeing (can see featuresand moving objects)

Cannot see a friend across the streetCan see a friend across the street

None or hardly any trouble seeing (cansee features and moving objects) —nosupplement needed

Cannot see a friend across the streetCan see a friend across the streetNo vision problem reported (positive

responses to all of Table B of thequestionnaire)

Degree of vision problem unknownOne eye involvedUnknown if one w both eyes involved

In much of the analysis that follows, however,

this classification has been collapsed into fourbasic categories:

1. Both eyes involved—total2. Both eyes involved— cannot read news-

print3. Both eyes involved— can read newsprint

4. One eye involved

Appendix III presents a discussion of the

development of the new vision classification.Table I in this Appendix shows the relationship

of the degree of vision impairment categories

to the original X-Code.For several reasons a number of items on

the questionnaire are not analyzed separately

in this report. These items, intended primarilyto screen visually impaired persons or to pro-

Tsble A. Percent of visually impairedpersons aged 6 years and over who weregiven the vision supplement, by age anddegree of visua 1 impairment: UnitedStates, July 1963-June 1964

Degree of visualimpsirment

Total visuallyimpaired per-sonsl------- ---

Both eyes involved2 -Cannot read news-print------------

Can read news-print------------

One eye involved----

65All 6-64 y::dsages years

over

I Percent

99.7 I 99.7 99.7

15.2I

11.0 19.710.2 4.7 19.0

‘Includes unknown number of eyes in-volved.

21nc ludes Unknom degree of impailnnem’t.

vide information for use in the development of

the degree of impairment categories, were con-sidered inappropriate for analytical purposes.In some instances, the number of persons re-sponding positively to certain questions ‘was toosmall to allow reliable estimates. For example,

only one person in the sample reported using adog guide and only two reported ever receivinginstructions in traveling with a dog guide. Thus,these items were not included in the analyses ofthis report.

Age Differences Between General Population

and Visually Impaired Persons

ln thisreport a number of comparisons are

made between thetotalpopulationandthevisually

impaired persons. It is important to keep in mindthe differences in age distribution between these

two groups, even when age- specific comparisonsare made (table B). About 10 percent of thegeneral population (over 6 years of age) are 65years or older while one-half of the total numberof visually impaired persons are 65 or older.

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Table B. Percent distribution of total population and visually impaired persons, byage: United States, July 1963-June 1964

Age

All ages, 6 years and over -------------------------

6-17 years -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------17-44 years ----------------------------------------------45-64 years ----------------------------------------------65-74 years ----------------------------------------------75 years and over -------- -------- -------- -------- --------

6-64 years -------------------------------------------65 years and over ------------------------------------

But there are also marked differences betweenthe two groups for those 65 years and older;one-third of the general population over 64 isalso over 74, while more than half of all thevisually impaired persons over 64 are alsoover 74. Thus, even within age categories, theimpaired persons represent an older segmentof the population.

Trend of Vision Impairment

In table C the rates of visual impairmentsfor July 1959-June 1961 are compared withthose for July 1963-June 1964. The earliertime period was selected for comparison be-cause of the availability of impairment datacollected during that period (Series B-Number35). The categories by degree of impairmentshown in this table are somewhat different fromthose used in the other tables because an attemptwas made to present comparable data for thetwo periods. The difference in rates between thetwo periods for personsimpairments” is small,different age bases for theThe marked increase invision impairments over

with “severe vision

especiallywhen theratesare considered.thethe

estimateof totalearlierperiodis

Visually im-paired persons

Totalpopu-lation, Adminis-6 years teredand over Total vision

supple-ment

Percent distribution

100.OII 100.O[I 100.0

principally reflected in the category, “othervisual impairments. ” Although the basic ques-tions on eye problems have remained the same,except for changes initiated in the recent supple-ment, there has been a gradual increase in thenumber of reported vision impairments. Thisincrease may reflect, to some extent, an im-provement in interviewing techniques.

DEGREE OF VISION IMPAIRMENT

Because of the disproportionate number ofvisually impaired persons in some of the age-sex groups, particularly in some of the cate-gories showing the degree of impairment, it isnot-possible to show in a single table a meaning-ful description of visual impairment in varioussegments of the population. In table 1 the dis-tribution by degree of impairment is shown insome detail for males and females and for twobroad age groups, and in table 2 the degreesof impairment have been combined in order toshow the distribution in more detail by age foreach sex.

Data collected during the periodJuly1963-June 1964 show an estimated 5,029,000 personswith vision impairments, a prevalence rate of

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Table C. Rate of visual impairments per 1,000 persons aged 6 years and over, by degreeof impairment, sex, and age: United States, July 1959-June 1961 and July 1963-,June1964

Sex and age

Both sexes

All ages,6 years and over -------

6-64 years ------------------65 years and over -----------

Male



Female



All visual Severe visual Other visualimpairments impairments 1 impairments

1959-612 1963-64 1959-612 1 1963-64 1959-619 1963-64

19.8 \ 331.3

Rate per 1,000 persons

11.4 ~8.2108.4 141.9

19.1 29.3

-1-12.0 19.0

101.2 125.3

20.5 33.1

10.8 17.4114.3 155.2

5.6 36.9 14.2 324.4

15.94$$ 4::; ‘6;:; 95.9

5.0 I 5.3 ] 14.21 24.0

17.03;:: 3::: 6%; 88.7

lX-Code = XOO.21959-61 data are from Series B, Number 35, table B, p.6. Data are for ~ ages.

3Using all ages as the base, figures would be as follows: all visual impairmerlts—27.1, severe visual impairments —6.0, other visual impairments-21.l.

31.3 per 1,000 population. For about one-half(53.0 percent) of the visually impaired, botheyes were involved and for 20 percent (an esti-mated 969,000 persons) both eyes were involvedto the extent that ordinary newsprint could notbe read. Those who reported that they had littleor no visual difficulty, even though both eyeswere involved, together with those who had onlyone eye involved, made up three-quarters of thetotal numberof impaired persons. The estimatednumber of persons who have no vision or onlylight perception was about 132,000 persons, O.9per 1,000 population (table 1).

Females reported an overall higher rateof vision impairment than did males, particularlyat the older ages. For example, therateper 1,000females 75 years and over was 243.7 as com-

pared with 199.8 for males. The degreeof visualimpairment was also greater among fernales.Of those persons with both eyes involved, 22.5percent of the females and 15.3 percent of themales wereunableto read newsprint. In addition,a greater proportion of the impaired males hadonly one eye involved, 54.1 percent comparedwith 38.1 percent for females. Data from theearlier study indicates this higher proportionof males with one eye involved maybe partiallydue to the fact that injury was named morefrequently among males as the cause of visionimpairment, 26.8 percent as opposed to the7.1 percent rate for females.

As expected, the prevalence rate showeda marked increase with age, ranging from 7.7per 1,000 persons 6-16 years of age to 225.0

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per 1,000 persons 75 years and over, that is,almost a quarter of the persons 75 and over.

Table D presents a slight rearrangementof the data in tables 1 and 2 for persons withboth eyes involved in the vision impairment.The ability to see features of friends and/ormoving objects is the major variable in table D,with the ability to read newsprint secondary.An estimated 310,000 persons cannot see featuresand/or moving objects; of these, 59,000 cannotsee light.

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Income

The number of persons reporting visionimpairment differs greatly by family income.The prevalence rate per 1,000 persons with in-comes under $2,000 was 92.3 compared with15.9 for persons with incomes over $7,000(table 3). Persons under 65 years of age withincomes under $2,000 had a prevalence ratemore than four times larger than persons in thesame age group with incomes over $7,000. Per-sons 65 years of age and over in the lowestincome category reported vision impairments ata rate almost twice that of the highest incomecategory. In addition, persons with lower in-comes reported a greater degree of impairmentthan those with higher incomes, particularlyamong persons under 65 years of age (table 4).

Table D. Number of vkua lly impaired personspairment, sex, and age: United

For example, among persons under 65 with in-comes under $2,000, 58.8 percent reported botheyes involved, while the comparable figure forpersons with incomes over $7,000 was 32.4 per-cent.

The higher prevalence of visual impairmentsamong the lower income categories camot beexplained solely by the inability of persons inthe lower income groups to obtain correctivelenses. Recent data from the Health InterviewSurvey indicate that some differences by incomeare found in the percentage of persons wearingcorrective lenses (particularly in the lower agegroups), and that a slightly higher proportionof persons in the lower income categories hadobtained their last glasses over 2 years ago,However, these differences were not large enoughto account for the disparity in impairment rates.

Even though the measure of income used inthe Health Interview Survey is the combinedfamily income, it is reasonable to assume that,at least in families where the major bread-winner is visuallyitself is probably alow income.

Educafion

impaired, the impairmentfactor contributing to the

Persons with less than 9 years of educationreported considerably higher rates of visionimpairment than persons with 9 years or more

with both eyes involved, by degree of im-States, July 1963-June 1964

Degree of impairment Both Male Female 6+4 45-64 65+sexes years years years

Number in thousands

Both eyes involvedl ---------------- 2>666 -1,005 1,661 440 719 1,507

Cannot see features and/ormoving object s-------------------------- 2310 121 189 33 57 22i

Cannot read newsprint ------------------ 287 108 179 207Can see features and moving objects ------ 2,346 878 1,468 4% 6:; 1,280

Cannot read newsprint ------------------ 682 240 442 142 472Can read newsprint --------------------- 1,664 638 1,026 3X 515 808

‘Includesunknown degree of impairment.

259,000 cannot see light.

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of school, 76 impaired per 1,000 populationas compared with about 23 per 1,000 (table 3).The same pattern is apparent when the rates forpersons 6-64 years and over 64 years of age areconsidered. However, in both age categoriesthe differences in rates between persons with 9-12years and 13 or more years of school were verysmall. The differences in the degree of visionimpairment by education and age are. shown intable 5.

Region

The prevalence rates of vision impairmentsfor the Northeast, Newh Central, and WestRegions were about the same, 24.6, 26.7, and29.9 per 1,000 persons, respectively. However,the rate was considerably higher for the South,41.8 per 1,000 persons (table 3). The samepattern is found when the data are consideredby age (6-64 years and 65 years and over),although there was a greater range among regionsfor the older age group. There were also somedifferences between regions in the degree ofvision impairment, with persons in the Southreporting the greatest degree of impairment(table 6). Howev=, these differences are notas marked as those which were noted for theincome categories.

Color

Nonwhite persons reported a higher prev-alence rate of impaired vision than did whitepersons, 35.4 and 30.7 per 1,000 population(table 3). These differences were consistentfor persons 6-64 years and over 65 yearsalthough the clifferences were slightly greaterfor the older group. In addition, the degree ofimpairment was somewhat lower in the whitepopulation (table 7).

Residence

Persons living in standard metropolitan sta-tistical areas (SMSAts) report the lowest rate ofvision impairment in both broad age categories(table 3). Among persons under 65 years of age,farm residents had the highest prevalence rate,while the highest rate among persons 65 andover was found for nonfarm residents living

outside SMSA’S. However, the degree of the im-pairment differed only slightly for the threeresidence categories (table 7).

LIMITATION OF ACTIVITIES

Each person who reported one or morechronic conditions was asked to select a state-ment, appropriate for his usual activity, ‘whichbest described his limitation-of -activity status.The interview respondent made the selection forchildren and for adults who were not present atthe time of the interview. The degrees of activitylimitation are as follows:

1.

2.

3.

4.

Unable to carry on major activity. (pre-school play, school, ilousewurlq or-work).Limited in amount or kind of majoractivity.Not limited in major activity, but other-wise limited (church, sports, shopping,etc.).Not l~ited in activities.

If a person indicated that he was limited inone of the first three categories, he was askedto specify which chronic condition(s) had causedhis limitation.

Approximately three of five (58.4 percent)of the persons with vision impairments reportedlimitation of activity, but less than half ofthese persons (25.8 percent of all visually imp-aired persons) said that their impaired visionhad been the cause of the limited activity. Tables8 and 9 show the distribution of the visuallyimpaired population by degree of activity limi-tation due to vision defects, according to ageand sex. Tables 10 and 11 show similar datafor those with vision impairment by limitationof activity due to all chronic conditions.

Impaired persons with both eyes involvedwho cannot read newsprint, as expected, re-ported the highest proportion with limitationdue to impaired vision, 58.2 percent. Abou~this same percentage was reported by personsunder 65 and 65 years of age and over, eventhough in all other categories of degree of im-pairment, a higher proportion of the older per-sons were limited. The differences by sex werevery small for the number reporting limitations

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according to the degree of impairment. Womenwith the more severe degree of vision impair-ments were more likely to report limitationin kind or amount of major activity, while. menwith the more severe impairments reported theywere unable to carry on their major activity.The proportion of persons reporting that theywere limited, but not in their major activity,was relatively small, 4.0 percent for all visuallyimpaired persons.

Tables 12-14 show the type of limitationby more detailed age categories. They alsocompare the number of persons with activitylimitation due to any cause in the visually im-paired population with that in the total popu-lation. When comparing the visually impairedwith the total population, the precaution mentioned

etilier-that is, the differences in age distri-bution even within a given age category-shouldbe kept in mind.

Some of the data shown in tables 8-14 hasbeen summarized in table E to facilitate com-paring the extent of chronic limitation of activityin the visually impaired population with thatin the general population. Among persons in thegeneral population with one or more chronicconditions, 27.9 percent reported limitation ofactivity due to a chronic ailment. The propor-tion of persons with limited activity in thevisually impaired population was 58.4 percent,about twice that of the general population withchronic conditions. This ratio of 2 to 1 decreasedwith advancing age (table E).

Table E. Percent of visually impaired persons and of total population with chroniclimitation of activity, by age, degree of impairment, and cause of limitation: UnitedStates, July 1963-June 1964

Age and degree of impairment

All ages, 6 years and over -----------

6-44 years ------- ------- ------- ------- -----45-64 years --------------------------------65-74 years --------------------------------75 years and over --------------------------

6-64 years -----------------------------65 years and over ----------------------

Degree of impairment

Both eyes involved2------------------------Cannot read newsprint --------------------Can read newsprint -----------------------

One eye involved---------— ----------------

Limitationdue tovision

impairment

Limitation due to anychronic condition

Visually impaired persons

Totalpopula-tion with

1+chroniccondi-

tions

125.8

14.122.629;037.318.733.6

36.158.223.514.1

Percent

158.4

26.853.871.082.141.177.1

71.487.562.143.4

27.9

15.630.553.469.421.259.2

. . .

. . .

. . .● *.

*Includesunknown number of eyes involved.

21ncludes unknown degree of impairments.

Visually Impaired Persons and Employment

The rate of employment was lower amongvisually impaired persons than among personsin the general population. Table F shows that31.2 percent of all visually impaired persons17 years and older were currently employed,as compared with 58.5 percent of the totalpopulation. However, because more than halfof the impaired persons were 65 years or over,this figure is somewhat misleading. When per-sons 17-64 years are compared, the proportionemployed was 54.2 percent among the visuallyimpaired and 64.9 percent for the total population.For all ages 17 and over the employment ratevaried from 11.4 percent for persons who can-not read newsprint to 41.6 percent for thosewith only one eye involved. Age is also animportant factor in employment among the visu-ally impaired. Tables 15-17 present a moredetailed breakdown of employment status.

Even though the percentage of visually im-paired persons in the labor force was consider-ably lower than the percent of the total popu-lation 17 years and over in, the the labor force,the unemployment level of the visually impairedis almost the same as that of the total popu-lation.

Living Arrangements

The living arrangements of visually impairedpersons are compared with those of the totalpopulation in table 18. In general, a slightlyhigher proportion of the visually impaired per-sons were living alone, even within age groups.However, since the differences were small, theymight be explained by the older age distributionof the impaired population, even within the twoage categories shown. The differences in livingarrangements by degree of vision impairmentwere also small.

Table F. Percent of total population and of visually impaired persons aged 17 yearsand over whO are current ly employed, by age, sex, and degree of impairment: ‘UnitedStates, July 1963-June 1964

Characteristic

Tota 1 DovJlat ion

Both sexes ----------------------------------------

Male ----------------------------------------------------Female --------------------------------------------------


Both sexesl ---------------------------------------

Both eyes involved2--------------------------------------Cannot read newsprint ---------------------------------Can read newsprint ------------------------------------

One eye involved ----------------------------------------

Male ----------------------------------------------------Femle --------------------------------------------------

58.5

80.838.5

31.2

22.511.429.041.(

49.:16.;

Percent

T

63.8 67.0

88.1. 89.641.9 45.9

44.5 42.1*28 .8 24.9

49.6 48.967.7 59.(

80.8 72.:36.3 30.1

19.5

8.35.6

100510.9

17.04.4

lIncludes unknown number of eyes involved.

~Includes unknown degree of impairment.

10

Several questions on the vision supplementdealt with the need for aids such as a cane, adog guide, or another person, in getting aroundthe house or traveling outside the house. It isassumed that impaired persons who were notasked the supplement questions would not needan aid; therefore, the base for the percent ofpersons using an aid is the total visually im-paired group. Tables G and 19 show the types ofpersons reported using aids. Nine percent of allvisually impaired persons used an aid of somekind. Of this 9 percent, about 5 percent used acane either with or without the help of anotherperson and about 4 percent needed the assistanceof another person, but did not use a cane. Thedegree of vision impai~ment was the most im-portant factor determining the use of an aid.Only 2 percent of the persons with one eye in-volved used an aid, while 36.3 percent of thepersons with both eyes involved who could notread newsprint used an aid. Older persons weremore likely to use an aid than younger persons,and females were more likely to use an aidthan males. A higher proportion of impairedpersons in low income and low educationalgroups used an aid, although the lowest per-centage was for persons with some high schooleducation. Only one sample respondent reportedthat he used a dog guide.

‘Talking Books, v “Braille, and Financial Aid

The yield of positive response was too lowto allow detailed analysis for severai@te_stionson the vision supplement. However, the totalestimates derived from the responses to thesupplement can be shown. An estimated 50,000persons received “talking books. tt Records main-tained by the Library of Congress, the majorsource of these books, show that 78,000 per-sons received these books during the sameperiod. While virtually all persons who received“talking books” had impairment involving botheyes and could not read newsprint, only 5 per-cent of the persons with this degree of im-pairment were receiving the books, even thoughabout 29 percent reported having heard of them.

Table G. Percent of visus lly impairedpersons aged 6 years and over who usean aid, by sex, age, and degree of im-ps irment: United States, July 1963-June 1964

Characteristic Bothsexes Male Fems le

Both eyes involved,cannot readnewsprint ---------

65 years and over--Both eyes involved,

cannot readnewsprint @ 65years and over --- -

I Percent

;:.; 35.3. 11.0

40.4 37.6

36.916.9

41.4

Table H shows that the level of educationalattainment is highly correlated with knowledgeof “talking books.” Only 16 percent of the seri-ously impaired persons with no high schooleducation had heard of these books as comparedwith 65 percent of those with educational attain-ment beyond high school. Persons who can readnewsprint appear to have more knowledge of“talking books” than persons who cannot readnewsprint; however, because of the relativelysmall number of persons involved, these differ-ences are not significant.

An estimated 58,000 persons have at sometime had instruction in reading braille. Abouttwo-thirds of these people could read braille,but only one-fifth of them were using their knowl-edge.

Using the responses from the vision supple-ment, it was estimated that 168,000 persons werereceiving financial aid because of their vision im-pairment. Half of the persons who reportedreceiving financial aid were under 65 years and86 percent of those reporting aid were in theimpairment category ‘‘Imth eyes involved, cannotread newsprint. ” It should be kept in mind thatthe supplement questions were asked of onlyone-third of the total number of impaired per-sons, i.e., the most seriously impaired. Elevenpercent of those who were questioned, reportedreceiving financial aid.

11

Table H. Number and percent of personsgiven a vision supplement who reportedhaving heard about “talking books,” bydegree of impairment, age, family in-come, and educational level: UnitedStates, July 1963-June 1964

Characteristic

Totall---.-----

Degree of visuallm~amment

Both eyes involved2--Cannot read news-

print -------------Can read news-

print -------------One eye involved -----

6-64 years -----------65 years and over----

Income

Under $2,000---------$2,000-$3,999--------$4,000-$6,999--------$7,000 and over ------

Educational level

Under 9 years --------9-12 years -----------13 years and over----

Numberin

thousands

411

369

278

9136

190221

133

::76

154153

72

Percent

27.8

30.2

28.8

35.415.5

41.021.8

19.632.735.742.9

16.148.664.9

lIncludes unknown number of eves in-vo lved.

.

21ncludes unknown degree of impairment.

Functional Limitations

Several questions on the supplement elicited

information about social and recreational activi-ties, for example, club activities, visiting friendsand relatives, and reading. Since these questionswe=e asked of only one-third of all visually im-

paired persons and since it would be expectedthat some of the impaired persons who werenot asked these questions could have respondedpositively, the bases for the percentages shownin tables J and 20 are restricted to persons towhom the supplement was administered.

One-third of the respondents to the vision

supplement said that their vision problem inter-fered with visiting friends. Those with more thanahigh school education felt most restricted. The

higher educational group alsoreported thehighestproportion of interference with club activities.This, of course, could be due in part to greater

activity in clubs among the more highly educatedin the general population. Overall, approximately

30 percent reported some interference with clubactivities. This includes cutting down on clubactivities as well as not joining clubs because of

vision problems.About 60 percent of the persons tow”hom the

supplement was given reported that their visioninterfered with reading. These figures rangedfrom a 10,: of 35 percent for persons with both

eyes involved who could read newsprintto69per-cent for persons with both eyes involved who

could not read newsprint. While one might expectthe latter figureto be higher, it is reasonabletoassume that some-people would not read even if

they had useful vision.

Age at Which Vision Impairment

First Interfered With Daily Activities

The persons who were asked about theirvision problems interfering with social and

recreational activities were also asked at whatage their vision had first interfered with dailyactivities. Table 21 shows the age at which thevision impairment first interfered, by degree of

impairment, sex, and age. This table gives onlya rough indication since the numbers involvedwere too small to permit cross-classification

of the variables by age. Of the impaired per-sons who received a supplement, 5.4 percent

reported interference with daily activities sincebirth and another 7.8 percent before the ageof 17, while 43.7 percent reported that inter-ference began after the age of 65. There wasa

slight tendency for the more severe impair-ments to begin later in life. For persons under

45 years, about one-third reported having visualtrouble since birth and an additional one-thirdfirst noticed problems before they were 17 years

old. About two-thirds of the persons 65 yearsand over first had interference with daily activ-

ities after they were 65, while a negligible num-

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Table J. Percent of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by degree offunctional limitation, degree of impairment, age, family income, educational level,and sex: United States, July 1963-June 1964

Total

Characteristic

Degree of visual impairment

Totall----------------------------..----

Both eyes involved2--------------------------Cannot see newsprint-----------------------Can see newsprint........--..-.............

One eye involved-----------------------------

6-64 years--------................-----------65 years and over-----------”-------------------

Family income

Under $2,000--------------------.----”-.------$2,000-$3,999-------------.-”-----------------$4,000-$6,999-----------------“....-..---------$7,000 and over---------.---.-..,----------...

Educational.level

Under 9 years---------.----------------------9-12 years------------------------------------13 years and over-----------------------------

All ages, 6 years and over-----------,--

6-64 years-------------------------------------65 years and over------------------------------

Female

All ages, 6 years and over-------------

6-64 years-------------------------.=--------65 years and over---...,----------------------

Trouble seeing hasinterfered with:

100.0

100.0100.O100.0100.0

100.0100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0

Percent

33.5

34.837.923.727.6

25.537.3

33.834.030.432.8

34.432.742.3

34.5

30.037.0

33.1

22.137.5

29.9

31.633.026.122.0

24.632.4

27.934.727.232.8

28.535.242.3

24.5

23.524.8

33.3

25.136.4

59.1

62.069.035.446.6

54.061.3

01.560.955.852.5

62.255.247.7

61.3

57.563.5

57.8

51.060.4

lIncludes unknown numberof eyes involved.Includes unknown degree of impairment.

13

ber of persons65 years andover reported troublesince birth. It is possible that respondents inthis age group were unable to recall accuratelywhen their vision had first interfered with theiractivity. In addition, there is some evidence of

an increase in recent years in vision impairmentspresent since births

Vision Impairments

and Other Selected Conditions

Tables K and 22-24 indicate that there isa higher prevalence of selected chronic con-ditions among visually impaired persons thanamong the total population. The most meaningfulcomparison between the impaired and the total

population is between the age group 65 yearsand over because the age distributions for the

3Nation~l Society for the Prevention of Blirdmss, lnC.:

Estimated Statistics on Blindness and Vision Problems. 1966.

p. 47.

all-ages group and the under- 65 group are quite

different. The major differences between the im-paired and the total population 65 years and overwere with hearing impairments, diabetes, vas-cular lesions of the central nervous system,hypertensive heart disease, and general arterio-sclerosis. For example, 20.6 percent of the totalpopulation 65 years and over reported hearingimpairments, while 34.7 percent of the visuallyimpaired in’ the same age group reported hearingimpairments in addition to their vision problems.Overall, 22.9 percent of the visually impairedreported hearing impairments.

The degree of vision impairment is alsoa factor in the number of other chronic con-

ditions which visually impaired persons report.Greater proportions of persons with both eyesinvolved reported other conditions than did per-sons with one eye involved, and persons who couldnot read newsprint reported more conditionsthan those who could read newsprint.

Table K. percent of Persons who reported selected chronic conditions for the tots 1population and for v;sually impaire~ persons aged 6 years and over, by age and degreeof impairment: Ufiited States, July 1963-June 1964

Selected chronic condition

Hearing impairments -----------------Goiter or thyroid trouble -----------Diabetes ----------------------------Anemia ------------------------------Vascular lesions of the central

nervous system ---------------------Selected heart diseases -------------Hypertensive heart disease ----------Hyper-tension without heart

involvement ------------------------General arteriosclerosis ------------

Totalpopulation

Allages,

6+years

65+years

3.611.2

5.1

4.7 16.20.5 3.6


ZEzEE

22.9

:::1.4

4.29.66.1

14.43.4

Percent

3;.;

9:11.7

1;:;10.1

18.96.3

28.2

M1.8

1;:28.4

16.44.8

16.92.13.80.8

:::3.6

12.01.9

000

14

DETAILED TABLES

Page

Table 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

Number, percent distribution, and rate per 1,000 visually impaired persons aged6 years and over,by degree of impairment according to sex and ageiUnited States,July 1963-June l964-------------------------------------------------------------

Number and rate per 1,000 persons in total population, and number and percentdistribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by degree ofimpairment according to sex and age: United States, July 1963-June 1964---------

Total population, and number and rate per 1,000 visually impaired persons aged 6years and over,by age and demographic characteristics: United States, July 1963-June l964-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years andover, by degree of impairment according to age and family income: United States,July 1963-June l964-------------------------------------------------------------

Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years andover, by degree of impairment according to age and educational level of individ-ual: United States, July 1963-June 1964-----------------------------------------

Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years andover, by degree of impairment according to age and region: United States, July1963-June l964------------------------------------------------------------------

Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years andover, by degree of impairment according to age, color, and”residence: Unit-1States, July 1963-June l964-----------------------------------------------------

Number of visually impaired persons a ed 6 years and over,by activit limitationdue to impaired vision, sex, age, an$ degree of impairment: United ~tates, JUIY1963-June l966------------------------------------------------------------------

Percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by ac-tivity limitation due to impaired vision according to sex, age and degree of im-pairment: United States, July 1963-June 1964------------------------------------

Number of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over,by activity limitationdue to any cause, sex, age, and degree of impairment: United States, JUIY 1963-June l964------------------------------------------------------------------------

Percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by ac-tivity limitation due to any cause according to sex, age, and degree of impair-ment: United States, July 1963-June 1964----------------------------------------

Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years andovzr, by activity limitation due to impaired vision according to sex and age:United States, July 1963-June 1964------------------------------------- ----------

Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years andover, by activity limitation due to any cause according to sex and age: UnitedStates, July 1963-June l964-----------------------------------------------------

17

18

20

21

22

23

24

26

28

30

32

34

35

15

DETAILED TABLES -Cnn.-----

Table 14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Number and percent distribution of total population aged 6 years and over with Ior more chronic conditions, by activity limitation due to any cause according tosex and age: United States, July 1963-June 1964----------------------------------

Number and percent of visually impaired persons aged 17 years and over, by laborforce status, sex, age, and degree of impairment: United States, July 1963-June1964---------------------------------.---.-------------.-------------.-------.--,.

Number and percent of visually impaired persons aged 17 years and over, by laborforce status, sex, age, and degree of impairment: United States, July 1963-Junel964-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number and percent of total population aged 17 years and over, by labor forcestatus, sex, and age: United States, July 1963-June 1964-------------------------

Number and percent distributionof total population and visually impaired personsaged 17 years and over,by living arrangements according to degree of impairment,sex, and age: United States, July 1963-June 1964--------------------------------

Number and percent of visually intpairedpersons aged 6 years and overan aid,

who usedby type of aid, degree of impairment, sex, age, family income, and edu-

cational level: United States, July 1963-June 1964------------------------------

Number and percent of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over who weregiven the vision supplement, by degree of functional limitation,sex, age, familyincome, educational level, and degree of impairment: United States, July 1963-June l964------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years andover who were given the vision supplement, by age at which visual impairmentfirst interfered with daily activities according to degree of impairment, sex,and age; United States, July 1963-June 1964--------------------------------------

Number and percent of persons in the total population and of visually impairedpersons aged 6 years and over with selected chronic conditions, by degree of im-pairment: United States, July 1963-June 1964-------------------------------------

Number and percent of persons in the total population and visually impaired per..sons aged 6 years and over with selected chronic conditions,

.,

States, July 1963-June l964--------------------------------------~~-~~~~--!~~!fi!

Number and percent of persons in the total population and of visually impairedp;ons with selected chronic conditions, by sex: United States, July 1963-June

.-----------------.----=---------------------------------------------------.,

Page

36

37

38

39

40

42

43

44

45

46

47

16

Table 1. Number, percent distributionand over, by degree of impairment,

, and rate per 1,000 visually impaired persons aged 6 yearsaccording to sex and age: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[Datame IMWWIcmImwwlmldinterviewsorthecitilim, ncminstitutionalpopulation. The survey design, general qualifications, and in formn(ionon thereliahility or the cstimatesaregiwn in 4ppendix I. Definitions oftmmscmciv enin 4ppen(iix II]


Total, one or both eyes involvedl ----------------

Both eyes involvedz ------------------------------------Cannot read newsprint --------------------------------

Cannot see features, moving objects, or light------Cannot see features, moving objects,can see”light--Can see features or moving objects -----------------Can see both features and moving objects -----------

Can read newsmint -----------------------------------

One

Cannot see features andjor moving objects,or greatdeal.of trouble seeing----------------------------

Some trouble seeing --------------------------------None or hardly any trouble seeing ------------------eye involved ---------------------------------------


Both eyes involved2------------------------------------Catinotread newsprint -------------4------------- .....

Cannot see features, moving objects, or light------Cannot see features, moving objects,can see light--Can see features or moving objects -----------------Can see both features and moving objects -----------

Can read newsprint -----------------------------------

One

Cannot see ‘features and/or moving objects,or greatdeal of trouble seeing----------------------------

Some trouble seeing--------------------------------None or hardly any trouble seeing------------------eye involved---------------------------------------


Both eyes invdlved2 --------------------------- ---------Cannot read newsprint --------------------------------

Cannot see features, moving objects,or light-------Cannot see features, moving object% can see light--Can see features or moving objects -----------------Can see both features and moving objects -----------

Can read newsprint --------- “-------- -----.---------.-Cannot see features and/or moving objects,or greatdeal of trouble seeing----------------------------

Some trouble seeing--------------------------------None or hardly any trouble seeing------------------

Ohe eye involved--------- ---.----- --------- ------------

Totalrisuallyimpairedpersons

65

Male Female ~:;:: yearsimrl----

I,.

I over

5.029

2,6669695973

156682

1,687

140116

1,4312,281

100.0

53.019.31.21.5

1:::33.5

2.8

2;::45.4

31.:

16.6

:::0.5

:::10.6

0.90.7

1!:?

Number in thousands

2.270

1,005348*19*3O

2%651

55*41555

1,229

2.759

1,661621*4O*43

4::1,036

86

8;;1,052

2.614

1,159290*18*29*34210865

57*37771

1,411


100.0

44.315.3*f).8*1.32.610.628.7

2.4*1.824.454.1

100.0

60.222.5*1.4*1.63.5

16.037.5

3.1

3?:;38.1

100.0

44.311.1*().7*1.1*1.3

3!::

2.2*1.429.554.0

Rate per 1,000 persons

13.0 19.94.5 7.4

*O-2 *().5*(3.4 *O-50.83.1 M8.5 12.5

0.7*O-5 M

10.51;:3 12.6

I

18.2

8.12.0

*O-1*(3.2*(3.21.56.0

0.4*O-3

M

2,415

1,507679*40*44122472822

83

6%870

100.0—

62.428.1*~.7*1.85.119.534.0

3.4

2;::36.0

141.9

88.539.9*2.3*2.6

2;:;48.6

2::38.851.1

IIncludes unknown number of eyes involved.


17

Table 2. Number and rate per 1,000 persons in total population, and number and percent distribu-tion of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by degree of impairment according tosex and age: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[Data are based cm household interviews of the civilian, noninstitutional population. The survey design, general qualifications, and information

on the reliability of the estimates are given in Appendix I. Definitions oftenns aregiven in A~Dendix II]. .

Sex and age

Both sexes

All ages, 6 years and over-------

6-16 years------------------........---17-44 years----------------------------45-64 years-----------------------------65-74 years----------------------------75 years and over----------------------

6-64 years-------------------------65 years and over------------------

Male


6-16 years------------------.........--17-44 years----------------------------45-64 years---------..-.-.-.,-----------65-74 years-----------------------------75 years and over----------------------

6-64 years -------------------------65 years and over-------------------

Female

All ages, 6 years and over -------

6-16 years--------...................”.17-44 years-----------------------------45-64 years...........................-65-74 years----------------------------75 years and over----------------------

6-64 years-------------------------65 years and over------------------

Totti1population

160,824

40,95665,24437,60211,1205,903

143,80217,022

77,398

20,83030,87218,1535,0312,51269,8557,544

83,426

20,12634,37319,4496,0883,39073,9489,479

Totalvisuallyimpairedpersonsl


Both eyes involved I

mi’’vedNumber in thousands

5.029

314910

1,3911,0871,3282,6142,415

2,270

171475679::;

1,325945

2,759

142435712645826

1,2891,471

2,66E

131310719590916

1,1591,507

1,005

13301194320490514

1,661

1:!!$;:

596669992

969

24

1;;188491290679

348

**25

::165118229

621

**48116123326171449

1,687

107236522401421865822

651

*47101221128;;;

282

1,036

1!;301273267496540

;! , 281

174588649484386

1,,411870

1,,229.—

105346364244170816413

1,052

2:!284241216595457

See footnotes at end of table.

18

Table 2. Number and rate per 1,000 persons in total populationtion of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over,

, and number and percent distribu-by degree of impairment according to

sex and age: United States, July 1963-June 1964-Con.(

[Data are based onhousehold intertie,vs of thetitilian, noninstitutional population. Thes"rvey detign, genemlq.alifications, andinformationon thereliability of the estimates are given in Appendix I. Detinitionsof terms are given in .AppcndixII]

Sex and age

Both sexes


6-16 ye~rs -----------------------------17-44 years ----------------------------45-64 Yeats ----------------------------65-74 years--+-------------------------75 years and over ----------------------

6-64 years -------------------------65 years and over------------------

Male


6-16 years-----------------------------17-44 years ----------------------------45-64 years ----------------------------65-74 years ----------------------------75 years and over ----------------------

6-64 years -------------------------65 years and over------------------

Female

All ages, 6 years and over -------

6-16 years -----------------------------17-44 years ----------------------------45-64 years ----------------------------65-74 years-------- --------------------75 years and over----------------------

6-64 years -------------------------65 years and over ------------------

Totalpopulation

Rate per1,000

persons

31.3

7.713.937.097.8

225.018.2

141.9

29.3

8.215.437.487.9

199.819.0

125.3

33.1

12+36.6

105.9243.717.4

155.2

]lncludes ~nkno~ number of eyes involved.

‘Includes unknown degree of impairment.


100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0



Tota12 T OneCannot Can eyeread read involved

news - news-print print

II I I


53.0

41.734.151.754.369.044.362.4

44.3

36.826.744.343.963.737.054.4

60.2

47.942.158.761.472.251.967.4

19.3

u13.917.337.011.128.1

15.3

$C5.;11.314.732.9

2;:;

22.5

**11.O16.319.139.513.330.5

33.5

34.125.937.536.931.733.134.0

28.7

*27.521.332.529.030.727.829.8

37.5

42.331.042.342.332.338.536.7

45.4

55.464.646.744.529.154.036.0

54.1

61.472.853.655.233.961.643.7

38.1

47.955.639.937.426.246.231:1

NOTE: For official population estimates for more general use,see Bureau of the Census reportson the civilian population of the United States,in Current Population Reports: Series P-20, P-25,and P-60.

19

Table 3. Total population, and number and rate per 1,000 visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, byage and demographic characteristics: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[D8t. ar61,n..(,d onhou.ehol,l,nt.r$, c!$. o((h. (,,\,. n.nonsn.,t(u{,onnl,,..,,l8$t,~n. Tl>(. -ur,,y,l..r(,n<,rnl,!.nl ificific

of tho e.[!m a.. nr? gt,(,n In \pnond!l 1. Nrlnit ion. of, rrm. m<, pi$on In \pFrnr!ix

m.. innd ,nform:uion on thr rdinhility

All ages,6 years and over

6-64 years 65 years and over

Total>Opula-tion

Persons withvisual

impairments ITotalpopula-tion

Persons withvisual

impairments I

Persons withvisual

impairmentsTotalpopula-tion r

Demographic characteristic

Number

Rateper1,000

persons

Rateper

1,000persons

Rateper1,000

persons

Number Number

IIn thousands In thousands In thousands

Total? -----------------

Family income

Under $2,000-----------------

$2,000 -$3,999----------------

$4,000 -$6,999----------------

$7,000 and over--------------

Educational level

Under 9 years----------------

9-12 years-------------------

13 years and over------------

Under 17 years of age oreducation unknown -----------

Region

Northeast --------------------

North Central ----------------

South------------------------

West -------------------------

Color

White ------------------------

Nonwhite ---------------------

Residence

sNSA-------------------------

Nonfarm----------------------

Farm -------------------------

160,824 2,614 141,!95.029 31.3 143>802

13,317

21,344

46,345

55,107

24,118

57,816

19,850

42,018

36,172

40,524

44,186

22,920

I.27,1OO

16,702

92,860

41,816

9,126

18.2 17,022 2,415

19,189

25,813

49,276

57,571

34,307

62,231

21,606

42,681

40,686

45,677

48,997

25,465

142,800

18,024

102,830

47,709

10,285

1,771

1,043

993

913

2,609

1,482

492

447

1,001

1,219

2,047

762

4,391

638

2,706

1,914

410

92.3

40.4

20,2

15.9

646

504

682

641

1,010

985

284

336

487

578

1,156

394

2,201

413

1,473

906

235

48.5

23.6

14.7

11.6

41.9

17.0

14.3

8.0

13.5

14.3

26.2

17.2

17.3

24.7

15.9

21.7

25.8

5,872

4,469

2,930

2,465

10,189

4,415

1,756

662

4,514

5,152

4,811

2,545

15,700

1,322

9,970

5,893

1,159

1,126

540

311

271

1,599

498

208

111

514

642

891

369

2,190

225

1,232

1,007

176

191,,8

120.8

106,,1

109.9

156.9

112<8

118.5

167.7

113.9

124,6

185.2

145.0

139.5

170.2

123.6

170.9

151.9

76,0

23.8

22.8

10.5

24.6

26.7

41.8

29.9

30.7

35.4

26.3

40.1

39.9

‘Includes unknown number of eyes involved,~Includes unknown income.

NOTE : For official population estimates for more general use, see Bureau of the Census reports on thecivilian population of the United States, in Current Population Reports: Series P-20, P-25, and P-60.

20

Table 4. Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by degree ofimpairment according to age and family income: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[Dn<anre l,nsc(lon hou~ohol(l int~rviv,ts ofthorivilian, noninstitutional po~ulation. Thesuwey design, general qualifications, andin,omation onthereliability

ofthr. wtimatcs nrrgi$cn in \ppcndix I. ~efinition~ oftemsnrecivenin \ppendixlI]

Age and family income

All azes. 6 vears and over

All incomess ---------------------------------------------

Under $2,OOO---------------------------------------------------$2,OOO-$3,999--------------------------------------------------$4,OOO-$6,999--------------------------------------------------$7,000 and Over ------------------------------------------------

6-64 vears

All incomes 2---------------------------------------------

Under $2,OOO---------------------------------------------------$2,OOO-$3,999--------------------------------------------------$4,OOO-$6,999--------------------------------------------------$7,000 and over ------------------------------------------------

65 years and over

AIL incomes:]---------------------------------------------

Undsr $2,OOO---------------------------------------------------$2,OOO-$3,999--------------------------------------------------$4jOOO-$6,999--------------------------------------------------$7,000 and over------------------------------------------------

All ages, 6 years and over

All incomes:;---------------------------------------------

Under $2,OOO---------------------------------------------------$2,OOO-$3,999--------------------------------------------------$4,OOO-$6,999--------------------------------------------------$7,000 and over ------------------------------------------------

6-64 years

All incomea3---------------------------------------------

Under $2,OOO---------------------------------------------------$2,OOO-$3,999--------------------------------------------------&,~~~-$6,999--------------------------------------------------

--------------- .......------- ------- -------- .......-------->

65 years and over

All inc0mes:---------------------------------------------

Under $2,OOO---------------------------------------------------$2,OOO-$3,999--------------------------------------------------$4,000-$6,999 --------------------- -------------------- .........$7,000 and over------------------------------------------------

11 Degreecf visual impairment

Total

I-rriBoth eyes involved

visuallyimpaired Onepersons) Cannot Can eye

Total? read read invoLvednews - news -print print

Number in thousands

5,029]\ 2,6661, 9691 1,6871 2,281

1,126 707 337 368540

399320 1:: 185

311214

184 102271

122188 77 109 77


100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

IT53.0 19.3 33.5

61.4 25.8 35.453.3 18.5 34.844.7 14.2 30.243.5 11.8 31.1

-4-J+=58.8 18,4 40.146.8 11,5 35.338.3 8.8 29.232.4 *5.O 27.3

45.4

36.945.153.655.0

54.0

39.250.860.366.1

36.0

35.439.639.228.4

‘Includes unknown number of eves involved.

‘Includes unknown degree of impairment.~lncludes unkno~ income.

21

Table 5. Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by degree ofimpairment according to age and educational level of individual: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[Data nr. b.s.don bo..,,bol,l lnt.c$,.s$. <)f!hc. r!$,lt:,n. n(>nin.(,t.l,on.l population. Th...r!ey,l..,cn. g.n.rnl q.alifi<.t!on-. an,linfor~nt,ono nth<r.lial)il,ty

ofthrc.t)nm(w arc:jtenan Ippondlx 1. Ec,f!nit!on? of(rnll. arosi!rn in !ppmdi\U]

‘i Degree’of ”is”alimpaiment

ITotal Both eyes involved !visually

I z~~~~~ , ~ota,, Cenn:t ~ g:involved

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Age and educational level


All educational levels-----------------------------------L

5,029

Under 9 years -------------------------------------------------- I 2,6099-12 years----------------------------------------------------- { 1,48213 years and over---------------------------------------------- 492Under 17 years of age or education unknown --------------------- 447

I6-64 years

IAll educational levels----------------------------------- 2,614

Under 9 years-------------------------------------------------- r 1,0109-12 years----------------------------------------------------- ; 98513 years and over---------------------------------------------- I 284Under 17 years of age or education unknown --------------------- 336

65 years and over

All educational levels----------------------------------- 2,415

Under 9 years -------------------------------------------------- 1,5999-12 years --------------: -------------------------------------- 49813 years and over ---------------------------------------------- 208Under 17 years of age or education unknown --------------------- 111


Number in thousands

~

2,666

I,

969

1,534 642668 198239 57224 ] 72

1>159JL-

290

542 ‘~

~

181377 75100140 $Cz;

1,507 679

992 461291 123139 5<4784 +c48

T1,687 2,281

888 1,029469 800181 242150 210

-=--k@

822 ~ 870


All educational levels-----------------------------------

WI==Under 9 years-------------------------------------------------- 100.0: 58.89-12 years ----------------------------------------------------- 100.0 , 45.113 years and over---------------------------------------------- , 100.0 48.6Under 17 years of age or education unknown --------------------- i 100.0 :, 50.1

6-64 years

All educational levels----------------------------------- ~ 100.0

Under 9 year`s-------------------------------------------------- ~ 100.09-12 years ----------------------------------------------------- ~ 100.013 years and over ----------------------------------------------Under 17 years of age or education unknown --------------------- \ M::

44.3

lf

53.738.335.241.7

65 years and over IIAll educational levels----------------------------------- ,

P-

100.0

t--

62.4

Under 9 years -------------------------------------------------- 100.0 62.09-12 years ------------- .---------------------------------------, 100.0 58.413 years and over----------------------------------------------

L

100.0 66.8Under 17 years of age or education unknown --------------------- 100.0 75.7

—

19.31 33.5

24.6 34.013.4 31.611.6 36.816.1 33.6

t

11.1 33.1

17.9 35.67.6 30.6-2 31.0

7~7.1 34.8

.4-28.8 33.024.7 33.7

?,22.6 44.7~’~43.2 ,*29.7

-——

45.4

39.454.049.247.0

54.0

44.560.662.755.4

36.0

36.340.830.8

‘*21.6

*Includes unknown number of eyes involved.

21ncludes unknown degree of impaiment.

22

Table 6. Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by degree ofimpairment according to age and region: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[Dntnnrcl,ns,.cl<,nh o..(.hc,l(li n,c.r,io,,.o fth.Ci\!li.n.no nin-!,t.tionnlpo r,uInt,o.. The.ur.Py ~lv.ign. pen.r*l q.alifiralions,.nd in fomation onther~liatilityof the.rwimntc- nre ,titen in !ptwnrli> I. DrfinitKMwfJf term nri.~ixen in Armmdix 111

Age and region


All regions ----------------------------------------------

Northeast ------------------------------------:-----------------~;;; Central --------------------------------------------------

------- .......----------------- .......-------------- -.----West -----------------------------------------------------------

6-64 years

All regions ----------------------------------------------

Northeast ------------------------------------------------------North Central --------------------------------------------------South----------------------------------------------------------West -----------------------------------------------------------

65 years and over—.

All regions ----------------------------------------------

Northeast------------------------------------------------------North Central --------------------------------------------------South----------------------------------------------------------West -----------------------------------------------------------


All regions ----------------------------------------------


6-64 years

All regions ----------------------------------------------


65 years and over

All regions ----------------------------------------------


~lncludes ~nkno~ n~ber of eyes involved.


TotalJisuallyimpaired?ersonsl

5.029

1,0011,2192,047

762

2,614

487578

1,156394

2.415

514642891369

100.0—

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

Loo. o100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

J


Both eyes involv;d

II ICannot Can

Totalz read readnews - news -print print

Number in thousands

2.666

51361.9

1,167367

1,159

198234562165

1,507

315384605202

Oneeye

involved

9691 1,6871 2,281

197 313 484249 369 577407 755 851115 250 369

290 865 1,411

I 1

56 ‘ 140 28866 169 338144 417 ;;;*24 140

679 822 870

141 173 196184 201 240264 27591 ?% I 160


53.0—

51.250.857.048.2

44.3

40.740.548.641.9

62.4

61.3:5.;

54:7

19.3

19.720.419.915.1

11.1

11.511.412.5*6.1

28.1

27.428.729.624.7

33.5_

31.3;:.;

32:8

33.1

28.729.236.135.5

34.0

33.731.337.929.8

45.4

48.447.341.648.4

54.0

59.158.549.853.0

36.0

23

Table 7. Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, bydegree of impairment according to age,1964

color$ and residence: United States, July 1963-June

[Datame based on householdkkrviews ofthecivilian,nonimstitutiomdpopula,icm.The survey design, general qualifications, and informationon thereliability of theestimates are given in Appendix I. Definitions ofterrns are given in Appendix II]

Age, color, and residence


tiite ----------------------------------------------Nonwhite-------------------------------------------

6-64 years

Wite------=---------------------------------------Nonwhite-------------------------------------------

65 years and over

~ite ----------------------------------------------Nonwhite-------------------------------------------


All residences-----’--------------------------

SWA-----------------------------------------------Nonfam --------------------------------------------Fam-----------------------------------------------

6-64 years

All residences-------------------------------

S~A----------------------------------------+------Nonfam --------------------------------------------Fam-----------------------------------------------

65 years and over

All residences -------------------------------

SMSA-----------------------------------------------Nonfam --------------------------------------------Farm-----------------------------------------------


Wite ----------------------------------------------Nonwhite-------------------------------------------

6-64 years

Wite ----------------------------------------------Nonwhite -------------------------------------------

65 years and over

Wite ----------------------------------------------Nonwhite-------------------------------------------


4,391638

2,201413

2,190225

5,029

2,7061,:;;

2,614

1,473906235

2,415

1,2321,007

176

100.0100.0

100.0100.0

100.0100.p


Both eyes involved

OneGannet Can eye

Tota12read read involved

news - news-print print

Number in thousands

2,:.5;

911249

1,348158

2,666

1,3871,055

224

1,159

627420112

1,507

760634112

816153

22169

59584

969

4534;:

290

147117*26

679

30631954

1,433254

686179

74775

1,687

927616145

865

47730287

822

45031458


51.463.8

41.460.3

61.670.2

18.624.0

10.016.7

27.237.3

32.639.8

31.243.3

34.133.3

2,072210

1,259152

81358

2,281-

1,277825179

1,411

824467120

870

4543;;

47.232.9

;;.;

“!

37.125.8


24

Table 7. Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, bydegree of impairment according to age, color, and residence: United States, July 1963-June1964—Con.

[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian, noninstitutional population. The survey design, general qualifications, snd information

onthe reliability of theestimatesaregiverrinAppendixI.DefinitioIIsoftermssregiveninAppendixII]

Age, color, and residence


All residences-------------------------------

SMSA-------------------- ---------------------------Nonfarm--------------------------------------------Fam-----------------------------------------------

6-64 years

AU residences-------------------------------

S~A-----------------------------------------------Nonfam --------------------------------------------Farm -------------------- ---------------------------

65 years and over

All residences-------------------------------

SMA----,-------------------------------------------Nonfam --------------------------------------------Fare--a -------------------------------------------




Tota12

I ICannot Canread read

news - news -print print


100.0

T53.0

100.0 51.3100.0 55.1~oo.o 54.6

100.0 II 44.3

100.0 II 62.4

100*O 61.7100.0 63.0100.0 63.6

16.7 34.322.8 32.219.3 35.4

I

+10.0 32.412.9 33.3

*11.1 37.0

28.1/ 34.0

Oneeye

involved

24.8 36.531.7 31.230.7 33.0

45.4

47.243.143.7

54.0

55.951.551.1

36.0

36.935.633.5

l~nc~udes~nknom number of eyes involved.


25

Table 8. Number of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by activity limitation due to impairedvision, sex, age, and degree of impairment: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[~alafirFl)a<p(lOnhOU"(`l~l(:n<%?\s$$+(rtl<c$1,n,,,O.,.~l,t.ti0n.l,0,.I.lio.. Thesurveydesign,generalqualifications,n.diniormationonthereliatility(,rrhcrst]ma(r. nre LVt Pn in \ppmd]x 1. Definilkn.oftermsarc given in Appendix II]

=Limitation of activity

Sex, age, and degree of visual impairment

BOTH SEXES

All ages. 6 years and over

Total impaired person so----------------

Both eyes involved3--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

6-64 years

Total impaired persons?----------------

Both eyes involveds --------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

65 years and over

Total impaired personsz----------------

Both eyes involved?--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

MALE


Total impaired persons2----------------

------ .Both eyes involved:)--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

6-64 years

Total impaired persons!----------------


One eye involved-----------------------------

65 years and over

Total impaired personsa ----------------

Both eyes involveds--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

‘::5-“:ym~visually ““-impaired

5,029

2,666969

1,6872,281

2.614

1,15529C86:

1,411

2,415

1,507679822870

2.270

1,005348651

1,229

1,325

490118369816

945

514229282413

3,731

1,703404

1,2921,959

2,126

834131699

1,255

1,604

869273593704

1,678

622143475

1,026

1,037

326

2%697

641

296103191330

Number in thousands

1,299

963564396322

488-

325160166156

811

638405230166

592-

383205176203

289

16479

1:$

304

2181269184

496

41530011477

114

9369

*28*2O

381

3222329057

270

22014377

*49

76

61*42*19

*

195

15910158

*35

601 I 2(12=1

T255 1:19—

159 7366 *:~492 5092 *44

347 83—

254 61139 *34113 *j~789 *;~l

249 ;13=

lj:- ““ *28*

*;!6112 *42

I151 I 62

79 *j!~*36 **44 *2!368 *37

t-

98 *

55 **24 **29 **43 +


26

Table 8. Number of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by activity limitation due to impairedvision, sex, age, and degree of impairment: United States, July 1963-June 1964--Con.

[Pataar.has,flonho..ehol<lintor,io$$softhecivilinn.noninstiCutionnlwpulntion.Thc..neyde.ig..general(,,xl]fival!on-.nn(!,nfomaciu,,nnt!.r.l,l>,l,,)oithee~timatosm- gl~enin \pponr!i\ I.~rfinitxonsoftrrm. nrcgi~cn in lrq, tw!ix II]


FENAIX



Both q.es involved3--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved -----------------------------

6-64 years

Total impaired personas ----------------

Both eyea involveds --------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved -----------------------------

65 vears and over


Both eyes involve&3 --------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved -----------------------------

Totalvisuallyimpsiredpersons

2,759

1,661621

1,0361,052

1,289

669171496595

1,471

992449540457

—- .—

Nolimita-tion ofactivity

2,053

1,081261817933

1,090

508

4;:558

963

Limitation of activity

-195; 279 106go [ 157 I 146 55

::3~, 132 51119 \’ ~’c29 68 ~ *22

II (

;~32*27

,+.->..-

I

507 II 187 ; 248 73

573 619 ;:: ! 199 57170 : 279 L16 *33401 139 7’:31 84 *24375 ! 83 I *22 ~ 9c~5 *15

lMajor acti”itY refers to abiLity to wOrk> keep house, or engage in school or preschool activities.

2IncLudes unknown number of eyes involved.:1l=cludes ~nknow degree of impairment.

27

Table 9. Percent distribution of visually impaired personsdue to impaired

aged 6 years and over, by activity limitationvision according to sex,

1964age, and degree of impairment: United States, July 1963-June

[Dntam. !,.s.,1cm ho.whold tn,cr,,e,,. of the c!v!lim. non!nst,wtional population. Thos.nq design,w-..erdqualifications,andinfmnaticmO.thereliabilityOr[hcrwimn(r. arc ~iven in \ppc.mli\ L Dclinitions of tsrms arc given in Ai-,pendix [[1

.Limitation of activity

Nolimita-tion of Unable to i:i::o::t Limited,

activity Total carry on or kind but notmaj or of major in major

activityl activityl activityl

Totalvisuallyimpairedpersons


BOTH SEXSS


Total impaired persons~----------------


25.:

36.158.i23-514.1

18.7

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

74.2

63.941.776.685.9

81.3

72.045.280.888.9

66.4

57.740.272.180.9

73.9

61.9.41.173.083.5

78.3

4.012.0

15,521.312.27.9

9.8

Both eyes involved ;)--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved -----------------------------

15.631.0

6.83.4

5.16.04.6~!.8

6-64 years

Total impaired persona s---------------- 4.4 4..6

Both eyes involved: --------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved -----------------------------

28.055.219.211.1

33.6

42.357.628.019.1

26.1

38.158.927.016.5

21.8

2!:;*3.2*1.4

13.722.810.6

6.5

14.4

16.920.513.710.2

11.0

6.3*8.3

5.8*3.1

3.4

4.0*5. O*3.3*2.4

65 years and over

Total impaired persons~---------------

Both eyes involved’]--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved -----------------------------

MALE


Total impaired personsz ----------------

15.8——

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

21.434.210.9

6.6

11.9

21.941.111.8

4.0

3.2

Both eyes involved ~--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

13.317.011.29.1

11.4——

16.1*3O .5*11.9

8.3

10.4—

10.7*1O.5*1O.3ftll) .4

6-64 years

Total impaired persons 2---------------- 5.7 4.7—

9~4 .9+<

*6.29<4.5

Both eyes involved 3--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

66.533.977.085.4

67.8

33.566.923.314.6

32.2

12.49c35.6*5.1

7’f

65 years and over

Total impaired persons 2---------------- 20.6 *

Both eyes involved~--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved -----------------------------

100.0100.0100.0100.0

57.6:4.;

79:9

42.455.032.320.3

30.9;;.:

.*8.5


28

Table 9. Percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by activity limitation~4toC~paired vision according to sex, age, and degree of impairment: United States, July 1963-June

-- .

[Data tire bnscdonhouseholdinterview or the oi,ilian. noninstit.liond populnticm. Th~ wnq do.ifm. pmernl qurJiCxention.. nnd information on the rolinhil,(yof the estimntw me giwn in ,Appcndix I. D~finitions of [crm* nr~ gi~rn )n Ippendit II]


FEMALE




One eye involved -----------------------------

6-64 years


Both eyes involved 3--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint-------------------------

One eye involved ----------------------------

65 years and over

Total impaired persons ?----------------

Both eyes involvedq --------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved -----------------------------


100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0M:.:

.

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

I Limitation of activity

74.4

65.142.07’8.988.7

84.6

75.953.283,793.8

65.5

57.837.974.382.1


25.6

34.957.821.211.3

15.4

24.146.816.3~<6,2

3/+.5

42.262.125.718.2

8.2

11.725.3*3.5*2.8

*3.O

*4.8*15.8

**

12.7

16.429.0*5.7*4.8

12.8

16.823.512.76.5

8.1

11.8*18.1*9.99,3.9

16.9

20.125.815.6*9.8

4.7

6.4

::;9,2.1

4.3

*7.3*12.9$t5.4

*

5.0

5.7*7.3*4.4>’r3.3

11.lsjoractivity refers to ability to work, keep house, or engage in school or preschool activities.

2Includes unknown number of eyes involved.3 Include5 unknown degree of impairment.

29

Table 10. Number of visually impaired persons aged 6 yeara and over,by activity limitation due to any cauae,sex, age, and degree of impairment: United Statea, July 1963-June 1964

[9.(. am bawd on Imu..hold ,nt.nte,,. of (he cit,l,an, .on,n.Litut,on.l pop.lmon. The suw.y design, pn.ml q.dificatims, and ,nfomation m the mliabilit.j

of the wf, mn((w w? zi, cn in Ipp.nd]i I. Drfinil) on. of term. arc .eiven ]. +ppendix III

Sex, age, and degree of viaua 1 impairment

BOTH SEXES



Both eyes involved:)--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

6-64 vears

Total impaired persons! ----------------

Both eyes involved:)--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

65 years and over

Total impaired persons?----------------.— _

Both eyes involved:]--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

NALS


Total impaired personal----------------

Both eyes involved:;--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

6-64 years



One eye involved -----------------------------

65 years and over

Total impaired peraons~----------------


One eye involved -----------------------------


5,029

2,666969

1,6872,281

2,614

1,15$29(86:

1,411

2,415

1,507675822870

2,270

1,005348651

1,229

1,325

490118369816

945

514229282413

ILimitation of activity

No

limita-tion of

r

Unable to

activity Total carry onmajor

activityl

I II

Number in thousands

2,092

762121640

1,290

1,539

492

4:;1,020

553

270

2::270

994

274Y<38236706

799

202*19182589

196

72:~18

1;:

2,93;

1,90~84t

1,04;991

1,075

66723443C391

1.862

1,237614617600

1,276

731310415523

527

289

1:;227

749

442211228296

901

681436242206

202

1519358

*49

699

530342185157

520

366210155142

133

9852

9<4632

387

269158109110

Limitedin amount Limited,

but notor kind . .of majoractivityl a%i%;~

{

1.52!

92433>58;584

595

349108240234

934

575225347350

603

293

1;;304

287

1429<44

lx

316

1519<49100165

507

299

2?;202

278

167*33132109

229

132,478694

153

72

6;77

108

*49*

9C4556

*45

*234<

*194,21


30

Table 10. Number of visually impaired persoqs aged 6 years and over, by activity limitation due to any cause,sex, age, and degree of lmpammant: United States, July 1963-June 1964—Con.

LDntn arc. hwod m ho.schold intem’im,. of the civilinn. nmin$tit.tionnl population. Tho ..rvt-y dwign. gencml mmlifimtim.. afid information up the rolinl,,l,[>or the ~s(ilna(p. zrp ri,e” in !npcndi\ 1. Definition. Of term. me Kivrn In .\ppPndi V 11~

Sex, age, and degree of viaua 1 impsirment

FEMME

All azes. 6 vears and over

Total impaired peraonsg ----------------


One eye involved-----------------------------

6-6.4years

Total impaired persons? ----------------

Both eyes involved$--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

65 years and over

Total impaired persons? ----------------


One eye involved -----------------------------

Totalvisuallyimpsiredpersona

2,7’59

1,661621

1,0361,052

1,289

669171496595

1,471

992449540457

Nolimita-tion of

t

activity Total


1

Unable to i~~u:t Limited,carry on but not

major or kindof major in major

activitylactivityl activityl

Number in thousands

1,098 ] 1,661

-404 \ 632584 ; 468

!

I740 I 549

290 378~:36 135253 243431 164

i

t

358 1,113

198 794;();

1X153 304

-381-{ -- 926 354

315 i 631 227226 23988 390 1;:64 , 279 I 125

I70 \ 308 I 171

54 207 I 118*42 63 / *3O

$< 143 ! 88*16 i 95 ; 53

I I

311, 618 ~ 184

261 424 109184 176 *4376 247 67

+,47\ 184 73I

I~aj or activitY refers to ability to work, keep house, or engage in school Or preschOol activities.

2‘includes unknown number of eyes involved.

3Includes unknown degree of impairment.

31

Table 11. Percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by activity lititati{)”due to any cause according to sex, age, and degree Of impairment: United States, JUIY 1963.June 1964

[Dzua’.m},.scdWIhmsdmlrl,ntws]e,,. of the .tv,l,an, non,n-t,t.t,onrd population. The wrvq design, gm.rd q.alif,cat,ons, and ,nforinaticm cm the rel,abili~y

of the cst~mntc+ am rgt,m in lppcwcli. 1. Definition of terms we given in \ppcndrx 111.


‘:s‘g;’yTOtalm =visuallyimpaired

Limited,but notin major

activityl


BOTH SEXES

All ages, 6 years and over Percent distribution

41.6

28.612.537.956.6

58.9

58.4_

71.487.562.143.4

41.1

17.9

25.545.014.39.0

7.7

30.4

34.734.334.825.6

22.8

Total impaired persons 2---------------- 100.0—

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

10.1

11.2!8.3

12.98.5}

10.6

14.4*11.415.37.7

9..5

Both eyes involved ~--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

6-64 years

Total impaired persons a----------------


One eye involved-----------------------------

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

42.519.350.372.3

22.9

17.99.624.931.0

43.8

27.310.936.357.4

60.3

57.580.749.727.7

77.1

82.190.475.169.0

56.2

13.032.16.7

*3.5

28.9

30.137.227.716.6

38.7

65 Years and over

Total impaired personsz -----------------


One eye involved-----------------------------

MALE


Total impaired persons: ----------------

35.250.422.518.0

22.9

38.233.142.240.2

26.6

8.$Ijo51

10.5’10.8

6.7

Both eyes inv01ved3--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved-----------------------------

72.789.163.742.6

39.8

36.460.323.811.6

10.0

20.044.1

*12.53.9

41.0

29.226.730.324.7

21.7

29.0*37.326.317.0

33.4

7.2

9.;6.3

8.2

*lo.o*

*12.26.9

*4.8

6-64 years

Total impaired persons ~----------------


One eye involved-----------------------------

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

41.2*16.149.372.2

20.7

59.083.950.727.8

79.3

65 years and over

Total impaired persons ~----------------

Both eyes involvedx--------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved -----------------------------

100.0100.0100.0100.0

14.0*7.919.128.6

86.092.180.971.7

52.369.038.726.6

29.4*21.435.540.0

*4.5*

*6.7*5.1


32

Table 11. Percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by activity limitationdue to any cause according to sex, age, and degree of impairment: United Statea, July 1963-June 1964—Con.

[Damme tmserlc. household intmicw. of tho civ!linn. nonin..trt.tional pop.lat,o.. The Fur,q dc.!gn. general qualification., and information on the rc[inhilityof (h@ cstimntw nrv gi! en in \pprmdi\ I Drhmtion. of trrms nre given in Ipprndix II]


FEMALE

All azes. 6 years and over

Total impaired persons~-----..-.-.-----

Both eyes involved? --------------------------Cannot read newsprint ----------------------Can read newsprint -------------------------

One eye involved -----------------------------

6-64 years

Total impaired personae ----------------


One eye involved -----------------------------

65 years and over

Total impaired ~ersons2----------------


One eye involved -----------------------------


I Limitation of activity


100.0 39.8 60.2 13.8 33.6 12.8

100.0 29.4 70.6 19.0 38.0100.0 13.4

13.786.6 36.4 38.5

100.O 39.011.8

61.0 8.5 37.6 ~ 14.9100.0 55.5 44.5 6.1 26.5 I 11.9

100.0 57.4 42.6 5.4 23.9 13.3

100.0 43.3 56.5100.0

8.1 30.9 i21.1

17.678.9 *24.6 I 36.8 *17.5

100.0 51.0 49.0 28.8 I100.0 72.4

17.727.6 +,2.; 16.0 .

I

100.0 24.3 75.7 21.1 I 42.0 i 12.5

‘i ‘i !KD&

lMa.jor activitY refers to ability to work, keep house, or engage in school or preschool activities.*lnclude~ unkno~ number of eyes involved.

31ncludes ~nkmo-~ degree of impairment.

33

Table 12. Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by activitylimitation due to impaired vision according to sex and age: United state~, JuIY 19 fj3.JUne 1964

[Cntanro l,a.edon hou=<,hold !nter, ]e,,. ofthvciv,l,an, noninst!tuL,onal population. Th~s.ney des,~n, general qualifIcat]~ns, andinfomation onthewliab~lity

ofthr r-timntr.. nrrgi!en In \ppend)x 1. Definition.of terms aregivcn in $ppendix [[1

Sex and age

Both sexes


6-44 years-----------------------------------45-64 years----------------------------------65-74 years----------------------------------75 years and over----------------------------

6-64 years-------------------------------65 years and over-------------------------

Male


6-44 years-----------------------------------45-64 years ----------------------------------65-74 years----------------------------------75 years and over----------------------------

6-64 years -------------------------------

65 years and over------------------------

Female


6-44 years -----------------------------------45-64 years ------ .---- .-. -:------------------

65-74 years----------------------------------75 years and aver----------------------------

6-64 years -------------------------------65 years and over------------------------

Both sexes

All sges, 6 years snd o“er-------------

6-44 years-----------------------------------45-64 years----------------------------------65-74 years ----------------------------------75 years and over----------------------------


Male

All ages, 6 years and over--------------

6-44 years -----------------------------------45-64 years -----------------------------------65-74 years----------------------------------75 years and over ----------------------------

6-64 years-------------------------------65 years and over------------------------

Female


6-44 years -----------------------------------45-64 years ----------------------------------65-74 years ----------------------------------75 years and over----------------------------



Total NoJisually limita- Unable to i::~::t Limitedimpaired tion of carry on or kind but not?ersons activity Total major of major in major

activityl activityl activityl

Number in thousands

5,029—

1,2241,3911,0871,3282,6142,415

2,270

647679442502

1,325945

2,759

577712645826

1,2891,471

3,731

1,0511,076

772832

2,1261,604

1,678

539498305336

l,:?;

2,053

512578467496

1,090963

100.0 74.2

100.0 85.9100.0 77.4,100.0 71.0100.0 62.7100.0 81.3100.0 66.4

100.0 73.9

100.0 83.3100.0 73.3100.0 69.0100.0 66.9100.0 78.3100.0 67.8

100.0 74.4

100.0 88.7100.0 81.2100.0 72.4100.0 60.0100.0 84.6100.0 65.5

1.299

173315315496488811

592

108181137166289304

707

12:178330199507

496

T

601

*2688 1%112 163270 184114 255381 347

270 2491

T225 352

* *3O*25*45 1:!141 L48*39 104187 248


41 9“9! 12.0

14.1 *2.122.6 1;:229.0 1::: 15.037.3 20.3 13.918.733.6 12:: 1:::

4 11.9 11.0

16.726.731.033.121.832.2

9.: lR14.9 14.025.7 *7.2

11.42::i 10.4

=-l 8“21 12.8

11.3 * *5.218.8 *3.5 10.427.6 *7.O 15.740.0 17.1 17.915.4 ;~3.o34.5 12.7 1::;

202

:;*41*4211983

73

*37*26*

6;*

129

*21*35*32*415673

4.0

4.74.4

*3.8*3.24.63.4

3.2

*5.7*3.8

*

4.;*

4.7

*3.6*4.9*5.O*5.O4.35.0

lMajor activity refers to ability to work, keep house, or engage in school or preschool activities.

34

Table 13. Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by activitylimitation due to any cause according to sex and age: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[Data we h.wd cm ho.whold intmim. of the cixllinn. noni.st,tutionnl population. Th~ .ur,q d..ign. gcnernl q.allficz,ion., and in fom,ntion on the rc.liahilit}ofth~cstimatrs aregi~?nin \pprndix I. De finltlon. oftem>aregiton In !pprndtvlt]

Sex and age

Both sexes


6-44 years-----------------------------------45-64 years------------------------------r---65-74 years----------------------------------75 years and over----------------------------


Male


6-44 years-----------------------------------45-64 years ----------------------------------65-74 years----------------------------------75 years and over----------------------------


Female

All ages, 6 years and over -------------

6-44 years-----------------------------------45-64 years----------------------------------65-74 years----------------------------------75 years and over----------------------------

6-64 years------------------ .=------------65 years and over------------------------

Both sexes


6-44 years -----------------------------------45-64 years----------------------------------65-74 years ----------------------------------75 years and over----------------------------

6-64 years -------------------------------65 years and cr~er------------------------

Male

All ages, 6 years and .aver-------------

6-44 years -----------------------------------45-64 years ----------------------------------65-74 years ----------------------------------75 years and over----------------------------


Female

All ages, 6 years and over -------------

6-44 years -----------------------------------45-64 years ----------------------------------65-74 years ----------------------------------75 years and over ----------------------------


Limitation of activityI

5,029

1,2241,3911,0871,3282,6142,415

2,270

647679442502

1,325945

2,759

577712645826

1,2891,471

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

Number in thousands

896643315239

1,539553

328748772

1,0901.0751;862

-

994 1,276

480 167319 360117 325

4247X 527196 749

&416 161324 388198 :;;160

R I 1,?:?


41.6 I 58.4

43.8

901 I 1,529 I 507I I

$<42161202497202699

164431442492595934 ‘

122156128100278229

520 603 I 153

*21112123264133387

91 ;196 I174 I142287 !3161

5553

*28>q7108*45

381 ] 926 I 354

73.21 26.846.2 53.829.0 71.018.0 82.158.9 41.122.9 77.1

74.247.026.515.560.320.7

39.8

72.145.530.719.457.424.3

*21 73 I*49 236 1::79 268 101

233 35070 308 1?:

311 618 184

56.2

25.853.073.584.539.879.3

60.2

27.954.569.380.642.675.7

17.9

1;::18.637.4

2;:;

22.9

*3.216.527.852.610.041.0

13.8——

*3.6*6.912.228.25.4

21.1

30.4 \ 10.1

13.4 10.031.0 11.240.7 11.837.022.8 1:::38.7 9.5

26.6 6.7

33.6 12.8

12.7 I 11.633.1 ; 14.541.6 \ 15.742.4 10.023.9 I 13.342.0 \ 12.5

‘Major activity refers to ability to work, keep house, or engage in school or preschool activities.

35

Table 14. Number and percent distribution of total population aged 6 years and over with 1 or more chronicconditions, by activity limitation due to any cause according to sex and age: United States, July 1963.JIjn~

1964

[T>atn.r.l)n..cl <,nho.,-cholcl int.r,,c,\$.of, hcc,t,ltnn.no nin.t,t.t,c>n.lp{,pulutition. Thc..rvo>,lc+ign, general q.al,fications, nndinformaLion onthercli8bility

olthr (,. (imn!(,. xrr gi, on ]n ~pprnd~x I. Definition. olterm.c nrezivcn in :\ppendix H]

Sex and age

Both sexes

All ages, 6 years and over ------------

6-44 years----------------------------------45-64 years---------------------------------65-74 years---------------------------------75 years and over---------------------------

6-64 years------------------------------65 years and over-----------------------

Male

All ages, 6 years and over------------

6-44 years----------------------------------45-64 years---------------------------------55-74 years---------------------------------75 years and over---------------------------


Female


6-44 years ----------------------------------45-64 years---------------------------------65-74 years---------------------------------75 years and over---------------------------

6-64 years ------------------------------65 years and over-----------------------

Both sexes


6-44 years----------------------------------45-64 years---------------------------------65-74 years ---------------------------------75 years and over---------------------------


Male


6-44 years -----------------------------------45-64 years ---------------------------------65-74 years ---------------------------------75 years and over---------------------------


Female


6-44 years----------------------------------45-64 years ---------------------------------65-74 years ---------------------------------75 years and over---------------------------

6-64 years------------------------------65 vears and over -----------------------

Total Limitation of activitypopula-tion, 6+ Noyears limita- Unable to Limited

with 1+ tion of in amount Limited,

chronic activity Total carry on but notmajor or kind

condi- of major in major

tions activity~activity~ activityl

41,309 34,84824,596 l;,:;~8,8545,150 1;57965,905 51,94514,004 5,707

T36,813

19,28911,4743,9082,141

30,7636,049

26,173

16,2637,8511,508

55024,1142,058

T43,097 31,480

22,020 18,58513,122 9,246;,:%!: 2,620

1,02935:142 27,8317,955 3,649

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.O100.0100.0100.0100,0

72.1

84.469.546.630.778.840.8

71.1

84.368.438.625.778.434.0

73.0

84.470.553.034.279.245.9

Number in thousands

22,257—

6,4617,4994,7263,572

l:,%?,

10,640

3,0263,6232,4001,5916,6493,991

11,617

3,4353,8762,3261,9807,3114,306

4,109 \ 11,854 I 6,294I I

521 3,067 2,8741,105 4,258 2,1351,052 2,792 8821,431 1,737 4041,626 7,325 5,0092,483 4,529 1,285

2,735 5,447 23458

299 1,471 1,256838 1,962 823775 1,349 276823 665 104

1,137 3,433 2,0791,598 2,014 379

1,374 6,407 3,836

222 1,596 1,617267 2,296 1,313277 1,442 606608 1,072 300489 3,892 2,;;:885 2,515


27.9

15.630.553.469.421.259.2

28.9

15.731.661.474.321.666.0

27.0

15.629.547.065.820.854.1

5.1

i::11.927.82.5

17.7

7.4

1.6

J::38.4

22::

3.2

1.02.0

2::;

1;:!

14.8

1;:$31.533.711.132.3

14.8

1;::34.531.111.233.3

14.9

7.9

;:;10.07.8

;:;

6.7

6.57.2

;:;6.86.3

8.9

-l_-7.3

1;:: 10.029.2 12.335.6 10.011.131.6 1;::

lMjor activitY refers to ability to wOrk, keep house, or engage in school or preschool activities.

Table 15. Number and percent of visually impaired persons aged 17 years and over,by labor force status, sex,age, and degree of impairment: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[Data am biw?d on household intwvir.ns of the ci>ilinn, noninstitutional population. The ..ney dwi~n. w.wi4 q.nlificmtion.. nnd inkrmntion m tho Ainhilityoflhc cwimntrs nrrgi~cm in ippmrlix I. De finition. oftemsnregi!rn in Inprnd!xl[]

111-Impaired persons

Total in labor force/isuallyimpaired>ersons Total Currently

employed

~ Impaired personsTotal

k

in labor force7isuallyimpaired>ersons

TotalCurrent lyemployed


Number in thousands

BOTH SEXES

All ages, 17 years and over Percent

100.0—

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0~:11.:

.

100.0

33.6—

24.312.431.244.7

65.2

50.6*37. O54.773.1

54.3

31.24,716—

2,535945

1,5812,108

910

1,585-

617117494943

593

1,472

571108458876

542

138*21117398

704

303*48255383

226

Total impaired personsl ------------------

Both eyee involved~----------------------------Cannot read nwsprint ------------------------Can read newsprtit ---------------------------

One eye involved -------------------------------

22.511.429.041.6

17-44 vears

Total impaired personal ------------------ 59.6

44.5*28. 849.667.7

Both eyes involved2----------------------------Cannot read newsprint ------------------------Can read newsprint ---------------------------

One eye involved -------------------------------

310

2;2588

1,391

157*27129430

755

326

2%412

237

45-64 years

Total impaired persons! ------------------ 50.6

Both eyes involvedz ----------------------------Cannot read newsprint ------------------------Can read newsprint ---------------------------

One eye involved -------------------------------

719193522649

2.415

45.326.452.563.5

9.8

42.1*24. 9

48.959.0

9.4

65 vears and over

Total impaired personal ------------------

Both eyes involved2----------------------------Cannot read newsprint ------------------------Can read newsprint ---------------------------

One eye involved -------------------------------

1,507679822870

2,099

129*39

1%

1,106

3;;

305708

479

125*388695

1,034

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

8.6*5.710.911.5

52.7

8.3*5.610.510.9

MALE. 17 YE4RS AND OVER

Total impaired personal ------------------ 49.3

Both eyes involved”--------- ..................-.Cannot read newsprint ------------------------Can read newsprint ---------------------------

One eye involved -------------------------------

‘942332604

1,124

2,617

364

2!;656

437

207*38167219

100.0100.0;:rl.:

.

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

40.822.650.563.0

18.3

14.6*7.O19.323.9

38.620.848.258.4

FEM4LE, 17 YEARS AND OVER

Total impaired personsl ------------------ 16.7

Both eyes involved? .........--------- --------- -Cannot read newsprint ------------------------Can read newsprint -------------------- -------

One eye involved -------------------------------

1,594613977984

233*43189235

—.. —

13.0*6.217.122.3

llnc~udes unknown number of eyes involved.


37

Table 16. Number and percent of viaua llY impaired persons aged 17 yeara and over,by labor force status, sex,age, and degree of impairment: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[DNa me has.d on hou.?hold intm!im$. of the m!ilian. ncmin.titutkan.l population. Tho .un.y design, gc.nc.ml q.rdliic?.f]cms. and inkmm[ion on ,he ml,alnlltyof lhe r.tlmatr. nrr EIt en ]n \pprndlx 1. Wfinition,. ol trnn. am, ciw” in !PPPIKII, 11]

Sex, age, and degree of visua 1 impairment

BOTH SEXES

Age—


L7-44 years------------------------------------45-64 years------------------------------------65 years and over------------------------------

Degree of visua 1 impairment

Both eyes involvedl----------------------------Cannot read newsprint ------------------------Can read newsprint ---------------------------

One eye involved-------------------------------

MALE

Age—


17-44 years------------------------------------45-64 years------------------------------------65 years and over ------------------------------


Both eyes involved l----------------------------Cannot read newsprint ------------------------Can read newsprint ---------------------------

One eye involved-------------------------------

FEMALE

Age—

All ages, 17 yeara and over--------------

L7-44 years------------------------------------45-64 years------------------------------------65 years and over------------------------------


Both eyes involvedl ----------------------------Cannot read newsprint ------------------------Can read newsprint ---------------------------

tie eye involved-------------------------------

l---il-Impaired persons

Tota 1 in labor forcevisuallyimpairedpersons Total Current ly

employedII II

Number in thousanda

4,716

9101,3912,415

2,535945

1,5812,108

2,099

475679945

942332604

1,124

2,617

435712

1,471

1,594613977984

1,585

593755237

617117494943

1,106

416521169

384

3;:708

479

17723568

2339<43189235

1,472

542704226

571108458876

1,034

384490161

364

2:?656

437

15821465

207+,38167219

Totalvisuallyimpsiredpersons

Impaired personsin labor force

Total I Current Lyemployed

100.0

100.0100.0100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

Percent

33.6

65.254.39.8

24.312.431.244.7

52.7

87.676.717.9

40.822.650.563.0

18.3

40.733.04.6

14.6*7.O19.323.9

31.2

59.650.69.4

22.511.429.041.’

49.3

80.872.21?.0

38.620.848.258.4

16.7

36.330.14..4

13.0+<6.217.122.3


38

Table 17. Number and percent of total populationaged 17 years and over, by labor force status,sex, and age: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[Data are based on household int:rvjews of the civilian, noninstitutional population. The survey design, general qualifications, and informationon the reliability of the estimates are given in Appendix L Definitions of terms are given in Appendix II]

Sex and age

Both sexes

All ages, 17 years and over----------------------------------

17-44 years--------------------------------------------------------

45-64 years--------------------------------------------------------

65 years and over--------------------------------------------------

17-44

45-64

Male


years--------------------------------------------------------

years--------------------------------------------------------

65 years and over-----------------F---------------:-:---------------

Female


17-44 years--------------------------------------------------------

45-64 years--------------------------------------------------------

65 years and over--------------------------------------------------

Both sexes


17-44 years--------------------------------------------------------

45-64 years--------------------------------------------.-----------

65 years and over--------------------------------------------------

Male


17-44 years--------------------------------------------------------

45-64 ysars--------------------------------------------------------

65 years and over--------------------------------------------------

Female


17-44 years--------------------------------------------------------

45-64 years--------------------------------------------------------

65 years and over--------------------------------------------------

Totalpopula-tion

I Persons in laborforce

Total Currentlyemployed

Number in thousands

119,868

65,244

37,602

17,022

56,568

30,872

18,153

7,544

63,300

34,373

19,449

9,479

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

T73,556 70,122

44,077 41,614

26,026 25,181

3,453 3,327

T47,555 45,730

28,455 27,201

16,745 16,260

2,354 2,269

T26,001 24,392

15,622 14,413

9,281 8,921

1,099 1,058

Percent

: -

61.4 58.5

67.6 63.8

69.2 67.0

20.3 19.5

84.1 80.8

92.2 88.1

92.2 89.6

31.2 30.1

-li-41.1 38.5

45.4 41.9

47.7 45.9

11.6 11.2

NOTE : For official population estimates for more general use,see Bureau of the Census reportson the civilian population of the United States,in Current Population Reports: Series P-20, P-25,and P-60; and Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report, Employment and Earnings.

39

Table 18. Number and percent distribution of total population and visually impaired persons agedand over, by living arrangements according to degree of impairment, sex,

~~i~%r~tates, July 1963-June 1964and age:

rData are based on household interviews of the civilian, noninstitutional population. The survey design, general qualifications, and informationon the reliability of the est]mates are given in Appendix 1. Definitions of terms are given in Appendix III

Totalpopula-tion

119,868



Both eyea involved

Sex, Age, and living arrangementOneeye

involvedCannot Can

Totalzread read

news- news-print print

I I

Number in thousandsBoth sexes

All ages, 17 years and over---------

Living a~otie------------------------------Living with relatives ---------------------Living with nonrelatives ------------------

17-64 years-------------------------

Living a~one------------------------------Living with relatives ---------------------Living with nonrelatives ------------------

65 years and over-------------------

Living alone------------------------------Living with relativea ---------------------Living with nonrelatives ------------------

Male

2,535 945 1,581 2,1074,716

8,734107,671

3,464

102,846

5;05194,9142,881

17,022

9373,589

191

2,301

2471>978

76

2,415

5541,866115

1,029

197703*45

266

3551,156

69

758

3681,669

71

1,237

134855*40

1,507

*3(3228*

679

103624*31

822

1081,092*36

870

3,68312,757

582

56,568

6901,611

115

2,099

4201,012

75

942

167475*37

332

252532*38

604

259577*34

1,124All ages, 17 years and over---------

Livkg alone------------------------------Living with relatives ---------------------Living with nonrelatives ------------------

Female

3,2025:,;;;

>

63,300

2951,716

87

2,617

14974250

1,594

22:*

613

4%*38

977

142946*36

984All ages, 17 years and over---------

Living alone------------------------------Living with relatives ---------------------Living with nonrelatives ------------------

5,53255,9141,854

6411,873

103

4051,124

65

138442*33

26767’8*32

226723*35


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Table 18. Number and percent distribution of total population and visually impaired persons abed17 years and wer, by living arrangements according to degree of impairment, sex, and age:United States, July 1963-June 1964—Con.

[Data are basedw householdinkwiews oft,hecivilian,noninstit.utiordpopulwimr.The surveydesign,generalqualifications,and inFormationon thereliabilityoftheestimatesaregiven in Appendix I. Definitions of tams are given in Appendix II].-. .

Degree of visual impair~tit

Both eyes involvedTota 1visuallyimpairedpersonsl

Sex, age, and living arrangement

1One

Canread k%ved

news-print

Cannotread

news-print

Tots 12

Percent distributionBoth sexes

100.0

21.973.64.5

100.0

100.0

20.874.4*4.8

100.0

All ages, 17 years and over--------- 100.0

19.97’6.14.1

100.0

100.0 100,0 100.0

17.579.23.4

100.0


22.573.14.4

100.017-64 years------------------------- 100.0

Living alone------------------------------Living with relatives ---------------------Living-with nonrelative=-----------------

10.786.03.3

100.0

13.083.1*3.9

100.0

*11.385.7

*

100.0

13.682.3*4.1

100.0

8%<*2.9

100.065 years and over-:----------------- 100.0

28.66:.;

.

100.0

14.181.84.1

100.0

::.;

3:9

24.670.0*5.4

100.0

17.878.6

*

100.0


21.674.93.4

27.96;.;

.

100.0

15.878.85.3

100.0

30.764.7*4.6

100.0

14.679.1*6.3

100.0

29.866.3*3.9

100.0

Male


9::<2.8

12.684.2*3.2

100.0

23,073.5*3.6


Female


25.470.54.1

22.572.1*5.4

27.369.4*3.3


lIncludes unknown number of eyes involved.

“ 21ncludes unknown degree of impairment.

For official population estimates for more general use,see Bureau of the Census reportson ~~~ivilian population of the United States,in Current Population Reports: Series P-20, P-25,and P-60.

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Table 19. Number and percent Of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over who used an aid, by type of aid,degree of impairment, sex, age, family income, and educational level: United States, July 1963-June 1964

@aInarebwrd on hou..hold lnt.rl i.,,. of th. .,.11,.., nonin$lilutlo..l pop.1.tio.. The s.rley desiw, fw.erol q.nlih.alidn., andinformationonthereliabilityoftheestimate.areglxenIn.Apprndl\I.Definitbnsof terms are ~iven in ,Appendix II]

Characteristic

Total persons2------------------------------------------------------


Both eyes involved 3-------------------------------------------------------Cannot read newsprint ---------------------------------------------------Can read newsprint ------------------------------------------------------

One eye invOlved ----------------------------------------------------------

Sex—

Male ----------------------------------------------------------------------Femle --------------------------------------------------------------------

Age—

6-64 years----------------------------------------------------------------65 years and over---------------------------------------------------------

Income

Under $2,000--------------------------------------------------------------$2,OdU-$3,999-------------------------------------------------------------$4,OOO-$6,999-------------------------------------------------------------$7,000 and over --........------------------ ------------------------ ---.---

Educational level

Under 9 years-------------------------------------------------------------9-12 years----------------------------------------------------------------13 years and over---------------------------------------------------------

Total persons 2------------------------------------------------------


Both eyes involved 3-------------------------------------------------------Cannot read newsprint-----------------------------------------"---------Can read newsprint ------------------------------------------------------

One eye involved-------------------------------------z--------------------

Sex—

Male ----------------------------------------------------------------------Femle --------------------------------------------------------------------

Age—

6-64 years----------------------------------------------------------------65 years and over---------------------------------------------------------

Income

Under $2,OOO-::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~~~~~~~~~~j~~~~~~~~~~~:$2,000-$3,999$4,OOO-$6,999-------------------------------------------------------------$7,000 and over------- .------------ .------------ -----.-------------- ------

Educational level

Under 9 years -------------------------------------------`-----------------9-12 years----------------------------------------------------------------13 years and over---------------------------------------------------------

—

I I Type.of aid

Totalrisuallyimpairedpersons

Usesan

aid 1

ICane,

with orWithout

otherperson

Number in thousands

5,029

2,666969

1,6872,28L

2,2702,759

2,6142,415

1,7711,043

993913

2,0691,482492

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0100.0

100.0100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0100.0100.0

452

399352*47*45

150301

191986464

29091

*42

247

215183*31*27

117131

134*49*24*32

165*46*21

Percent

9.0

15.036.3*2.8*2.O

1::;

1:::

10.89.46.47.0

1:.;

*8:5

4.9

12;*1.8*1.2

:;:

2.08.2

7,6*4.7*2.4*3.5

8.0*3.1*4.3

Otherperson,nocane

196

176160*16*18

*32163

55*46*4O*29

122*43*2O

3.9

1:::*0.9*0.8

*1.45.9

1.86.1

3.1*4.4*4.O*3.2

5.9*2.9*4.1

~Includes “other” and unknown type of aid.

2Includes unknown number of eyes involved.


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Table 20. Number and percent of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over who were given t~e vision supplement, by degree offunctional limitation, sex, age, family income, educational level, and degree of impairment: Unated States, July 1963-June 1964

[Darn am bsscd m brm.t+jld ,nt.rt!.,,. of th. m,ilim, mminstit.ti.ml population. Tb. .IIm.> design, IRmr.[ qualification., and information on the mliabiljty of the esbm.tm me gi,.n ,n

%p~.d,~ [. D.f,.)t,..s of @m. arc give. i. .%ppc.d,. II]

Total Trouble seeins has

visua1ly interferedwith:

impsired

Totalvisuallyimpairedpersonsgiven

supplement

Trouble seeing hasinterfered with:

CharacteristicVisits

fr%nds actWies ‘eadin~

persons

IVisitsgivensupplement fr&-tds ac.%%ies ‘eading

AGE—

Both sexes

All ages, 6 years and over-----------

Number in thousands Percent

1,476 495 I 442 B73 100.0 33.51 29.9 I 59.1

6-64 years---------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------65-74 years------------------------------75 years and over------------------------

Male


4631,01432469c

551

llB 114378 329121 123257 206

250622201421

338

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

25.5 24.6 54.037.3 32.4 61.337.3 38.0 62.037.2 29.9 61.0

34.5 24.5/ 61.3

6-64 years---------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------65-74 years------------------------------75 years and over------------------------

Female


200351114237

925

263662210452

680

471% 87*36 *3294 55

115223

1:;

535

134400127273

418-

108310

181

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0

100.0

30.0 23.5 57.537.0 24.8 63.5

*31.6 *28.1 64.939.7 23.2 62.4

33.1 33.3 57.8

22.1 25.1 51.037.5 36.4 60.440.0 43.3 60.536.1 33.4 60.4

33.8 27.9 61.5

*23.8 *22.2 58.437.3 30.0 62.5

6-64 years---------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------65-74 years ------------------------------75 years and over ------------------------

FAMILY INCOME

Under $2,OOO

All ages, 6 years and over----------- 230 I 190

6-64 years---------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------

$2,000-$3,999


185496

297

207

224

L77

*44 *41185 149

w65 years and over--------------------------

$4,000-$6,999


77 I 77 128

125_

93

100.0

100.0

100.0

J1--.J -++-’$7,000 and over

All ages, 6 years and over----------- 58 I 58 32.8 32,8 52.5

+1-34.4 28.5 62.2

27.3 25.8 61.537.0 29,4 62.6

EDUCATIONAL LSVEL

Under 9 years

All ages, 6 years and over----------- 329 272956 595 100.0

6-64 years---------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------

9-12 years


260697

315

174

111

1,476

1,223966257232

~

2;: 2X

103 111

64 72

==+=

*47 *47

160436

174_

104

53

100.0100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0w65 years and over--------------------------

13 years and over


DEGREE OF VISUAL 2MPAIRMXNT

Total impaired personsl-------------- 495 442

m

873 100.0 33.5 I 29.9 I 59.1

Both eyes involved<------------------------Cannot read newsprint--------------------Can read newsprint-----------------------

One eye involved---------------------------

758667

Ri

100.0100.0100.0100.0

34.8 31.6 62.037.9 33.0 69.023.7 26.1 35.427.6 22.0 46.6

IIncludes unknown number of eyes involved.


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Table 21. Number and percent distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over whowere given the vision supplement, by age at which visual impairment first interfered with dailyactivities according to degree of impairment, sex, and age: United States, July 1963-June 1964.

[Data are based on household interviews of the civilian, noninstitutional population. The survey design, general qualifications, and informationon the reliability oftheestimat.es aregiven in Appendix 1. Definitions oftetrns aregjven in Appendix II]

Degree of visual impairment,sex, and age


Total impaired persons2---

Both eyes involveds-------------Cannot read newsprint ---------Can read newsprint ------------

One eye involved----------------

Sex—

Male -------------------- ........Female --------------------------

Age

6-44 years ----------------------45-64 years---------------------65 years and over---------------


Total impaired persons2---

Both eyes involveda -------------Cannot read newsprint ---------Can read newsprint ------------

One eye involved ----------------

Sex

Male . . . . . . . ..- ---------- ---------- .Female .........---------........

Age

6.44 years ----------------------45-64 years ---------------------65 years and over ---------------

Totalvisuallyimpairedpersonsgiven

supplement

1,476

1,223966257232

551925

155307

1,014

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0100.0

100.0100.0100.0

lIncludes unknown age at first interference.

Age at which visual impairment first interferedwith daily activities

Under 17-44 45-64 65+- Neverbi% 17

years years years years interfered

Number in thousands

79

675:

*

*33*46

*46*24

*

5.4

5.55.5**

*6-o*5-O

*29.7*7v~

*

115

%*35

*

*4175

51*31*33

193

165134*31*25

1!;

528854


7.8

8.06.5

*13.6*

*7.48.1

32.9*10*1*3+3

13.1

13.513.9

*12,1*10.8

15.111.9

33.52;.;

.

368

2792106982

145223

.153215

24.9

22.821.726.835.3

26.324.1

49.;21.2

645

5484579292

218427

.

64;

43.7

44.847.335.839.7

39.646.2

.

63.;

60

52*38

**

*24*36

*

*4;

4.1

4.3*3.9

**

*4.4*3.9

**

*4.4

21ncludes unknown number of eyes involved,aIncludes unknown degree of impairment.

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Table 22. Number and percent of persons in the total population and of visually impaired personsaged 6 years and over with selected chronic conditions, by degree of impairment: United States,July 1963-June 1964

~Dats are based on household interviews of tbe civilian, noninstitutional population. The survey design, general qualifications, and informationon the reliability of the estimates are Eiven in 4npendix I. Definitions of terms are Riven in .kmendix 111

Selected chronic conditional

Hearing impairment ------------------------

Goiter or thyroid trouble-----------------

Diabetes ----------------------------------

Anemia ------------------------------------

Vascular lesions of the central nervoussystem-----------------..-.-”----------.-

Selected heart diseases -------------------

Hypertensive heart disease ----------------

Hypertension without heart involvement----

General arteriosclerosis ------------------

Hearing impairment ------------------------

Goiter or thyroid trouble-----------------

Diabetes ----------------------------------

Anemia --------------------------- ---------

Vascular lesions of the central nervoussystem-----------------------------------

Selected heart diseases -------------------

Hypertensive heart disease ----------------

Hypertension without heart involvement----

General arteriosclerosis ------------------

Lsee Appendix II for definitions.

Totalpopula-tion,

6 yearsand over

8,114

2,695

2,311

824

948

3,949

1,398

7,639

809

5.0

1.7

1.4

0.5

0.6

2.5

0.9

4.7

0.5

Totalvisuallyimpairedpersonsz


Both eyes involvedI

mi’ved11 I I

Number in thousands

1,152

140

341

68

210

481

309

726

172

22.9

2.8

6.8

1.4

4.2

9.6

6.i

14.4

3.4

752

85

249

*49

147

333

223

438

128

Percent

28.2

3.2

9.3

*~*~

5.5

12.5

8.4

16.4

4.8

329

*32

120

*I6

88

148

115

153

60

34.0

*3.3

12.4

*1. 7

9.1

15.3

11.9

15.8

6.2

422

53

127

*33

58

182

106

284

68

25.0

3.1

7.5

*ZOO

3.4

10.8

6.3

16.8

4.0

385

*49

87

*19

59

144

82

274

*44

16.9

*2.1

3.8

*O.8

2.6

6.3

3.6

12.0

*1.9

21ncludes unknown number of eyes involved.


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Table 23. Number and percent of persona in the total population and visually impaired persons;~~ 6 years and over with selected chronic conditions, by age: United States, July 1963-June

[Dataam based on household interviews of the civilian, noninstitutional population. The survey design, general qualifications, and infcrrrationon the reliability of the estimates are given in Appendix I. Definitions of terms are given in .Ap&ndix II]


Hearing impairment----------------------------------

Goiter or thyroid trouble---------------------------

Diabetes--------------------------------------------

Anemia----------------------------------------------

Vascular lesions of the central nervous system------

Selected heart diseases-----------------------------

Hypertensive heart disease --------------------------

Hypertension without heart involvement--------------

General arteriosclerosis----------------------------

Hearing impairment----------------------------------

Goiter or thyroid trouble---------------------------

Diabetes --------------------------------------------

Anemia----------------------------------------------

Vascular lesions of the central nervous system------

Selected heart diseases-----------------------------

Hypertensive heart disease--------------------------

Hypertension without heart involvement--------------

General arteriosclerosis ----------------------------—

Isee Appendix 11 for definitions.

Total population I Visually impairedpersons

Number in thousands

8,114

2,695

2,311

824

948

3,949

1,398

7,639

809

5.0

L.7

1.4

0.5

0.6

2.5

0.9

4.7

0.5

4,611

2,423

1,424

662

344

2,046

532

4,879

191

3.2

1.7

1.0

0.5

0.2

1.4

0.4

3.4

0.1

3,503

272

887

162

605

1,903

866

2,760

618

1,152

140

341

68

210

481

309

726

172

Percent

20.6

1.6

5.2

1.0

3.6

11.2

5.1

16.2

3.6

314

76

122

~c27

*4(J

150

65

270

;Y2o

22.9 12.0

2.8 2.9

6.8 4.7

1.4 *1.O

4.2 *1.5

9.6 5.7

6.1 2.5

14.4 10.3

3.4 *o.8

838

63

220

7’<41

170

331

243

456

152

34.7

2.6

9.1

*1.7

7.0

13.7

10.1

18.9

6.3

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Table 24. Number and percent of persons in the total population and of visually impaired personswith selected chronic conditions, by sex: United States, July 1963-June 1964

[Datame bssedonhouseholdi.terviehofthecivilian, rton%stitutiorral population. The $wvey design, gen&al qualifications, and informationon the reliability of the estimates are given in tppendix I. Definitions of terms nre given in Appendix II]


Hearing impairment ----------------------

Goiter or thyroid trouble---------------

Diabetes --------------------------.-.---

Anemia ------------------ --------- .-.----

Vascular lesions of the central nervoussystem----------------------------.--.-

.-Selected heart diseases -----------------

Hypertensive heart disease --------------

Hypertension without heart involvement--

General arteriosclerosis ----------------

Hearing impairment ----------------------

Goiter or thyroid trouble---------------

Diabetes --------------------------------

Anemia ...........---------------- s.-.---

Vascular lesions of the central nervoussystem---------------------------------

Selected heart diseases -----------------

Hypertensive heart disease--------------

Hypertension without heart involvement..

General arteriosclerosis ----------------

8,168

2,709

2,313

898

952

3,966

1,398

7,639

809

27.4

9.1

7.8

3.0

3.2

13.3

4.7

25.6

2.7

4,577

306

964

162

492

2,170

492

2,303

388

37.4

2.5

7.9

1.3

4.0

17.7

4.0

18.8

3.2

Number in

3,592

2,403

1,349

737

thousands

460

1,797

906

5,336

420

Percent

20.4

13.7

7.7

4.2

2.6

10.2

5.2

30.3

2.4

1,152

140

341

68

210

481

309

726

172

22.9

2.8

6.8

1.4

4.2

9.6

6.1

14.4

?.4

556

19

111

12

89

208

77

185

75

24.5

0.8

4.9

0.5

3.9

9.2

3.4

8.1

__ 3.3

596

121

231

56

121

273

232

541

97

21.6

4.4

8.4

2.0

4.4

9.9

8.4

19.6

3.5

IseeAppendix 11 for definitions.

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APPENDIX I

TECHNICAL NOTFS ON METHODS

Background of This Report

This report is one of a series of statistical reportsprepared by the National Health Survey. It is basedon information collected in a continuing nationwide sam-ple of households in the Health Interview Survey, a ma-jor part of the program.

The Health Interview Survey utilizes a question-naire which, in addition to personal and demographiccharacteristics, obtains information on illnesses, injq-ries, chronic conditions and impairments, and otherhealth topics. As data relating to each of these variousbroad topics are tabulated and analyzed, separate re-ports are issued which cover one or more of the spe-cific topics. The present report is based on the consoli-dated sample for 52 weeks of interviewing ending June1964.

The population covered by the sample for the HealthInterview Survey is the civilian, noninstitutional popi.da-tion of the United States living at the time of the inter-view. The sample does not include members of theArmed Forces, U.S. nationals living in foreign couh-tries, or crews of vessels.

Statistical Design of the

Health interview Survey

GeneYai @arL— The sampling plan of the surveyfollows a multistage probability design which permits acontinuous sampling of the civilian population of theUnited States. The first stage of this design consists ofdrawing a sample of 357 from about 1,900 geographicallydefined primary sampling tits (PSU’S) into which theUnited States has been divided. A PSU is a couqty, agroup of contiguous counties, or a standard metro@i-tan statistical area.

With no loss in general understanding, the remain-ing stages can be combined and treated in this discus-sion as an ul~imate stage. Within PSU’s, then, ultimatestage units called segments are defined in such a msn-ner that each segment contains an expected nine house-holds. A segment consists of a cluster of neighboringhouseholds or addresses. Two general types of seg-ments are used: (1) area segments which are definedgeographically, and (2) B segments which are defined

from a list of addresses from the Decennial Censusand Survey of Construction. Each week a random sam-ple of abut 90 segments is drawn. In me approximately800 households in these segments, household membersare interviewed concerning factors related to health.

Since the household members interviewed each weekare a representative sample of the population, samplesfor successive weeks can be combined into larger sam-ples. Thus the design permits both continuous meas-urement of characteristics of high incidence ‘or preva-lence in the population and, through the larger consoli-dated samples, more detailed analysis of less commoncharacteristics and smaller categories. The continuouscollection has administrative and operational advantagesas well as technical assets Siqce it permits field workto be handled with an experienced, stable staff.

Sample size and geographic detail.— The nationalsample plan for the 12-month period ending in June in-cluded about 134,000 persons from 42,000 householdsin about 4,700 segments.

The overall sample was designed in such a fashionthat tabulations can be provided for each of the majorgeographic regions and for urban and rural sectors ofthe United States.

Collection of data. —Field operations for the,house-hold survey are performed by the U.S. Bureau of theCensus under specifications established by the NationalCenter for Health Statistics. In accordance with thesespecifications the Bureau of the Census selects the sam-ple, conducts the field interviewing as an agent of theCenter, and performs a manual editing and coding ofthe questionnaires. The Health Interview Survey, usingCenter electronic computers, carries out further edit-ing and tabulates the edited data.

Estimating methods. — Each statistic produced bythe survey—for example, the number of persons withimpaired vision—is the result of two stages of ratioestimation. In the first of these, the control factor isthe ratio of the ~960 decennial population count to me1960 estimated population in the National Health Sur-vey’s first-stage sample of PSUrs. These factors areapplied for some 25 color-residence classes.

Later, ratios of sample-produced estimates of thepopulation to offfcial Bureau of the Ce~sus figures forcurrent population in about 60 age-sex-color classes

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are computed and serve as second-stage factors for vised statistics, such as rates and percent distribu-ratio estimating.

The effect of the ratio-estimating process is tomake the sample more closely representative of thepopulation by age, sex, color, and residence, thus re-ducing sampling variance.

As noted, each week’s sample represents the pop-ulation living during that week and characteristics ofthis population. Consolidation of samples over a timeperiod, say a calendar quarter, produces estimates ofaverage characteristics of the U.S. population for thatcalendar quarter. Similarly, p~pulation data for a yearare averages of the four quarterly figures.

For prevalence statistics, such as the number ofpersons with impaired vision, figures are first calcu-lated for each calendar quarter by averaging estimatesfor all weeks of interviewing in that quarter. Prev-alence data for a year are then obtained by averagingthe four quarterly estimates.

General Qualifications

NonYesponse. —Data were adjusted fornom-esponsebyaprocedure which imputes topersons ina householdwhich was not interviewed the characteristics of per-sons in households in the same segment which were in-terviewed. The total noninterview rate was 5 percent;1 percent was refusal, and the remainder was primarilydue to the failure to find any eligible household respond-ent after repeated trials.

The interview process. —The statistics presented inthis report are based on replies secured in interviewsof persons in the sampled households. Each person 19years of age and over available at the time of inter-view was interviewed individually. Proxy respond-ents within the household were employed for childrenand for adults not available at the time of the interview,provided the respondent was closely related to the per-son about whom information was being obtained.

There are limitations to the accuracy of diagnosticand other information collected in household interviews.For diagnostic information, the household respondentcan, at best, pass on to the interviewer only the infor-mation the physician has given to the family. For con-ditions not medically attended, diagnostic informationis often no more than a description of symptoms. How-ever, other facts, such as the number of disability dayscaused by the condition, can be obtained more accurate-ly from household members than from any other source,since only the persons concerned are in a position toreport this information.

Rounding of numbers. —The original tabulations onwhich the data in this-reportare based show all eaci. .mates to the nearest whole unit. AH consolidations weremade from the original tabulations using the estimatesto the nearest unit. In the final published tables thefigures are rounded to the nearest thousand, althoughthese are not necessarily accurate to that detail. De-

tions, are computed after the estimates on whichthese are based have been rounded to the nearest thou-sand.

Population j&zwes.— Some of the published tablesinclude population figures for specified categories. Ex-cept for certain overall totals by age and sex, which areadjusted to independent estimates, these figures arebased on the sample of households in the National HealthSurvey. These are given primarily to provide denomina-tors for rate computation and for this purpose aremore appropriate for use with the accompanyingmeasures of nealth characteristics than other popula-tion data that may be available. In some instancesthese will permit users to recombine published data in-to classes more suitable to their specific needs. Withthe exception of the overall totals by age and sex men-tioned above, the population figures differ from corre-sponding figures (which are derived from differentsources) published in reports “of the Bureau of the Cen-sus. For population data for general use, see the officialestimates presented in Bureau of the Census reports inthe P-20, P-25, and P-60 series.

Reliability of Estimates

Since the estimates are based on a sample, theywill differ somewhat from the figures that would have

been obtained if a complete census had been taken usingthe same schedules and instructions and interviewing

personnel and procedures. As in any survey, the resultsare also subject to measurement error.

The standard error is primarily a measure ofsampling variability, that is, the variations that mightoccur by chance because only a sample of the popula-tion is surveyed. As calculated for this report, thestandard error also reflects part of the variation whicharises in the measurement process. It does not includeestimates of any biases which might lie in the data. Thechances are about 68 out of 100 that an estimate fromthe sample would differ from a complete census by lessthan the standard error. The chances are about 95 outof 100 that the difference would be less that twice the

standard error and about 99 out of 100 that it would beless than 2% times as large.

The relative standard error of an estimate is ob-tained by dividing the standard error of the estimate bythe estimate itself and is expressed as a percentage ofthe estimate. Included in this appendix are charts fromwhich the relative standard errors can be determinedfor estimates shown in the report. In order to deriverelative errors which would be applicable to a widevariety of health statistics and which could be prepare’dat a moderate cost, a number of approximations wererequired. As a result, the charts provide an estimateof the approximate relative standard error rather thanthe precise error for any specific aggregate or per-centage.

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Three classes of statistics for the health surveyare identified for purposes of estimating variances.

NarYow nznge. —This class consists of (1) statis-tics which estimate a population attribute, e.g., thenumber of persons in a particular income group, and(2) statistics for which themeasure forasingleindi-vidual for the period of reference is usually either Oor1, on occasion may take on the value 2, and very rarely,a.

Medium nznge.-This class consists of other sta-tistics for which the measure for a single individual forthe period of reference will rarely lie outside the rangeo to 5.

Wide nznge. —This class consists of statistics forwhich the measure for a single individual for the periodof reference frequently will range from Oto a number inexcess of 5, e.g., the number of days of bed disabilityexperienced during the year.

In addition to classifying variables according towhether they are narrow-, medium-, or wide-range,statistics in the survey are further defined as:

Type A.—Statistics on prevalence and incidencedata for which the period of reference inthe questionnaire is 12 months.

Type B.—Incidence-type statistics for which theperiod of reference in the questionnaireis 2 weeks.

Type C.—Statistics for which the referetice periodis 6 months.

Only the charts on sampling error applicable todata contained in this report are presented.

GeneYal rules foy detewzining Yelative samplingeyyoys.—’t%e “guide on page 52, together with the fol-lowing rules, will enable the reader to determine ap-proximate relative standard errors from the charts forestimates presented in this report.

Rule 1.

Rule 2.

Estimates of aggregates: Approximate rel-ative standard errors for estimates of ag-gregates such as the number of personswith a given characteristic are obtainedfrom appropriate curves on page 53.The number of persons in the total U.S.population or in an age-sex class of thetotal population is adjusted to official Bu-reau of the Census figures and is not sub-ject to sampling error,

Estimates of percentages in a penxnt dis-tribution: Relative standard errors forpercentages in a percent distribution of atotal are obtained from appropriate curveson page 54. For values which do not fall on

one of the curves presented in the chart,visual interpolation will provide a satis-factory approximation.

Rule 3. Estimates of Yates whwe the numerator isa subclass of the denominator: This ruleapplies for prevalence rates or where aunit of the numerator occurs, with few ex-ceptions, only once in the year for anyoneunit in the denominator. For example, incomputing the rate of visual impairmentsper 1,000 population, the numerator con-sisting of persons with the impairment isa subclass of the denominator which in-cludes all persons in the population. Suchrates if converted to rates per 100 maybe treated as though they were percentages,and the relative standard errors obtainedfrom the chart on page 54. Rates per 1,000,or on any other base, must first be con-verted to rates per 100; then the percent-age chart will provide the relative stand-ard error per 100.

Rule 4. Estimates of Yates where the numerator isnot a subclass of the denominator: Thisrule applies where a unit of the numera-tor often occurs more than once for anyone unit in the denominator. For example,in the computation of the number of per-sons injured per 100 currently employedpersons per year, it is possible that a per-son in the denominator could have sus-tained more than one of the injuries in-cluded in the numerator. Approximaterelative standard errors for rates of thiskind may be computed as follows:

(a) Where the denominator is the totalU.S. population or includes all per-sons in one or more of the age-sexgroups of the total population, therelative error of the rate is equiva-lent to the relative error of the nu-merator which can be obtained direct-ly from the appropriate chart.

(b) In other cases, obtain the relativestandard error of the numerator andof the denominator from the appro-priate curve. Square each of theserelative errors, add the resultingvalues, and extract the square root ofthe sum. This procedure will result inan upper bound and often will overstatethe error.

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Guide to ~Use of Relative Standard Error Charts

The code shown belowidentifiestheappropriate (1) A= aggregate,P-percentage;(2)the number ofcurve to be usedin estimatingtherelativestandard calendarquartersofdatacollection;(3)thetypeoftheerrorof thestatisticdescribed.The fourcomponents statistic;and(4)therangeofthestatisticasdescribedofeachcodedescribethestatisticasfollows: on page51.

Statistic

Number of:Persons in the U.S. populationor total numberof persons in any age-sex category-----------------

Persons in any other populationgroup---------------

Personswith vision impairment,by type-------------

Percentagedistributionof:Personswith vision irnpairrnent----------------------

Prevalencerates per 1,000 persons in anypopulationgroup................----------------...

Use:

I

RuleI

Code on page

Not subject to samplingerror

1

1

2

3

A4AN

A4AN

P4AN-M

P4AN-M

53

53

54

54

000

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Relative studard errorq for aggregatesbased on four quaxtem of data collectionfor data of all types and ranges

Size of estimate (in thousands)

Example of use of chart: An aggregate of 2,000,000 (on scale at bottom of chart) for aNarrow rap&e-TypeA statistic (code:A4AtQ has a relative standard error of 3.6 percent,(read from scale at left side of chart), or a standard error of 72,000 (3.6 percent of2,000,000). For a Wide range Type B statistic (code:A4BW), an aggregate of 6,000,000hasa relative error of 16.0 percent or a standard error of 960,000 (16 -cent of 6,000,000).

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Relative standard errors for percentagesbased on four quarters of kta collecticmfor type A data, Narrow an& Media range

(W3e of percemtsge shown on curves h minims)

100

1 10 100

EstImated percentage

Example of use of chart: An estimate of 20 percent (on scale at bottan of chart)based onan est-te of 10,000,000 has a reletive standard error of 3.2 percent (read frcm thescale at the left side of the chart),the point at which the curve for a base of 10,000,000intersectsthe vertical J.tiefor 20 percent. The standard error in percentage points iseqti to 20 percent x 3.2 percent or 0.64 percentagepotits.

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APPENDIX II

DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT

Demographic and Economic Terms

Age. —The age recorded for each person is the ageat last birthday. Age is recorded in single years andgrouped in a variety of distributions depending upon thepurpose of the table.

color. —In this repart, the population has beensubdivided into two groups according to “white” and“nonwhite.” ‘‘Nonwhite” includes Negro, American In-dian, Chinese, Japanese, and so forth. Mexican per-sons are included with “white” unless definitely knownto be Indian or of another nonwhite race.

Income of family OY of unrelated individuals.— Eachmember of a family is classified according to the totalincome of the family of which he is a member. Withinthe household all persons related to each other byblood, marriage, or adoption constitute a family. Unre-lated individuals are classified according to their ownincome.

The income recorded is the total of all income re-ceived by members of the family in the 12-month periodpreceding the week of interview. Income from allsources is included, e.g., wages, salaries, rents fromproperty, pensions, and help from relatives.

Living arrangement. — The three categories ofliving arrangements shown in this report areas follows:

1.

2.

3.

Living alone. —Living alone is defined as per-sons living in one-member households.

Living with Yelatives.—This category includespersons who are living in a household withanother person or persons, of whom one ormore are related to him by blood, marriage,or adoption.

Living with nonrelatz”ves.— This cate~ory in--.eludes persons living in a household with anotherperson or persons, none of whom are related tohim by blood, marriage, or adoption.

Residence. —The place of residence of a memberof the civilian, noninstitutional population is classi-fied as inside a standard metropolitan statistical area(SMSA) or outside an SMSA, according to farm or non-farm residence.

Standard metropolitan statistical areas, —The def-initions and titles of SMSA’S are established by the

U.S. Bureau of the Budget with the advice of theFederal Committee on Standard Metropolitan Statis-tical Areas. There were 212 SMSA’S defined for the1960 Decennial Census, for which data may be providedfor places of residence in the Health Interview Survey.

The definition of an individual SMSA involves twoconsiderations: first, a city or cities of specified popu-lation which constitute the central city and identify thecounty in which it is located as the central county; and,second, economic and social relationships with contig-uous counties (except in New England) which are metro-politan in character, so that the periphery of thespecific metropolitan area may be determined. SMSA’Sare not limited by State houndaries.

Farm and nonfavm residence.—The ppulation re-siding outside SMSA’S is subdivided into the farm pop-ulation, which comprises all non-SMSA residentsliving on farms, and the nonfarm ~pulation, which com-prises the remaining non-SMSA population. The farmpopulation includes persons living on places of 10acres or more from which sales of farm productsamounted to $50 or more during the previous 12 monthsor on places of less than 10 acres from which sales offarm products amounted to $2S0 or more during thepreceding 12 months. Other persons living in non-SMSAterritory were classified as nonfarm if their householdpaid rent for the house but their rent did not include anyland used for farming.

Sales of farm products refer to the gross receiptsfrom the sale of field crops, vegetables, fruits, nuts,livestock and livestock products (milk, wool, etc.),poultry and poultry products, and nursery and forestproducts produced on the place and sold at any timeduring the preceding 12 months.

Region. — For the purpose of classifying the pop-ulation by geographic area, the States are grouped intofour regions. These regions, which correspond to thoseused by the Bureau of the Census, are as follows:

Re@”on States Included

Northeast ------- Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,Massachusetts, Rhode Island,Connecticut, New York, NewJersey, Pennsylvania

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North Central --- Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,Missouri, Nort~ Dakota, SouthDakota, Nebraska, Kansas

South ----------- Delaware, Maryland, District ofColumbia, Virginia, West Virginia,North Carolina, South Carolina,Georgia, Florida, Kentucky,Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi,Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,Texas

West ----------- Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado,New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada,Alaska, Washington, Oregon,California, Hawaii

Terms Relating to Employment Status

h the labor force.—The lalmr force includes allpersons 17 years of age or over whoworkedat or hada job or business, were looking for work, or were onlayoff from work during the 2-week period prior to weekof interview. The labor force consists of persons cur-rently employed and those unemployed, as defined below.

Cuvvently employed pemons. — Currently employedpersons are all persons 17 years of ageor over whoreported that at any time during the 2-week periodcovered by the interview they either worked at or had

a job or business. Current employment includes paidwork as an employee of someone else; self-employ-ment in business, farming, or professional practice,and unpaid work in a family business or farm. Personswho were temporarily absent from their job or businessbecause of a temporary illness, vacation, strike, or badweather are considered as currently employed if theyexpected to work as soon as the particular event causingtheir absence no longer existed.

Free-lance workers are considered as having ajob if they had a definite arrangement with one or moreemployers to work for pay according to a weekly ormonthly schedule, either full-time or part-time. Ex-cluded from the currently employed population are suchpersons who have no definite employment schedule butwho work only when their services are needed.

Also excluded from the currently employed popula-tion are (1) persons who were not working, even thoughhaving a job or business, but were on layoff or lookingfor work, (2) persons receiving revenue from an enter-prise in whose operation they did not participate, (3)

persons doing housework or charity work for which theyreceived no pay, and (4) seasonal workers during theunemployment season. ‘”

The number of currently employed persons esti-mated by the National Health Survey (NHS) will differfrom the estimates prepared by the Current Popula-tion Survey (CPS), Bureau of the Census, for severalreasons. In addition to sampling variability they include

three primary conceptual differences, name& (1) NHSestimates are for persons 17 years of age or over; i2PSestimates are for persons 14 years of age or over. (2)NHS uses a 2-week-reference period while (3PS usesa 1-week-reference period. (3) NHS is a continuing.survey with separate samples taken weekly, while CPSis a monthly sample taken for the survey week which in-cludes the 12th of the month.

CuvYentLy unemployed persons. —This category in-cjudes persons 17 years of age or over who, during the2-week period prior to interview, did not work or hadno job or business but were looking for work, and per-sons with a job but on layoff or looking for work.

Terms Relating to Disability

Chronic activity limita~ion. — Persons with chronicconditions are classified into four categories accordingto the extent to which their activities are limited atpresent as a result of these conditions. Since the usualactivities of preschool children, school-age (children,housewives, and workers and other persons differ, adifferent set of criteria is used for each group. Thereis a general similarity between them, however, as willbe seen in the descriptions of the four categories below:

1,

2,

PeYsons unable to cawy on majoy activity foytheir gwu# (major activity refers to ability towork, keep house, or go to school)

Preschool children:

School-age children:Housewives:

Workers and allother persons:

inability to take part inordinary play with otherchildren.

inability to go tlo school,inability to do any house-work.

inability to work at a jobor business.

Peysons limited in the amount OYkind of majoractivity perfoymed (major activity refers toability to work, keep house, or go to school)

Preschool children:

School-age children:

limited in the amount orkind of play with other ~children, e.g., need spe-cial rest periods, cannotplay strenuous games,cannot play for long pe-riods at a time.

limited to certain typesof schools or in schoolattendance, e.g., needspecial schools or spe-cial teaching, cannot goto school full time or forlong periods at a time.

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3.

Housewives:

Workers and allother persons:

limited in amount or kindof housework, i.e., can-not lift children, wash oriron, or do houseworkfor long periods at atime.

limited in amount or kindof work, e.g., need $pe-cial working aids or spe-cial rest periods at work,cannot work full time orfor long periods at atime, cannot do strenu-ous work.

Pevsons not limited in major activity but other-wise limited (major activity refers to - ‘--work, keep house, or go to school)

Preschool childrem not classifiedcategory.

School-age childrem not limited in

ability to

in this

going toschool but limited in par-ticipation in athleticsor other extracurricularactivities.

Housewives: not limited in houseworkbu; limited in ocher ac-tivities, such as church,clubs , hobbies, civicprojects, or shopping.

Workers and allother persons: not limited in regular

work activities but limit-ed in other activities,such as church, clubs,hobbies, civic projects,sports, or games.

4. .Pevsons not limited in activitiesIncludes persons with chronic conditions whoseactivities are not limited in any of the ways de-scribed alxwe.

Selected Chronic Conditions

Below are listed the selected chronic conditionsshown in this report along with their equivalent codenumbers from the 1955 revision of the InternationalClassification of Diseases.

Condition Code

Hearing impairment ----------- X06,X07 ,X09Goiter or thyroid trouble ------- 250-254Diabetes --------------------- 260Anemia ---------------------- 290-293Vascular lesions of the

central nervous system ------- 330-334Selected heart diseases -------- 420-434,782.1,782.2,

782.4Hypertensive heart disease ----- 440,-443Hypertension without heart

involvement ------------- ---- 444-447General arteriosclerosis ------- 450

ooo—

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APPENDIX Ill

CLASSIFICATION OF IMPAIRMENTS

A classification of impairments was developed bythe Division of Public Health Methods in the years1955-56 in order to provide—in the relatively simpledetail required for household health surveys—a methodof coding certain residuals of diseases and injuriesso that the present effect and the underlying causecould be reflected within one diagnostic code. (Thisreport will not discuss the cause of the vision impair-ments.) This supplementary classification (referredto as the X-Code) to the International Classification ofDiseases is essentially a rearrangement and e~ansionof the Supplementary Y-Codes, Y50-Y88, of the ICD,Volume 1, Seventh Revision.

The section of the X-Code which covers visionimpairments 4 is as follows:

XOO- Blindness, bob eyes.XO1 - Blind in one eye, other eye defective but not

blind.X02 - Blind in one eye, other eye good or not

mentioned.X05 - Impaired vision except as in XOO-X02, one

or both eyes.

%’he definition of vision impairmentaccordingto the X-Code is

as follows: The 20SS of one or bntb eyes is considered an impairment

regardless of the date of onset. All other blindness or visual defects

are impairments if the following criteria are met and if the date of on-set was 3 or more months ago. A person 6 years of age or older is de-

fined as blind if he cannot see well enough to read ordinary newspaper

print with glasses (a “no” response in column c, fig. 1). If the re-spondent can see well enough to read ordinary newspaper print with

glasses and the description of the visual defect in Table I of tbe

questionnaire (Appendix IV) includes “blind” or “blindness” (withor without modifiers) in one or both eyes, the defect is considered an

impairment.’ An impairment is involved if the respondent can read or-

dinary newsprint with glasses and the description of the defect indi-

cates that vision, sight, eyesight, seeing, or ability to see--in one or

both eyes--is affected in some way. Modifiers such as “poor,” “weak,”

“bad, ” “impSired,” “defective, ” “blurred, ” “trouble with” can be

coupled with the words vision, sigh t, eyesight, ors eeing and be in-

cluded as impairments. Eye defects such as “color blindness, ” “near

sighted, ” “far sighted,” “myopia,” “crnss-eye,” “lazy eye, ” “badeyes, “ “blurred eyes, ” or “weak eyes” are to be treated as eye dis-

eases or conditions, but not as vision impairments, unless response

b tbe questions in Table I of the questionnaire indicates some visual10ss, e.g., “trouble in seeing.” (Note that a distinction is made be-

tween “bad eyesight” and “bad eyes,” for example, with the former

description classified as an impairment while tbe latter is a condition.

Tbe rationale for this distinction is that “bad eyes” do not necessari-ly imply poor eyesight and tbns would not be considered an impairment.)

A few changes have been riiade in the X-Code sinceJuly 1964, but it has remained essentially the same.Persons with vision problems and defects were {classi-fied according to the information in Tables I and IIof the questionnaire and the question ‘‘Csn you see wellenough to read ordinary newsprint with glasses?”

In an effort to further refine the classification ofvision impairments, a contractual arrangement wasmade with Dr. Jerome D. Schein of Gallaudet Collegeto develop a new classification scheme and to supervisethe coding of the vision data. Dr. Schein developed thefollowing code for degree of visual impairment:

Code 1.

Code 2.

Code 3.

Code 4.

Code 5.

Code 6.

Code 7.

Code 8.

Code 9.

Code X.

Blind in both eyes

Blind in one eye, other is defective but notblindBlind in one eye, other is good or not mentioned

Impaired vision in both eyes

Impaired vision in one eye, other is good ornot mentioned

No impairment of vision mentioned, but eyecondition exists in both eyes, EXCEP~ glau-coma, cataract, retrolental fibroplasia shouldbe coded as visual impairment even if nospecific statement of impaired vision

No impairment of vision mentioned, but eyecondition exists in one eye and no condition isreported for the other eye. EXCEPT: glau-coma, cataract, retrolental fibroplasia shouldbe coded as visual impairment even, if nospecific statement of impaired vision.

Impaired vision and not possible to determineif one or both eyes involved, because:a, no mention of whether one or both eyes

involved; orb. respondent states he does not know whether

one or both eyes involvedEye condition reported with no mention of visualimpairment and not possible to determine if oneor both eyes involved, because:

a. no mention of whether one or both eyesinvolved

b. respondent states he does not know whetherone or both eyes involved

Blank or Do not know

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The major differences between the Gallaudet codeand the X-Code is that the Gallaudet code does notutilize the question on reading newsprint to determineblindness but rather uses only the respondent’s de-scription of the eye condition. Both codes take intoaccount the number of eyes involved; however, if therespondent cannot read newsprint it is assumed, forpurposes of coding to the X-Code, that both eyes areinvolved. Therefore the number of persons with bi-lateral involvement is greater by the X-Code than bythe Gallaudet code. The Gallaudet code and the X-Code both take into consideration two factors indetermining the degree of impairment: (1) if oneor both eyes are involved and (2) if the person is(a) blind or (b) has other vision impairments.

One of the major reasons for asking additionalvision questions in 1963-64 was to develop a moredetailed classification of vision impairments. Ana-lysts in the Division of Health Interview Statisticsdeveloped several ways of classifying degree of im-pairments by utilizing the responses to the questionson Table B of the questionnaire. The first “scale”was more detailed than the final form but did not in-clude the variable on the number of eyes involved.The second attempt relied on responses within thesupplement itself to classify many of the impairedpersons. The final form, shown below? used responsesto Table B and the number of eyes involved as indicatedby the Gallaudet code.

Classification of persons with a visual problem

(00-65)

(00-23)

00

01

12

23

(32-65)

32

Both eyes involved

Cannot see newsprint

Cannot see features, moving objects orlightCannot see features or moving objects,can see lightCan see one and not the other (features andmoving objects)Can see both features and moving objects

Can see newsprint

Cannot see features and/or moving ob-jects

Gveat deal of tvouble seeing - can see featuresand moving objects44 Cannot see a friend across the street45 Can see a friend across the streetSome tyouble seeing (can see features andmoving objects)54 Cannot see a friend across the street55 Can see a friend across the streetNone OY hardly any trouble seeing - cansee features and moving objects (no supple-ment)

646566

778899

Cannot see a friend across the streetCan see a friend across the streetNo vision problem reperted (all of tableB, Yes)Degree of vision problem unknownOne eye involvedUnknown if one or both eyes involved

In developing the classification of impairment therelationships between the degrees of impairment andvarious functional limitations, such as activity limi-tation, reading restrictions, and uses of aid were ex-amined to check the consistency of the degree of imp-airment, i.e., that the greater degrees of impairmenthad more functional limitations. However, as can beseen from examining the final degree of impairmentcode, it is not a scale in the sense that each categoryis more severe than the one below it. Eor example,category 32 includes persons with more limitationsthan category 23.

The coding by degree of impairment makes useof objective (e.g., see moving objects) and subjective(how much trouble seeing) questions. However, mostof the analysis in this report uses a collapsed formof the code which is based only on the objectivevariables—number of eyes involved and ability to readnewsprint. The collapsed form is shown below

Both eyes involvedCannot read newsprintCan read newsprint

One eye involved

Comparison of x-code to Classification of

Vision Impairment Used in This Report

Although the vision recode used in this reportwas developed independently of the impairment code(X-Code), they were both based on similar questions.Table I shows the relationship between the two codes.The major difference between the two is the factor ofbilateral involvement. On the X-Code, if the respondentreported he could not read newsprint, it was assumedthat both eyes were involved and he was automaticallycoded XOO. However, it was known from experiencethat some respondents answer the question on readingnewsprint only in terms of their bad eye (if only oneis involved), resulting in an erroneous assumptionthat both eyes are involved. When developing the newvision recode, other information on the questionnairewas also used to determine the number of eyes in-volved. This should explain most of the estimated142,000 persons who were blind in both eyes accord-ing to the X-Code, but who had only one eye involvedaccording to the vision code, since virtually all thesepersons reported they could not read newsprint.

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Table 1. Distribution of visually impaired persons aged 6 years and over, by vision recode andcensus impairment code: United States, July 1963-June 1964

Vision recode

TotalL ----------------------

Both eyes involved2---------------Cannot read newsprint -----------Can read newsprint --------------

One eye involved------------------

%ncludes unknown number of

21ncludes unknown degree of

Totalimpaired

5,029

2,666969

1,6872,281

eyes involved.

Census impairment code

Blindboth eyes

(Xoo)

1,110

955949

14;

impairment.

ooo—

Blind one Blind oneeye-other eye-other

eye defective eye good or DK(Xol) (X02)

70 663

58 **

5:* 65;

.—

Otherimpairedvision

(X05)

3,186

1,648

1,62;1,468

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APPENDIX IV

QUESTIOIYNAIRE

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Health Sucvey, The sctunl nuostionnaire ia designed fors hcnwohold as a unit end includes additional sp.ces for rcparts on more &an one f.etson,

condition, accident. or hosoitdization. Such repotitiva SPUC08 nre omitted in this illustmtiom

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I rcl.r.bm N..

1& Wh;, Is ,h. ,. I.*.M “.mb., h,.?OR o No ,,!,phen.

IMPORTANT, TOINTERVIWER .Ch.ck T.bI.lf.r ey. co.&ti.n. .rvision pmbl.a. G.cltiiw cUwti. ..d&l.w.m.) [ot Fr-..6y.w. oldaro.ec, th.. u...c

Bthe question below.

H“ a.ya.. i. thl. ho.schold, 6 year. old or ..cr, bc.n rcpomd .s h..i.’ . . .yc ..cditim w .isiom problem?

DY<. f:: f....fi;:rfi3,fi3, ..,.,., 0 N. :L;:;> ,..., m,.,

I17. RGC

ItemQRD OF CALLS AT HOUSEHOLD

1 Co. 2 cu. 3 C.*. 4 c- S Q.

Emit. householdD.,,---- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------Tim.

R<- rd D.,._ ----- ------- -. --------

01 ,,mw. ‘=01.N“. The, -------- --------- --------

C*11*30!ir.d,,id..i D,,,,e,p+r.d.m, Cal. No.— ----

T,m.-------- -------- --------- --------- --------

18. REASON FOR M0NIN7*RWf*

TYPE A B c zn Ref”..l (D..”lb. 1“re.m.t..) n V,.u.t - r.or,-s..,ond O Demol,sh.d In,,,, i,w.m.bw.,d roen :;r U h.. - ,Cp..,.d 0 V.cmt . . . . . ...1 0 t“ .EW1. by roi.,,ke

O U,wl ,e.idc.ce .1.,+<,,R< mm.: O T.mw,,,ily .b..m O ArmedF.,c.,

0 E!,n&.md i. sub-.s.@e cal. ———

0 &h., (s,..,1,, bt,.u,.,

u Ctht, (spa,,,, O Other (,,..,,,>

I I 1 I19. SIS..tum of In!.mi.wer m. cad.

1F00Tf30TESANDCOMMENTS

tTABLE X - LIVING QUARTERS DETERL31NATIOW AT LISTED ADDRE33

&. ,h,. fs,... USE Ok CHARACTERISTICS CLASSIF1CATION IF HUINB SEGMENT ASfJ,*, ,...,1.”>~#”n.&f” .Of.

OCCUPIED ALL QUARTERS No, ●

j g: Of w+?-”’ ‘p;:N fl;~ti~:. D. +b... m-.M, IO-II-J ~:” :::*,,= :fi~~,d ~-”””

“.”. :~~ ~:t.+ :::: ‘A ,I,cb” “ (A” :q:.~ :“-J$,,: hem Y- NO (E...,,,..,

“.* .4 ,k

A N.. S....w. t.

Rem-k.and . . . wl,h .ny y,: :p ..f. .41.9 “~: .mrxriew

~Th*ld h.d

;;~:l,y ,.d 11..,> 91h8,W..F d .q.lpm.”1 f“ ;0 ,,,, VI ,*5* - :%0.

p..pl.? :hne ~ ,,, CaCud”. ,“.,. %r:R%’,Y %%? GO?....I.-d

,1... - 4.’,.,, ,“, ~,,.J

Y., N. Y.. N. Y., N. -(-J““ $ay

[1) (2) U.) [3b) (4) (%) (Jb) N.) <s+) 17.) fm) (8) [9.) m) (10) (11) ru)

1 I I

----

61

(b) What m. *he names .{ .11 .!h.r p.r$ons who live her.? (~iicaii&isi~”s_’wiolive her.)(c) I hove I,st.d (Read names). Is there anyone eke staying here now s..h os friends, t.lo+i.es, or mome..?

Last r,iuc,ew

(d) Have I rni.sed O.YO.. who usu.mlly live. hare but ,s n.w_nye. (’fatj UN.

‘fanpor..ily a. a hospital? . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~Y=. (L,.<) ~NoAvqonbu .,n.,, ?.. .,...... . . . . . . . . ~ye,<’,at> ~No

On. vi,gt.rv.c.fion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . =YCSCLI.O am _______________(e) 0. any of *h. POC.F.I. 1. this household hove o horn. ..ywhe,e cl..?

m Yes (AP,,, h....h.,d me,”b.r.1,,, ,“,..; ,, n.,, a . . . . . . . . . mm,,.,, 4,.,.,First name

m No (L . . . . on . ..s ,Ic.nn. Ire)

[f any ad.], males Iis, cd, ask:

(f) Are any of she pm’sons ,. this household new . . f.ll+im. ..tlve d.fy with *he Armed Forces .6 fheUnlled S,.,.s? D Yes [Dot.,.) ON.

2. How are you rel.+ed to the h..ad of ?h. household? (Em.. rel.tio”sh,p to head, for example, wife, daughter, 8ra”dso.,moche~i”-law, part”.,, roomer, roomer, s wife, ,,,. )

RelmionshipHead

3. How old were you on y.”, last birfhdoy? At?, O Under 1 year

4. Race (Check c... box f.ac ezwh person) u WI,,. O Negro O Other

5. S=. (Check cm. box for emch person) o Male 0 Female

[f 17 yems old o, over, ask:—

flf you 1..,. ,har persons undc, 17 arc or have bee. u Und 17 vs. O Never m,,,,,.,

6. Are YOU now nmrr,ed, w,d.ow.d, divorced, s.p.r.a,.d o, ne,ervnu,ried’J marr!ed (other than annulled) check the ,TJ. d. 17 y,,.>,

(Check one box for each ~L.rson) b., b., ~,ve ma,,,.] . ,,., ,“ a focwno!,. )O Memied m D,vorced

u ‘Widowed n 3cpwat=d

If 17 x,,,. old o, . ..., ask,

7. (o) what were you doing mesf of the post 12 months -

D Und. 17 y,..u Working

(For malesk vmrkl.g, or king somcdhing +.?(For femalesh keeping house, worki.~ o, doing som.thing .1s.7

U Keeping house

If “Som.chir.g else” checked, snd P.,..” is 45 year< old or over, ask:O Something .1s.

(b) A,. you retired?

— ______________

o Yes 0 No

Detmmme wh,ch adults .,. ., horn. a“d record ,h, s in fo,rn,m>on.H ]hers.lf, eachad.lt per.onwho isath.mc.(lfperson .nder19,. chere.ponde.t, check th. r<ArhomeSP box.)

Begin.Ing vnrh Question 8 you are to ,nterv,ew for buns.elf or OUnd. 19yrs.O A, home O Not at home

R Were you .i.kat..Y rim. LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE? (~.? is, +he2.w.ek p.riodwhlch ..d.dfhl. p..ts..dlgh? h).)

(.) Wh.PwaS fh. rrraltar?

oYes , 0 N.

(b) Arvfhingel.e?_________________________________________________ _________________ _________________

9. La.t week or the week before did you t.ke any medicine or tr.atnm.t Iw any condition (besides . . . which you tofd me about)?o Yes O No

(.) For who! comfltionx?(b) Anything else?

------------------------------------------------------------------------ _________________

10. Las, week e, the week before did y.. have ony accidents or 1.1.,1. s?

(.) WfI.p were *h*y?

u Yes D No

(b) Anything e! .e?. -- — _______________________________________ ~___ _. —__ — -------------- -----------------

11. Oid you eve, hove . . (any other) .accld.nf o, inlu~ th.t still both.,, p. or .If.cw you I. any w+.?u Y.. n No

(E) 1. ‘+.+@ way does I* bafher Y-J? (Record present effects)(b) Anything .1 S0?

12. Ho, anyone in fhe family . ~ou, your --, .?.. - had -my of these condltlon, DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHSfm Yes n I=

(R.ad Card A, co.duio. by cond,tion; record in his column any c.and,tion. mentioned for the per...)

13. Ooes any... in phe ford Iy ha.. any of these ccmdit;rms?n Ye, o No

(Read Card B, condition by condition; record in his column any conditions rne.tioned for the person)

14. 0. you h.,. any othe, a,!ments, .ondltlons, or problems w;th ~o. r health? D Ye, m I=

(.) What is the .o.dit,..? (Record condition ,tself if still pmscnt; ocherruise record present .((..< s.)

(b) A.y other mc.blems with w., h..l+h?

15. (a) Have you be.. I. a hospital at my time sinceff ‘%Yes,, ~ ask,

, c ye., q.?n Yes a- m No

(b) How many times were you i. the hozpiml d.ring that parted? No. of times—

16. (.) H., myon. 1. ,he fwnlly been a ~tien, I. a nursing hem., ,.s, hem., o, my .lmil,w place since . . . . . . .,0? -!-u: _---- _-_!_Y_If ‘* Y.,,,, ask(b) Who .//.s this?

(c) How may times were you tin o ..rslng home or m.? home d.rlrq $hm perl.ad? No. of times

R(For

F%r persons 19 yews old or over, show who responded for (m we. pres..t during the asking of) Q. 8-16. If persons :esp..ded o Responded for self-entirel~

a. 8-16)for self, show whether entirely or partly, For persons under 17 show who respood.d for them. 0 Responded for s.lf-pa,tly

col. _w.. ,esnondent _

INTERVIEWER: Examine ages and ,elac,onsh,ps ,. Q.. stions 2 and 3 f., children . . . year old o, umder, ,hcn check the .pprop,,., c box ,. Quest,.. 17(a).

I I I17. (.) u Baby (beb, es) o.< yc~ or [ (b) Are broth(s) for b=by (babies) and

under l,s,.ed. (GO ,. Q. 17b) ,I (c) W.S -- born i. fhe hospital?

dehvery for m-her shown m Table fl~ ,I (d) ‘#hen was -- born? (E.,.r month. d., and Mm,

n No baby (babies) . . . year or I n Yes (G. to Q, ,8>I

f_J Ye, (0. to Q. 17[4)Month Day _ Y.., —

[under I,s, ed. (GO ,. Q, ,s, , m No (Go ,0 Q. 1,<.,, 0 No (G. to Q, ,8,

(If b,r(hd.re ts on or ofcer date show. in Qs. f5and 16, fill o“e line of Table II for nmthec and

I I I .OL. Ii.. for ch,ld. )

INTERVIEWER: After completing Table 11 for all persons, carry each condt-tionJ Co]. (h) or Co!. (i) back m Table I if it does not already appe~ there

I

I { “1” or more nights in Column (f)

and either OR an hmakmcnt II

1. t OR a Condition on Card A. 11

62

8. LAST WEEK OR yl+E WEEK BEFORE did any... in fh. $anlly pn t. a danti.t?o Yes O No

. ------ —------

If “YC*,” doNo. of timts

------

(0) MO WE* thl 1?

(1) (2) (3) ‘——-n u O FillinSso u 0 Exccactions .:

(b) Any... .1 s.?other swscv

0 0 0 Sm.ighte.in

For e~ch person with “Y.s’P che=ked, ..k:“!(Cmthodon<m

u n o Tr..tmenc for gums

(c) How mo.y Nm.s did y.. visit fh. d..tls! LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE?0 0 0 Cleaning teethlg fg O Ex.rni.mi..

(d) Wet did YOUhav. do.. (fb. last tirn., th. *ire. b.forq tic.)?O 0 0 Dermx. workU 0 0 Other [S.n.cif@T

(.) dnyth[ng .[S.?

If “’N.” t. Question 1.9, uko Under 6 m.,. 06-12 m.:

9. ABOUT hv long h.. I* bon .1... YOUwont to . donti.t? No. of yu,s_ 0 Never

O. LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE did onyon. 1. fh. fanny talk to .Ig Yes

INTERVIEWER DO NOT COUNT doctors see. __--_-_-._-~.!!Q---d..t.r or P 1.. &.torus of fl.. .r .11.1.? wbile . . i.p.ciem in . hc.spit.l

If ‘“Yes, ” .sk:_ No. of time. L..t Week

(m) Who w,. this?_No. cd time. Week Before

Place p~..,(b) Any... .1s.7 H.m. = At home: O/T = Ding. or ue.I- - #s= - ----P-9—-=--For EACH person with “’Y..” box .h.ck.d, ask Q-scions 2LX.I chr.!wh (f>

off. = At office menc

Cl I.. = (futp.ticnt1

(c) H.w many Mm.. did Y.. . . . or t.lk to a &.-r LAST WEEK?N.?. = Re/p.asc n.c.l

NO;q$l 2

(d) H.w many elm.. did YOU .- ort.lk w . dacfw ** WEEK BEFORE LAST? = . ~ompmy orG... . %% check-up

w = bmmu.,’v.cc. 3

Ask for EACH visit to a doctor i. 1..c 2 weeks: imd.stry Ey. = Eye Ex.m.T*1. = Orer t.lepho”e

4

(o) Whore did yo. talk to tho dm.tor (!he I am time, Ihm tlrm fmforo, tic.)?(gl.’.es)

oh = ocher (sp..ffy) 01. = other (Sp.Ctfy) 5

(S) Why did YOU go h (..11) th. docto, (ih.t tire.)? 6

If “NO “ t. Question 20, ask:= Under 6 m... ~ 6-12 mo

1. ABOUT how long has I* barn 81... YOUha.. S..” or Mk.d to a doevar? No. of yem_ o Never

If any children under 17 yenr. i. household, .sb2. DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS w.* (W.---, --, .tc.) tak- I. a doctor for a

ROUTINE physi.ol .xamln.N.n, th.! Is. -t for a particular 111...s kus for. sanud ch.ck..p?If “’Yek,’” and more th.. rm. child under 17 y.tis, .sW.

fg .17 years or over

(.) w%. w.. thl.?Ig Yes O No

(b) hy of th. ofh.r .hildrm?

2. OURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS hoc ANYONE In ih= fmmlly - thn! Is, YOU, Y~, --, ●?.., - received 0.Y+ ff&k (X2 %eCidist) Time,

..wI... from any of th. p.r... s ll.t. d.. fhl. c.rd? PI.... ch.ck “’Y*.” or “N.”’ f.r ..ch . . . listed. Pedimccicb A

Hmd rcsp..denr pencil and cud (NHS-fif2-Nc)) Ok.ceuicima ca

For ..ch “’Y..” box checked . . the cud, .skGyaecolr.sist B

(.) Who saw th. (.pecimlist) ? (Mark (X) for emch .p.ci.list i. persot+s c.alunm.)Opk&fOYkOgiM c

(k) Ab.uf how m..y Nm.. did ye. . . . . (specialist) dwlng th. post 12 months (motc.mtinpO.y ‘+idh whil. y.. W.,. i. lb ho@tal)?

OtOluyQsOlqist D

(c) Dld any... .1s. . . . a (.p..i.2i.t) d.rtcg *h. pat 12 monfhs?

Psycbiurf’r E

If ‘“Y..,” *.k

Z3e-.l%ist F

0d0pe6i.c G

(d) Wh, w., this? =f=- H

(.) Abeu? hew many tin!.. did you . . .a (.peci.li.c) during *h. P..* 12 month (..* cetmtl.g.“y ViSit. whlb you w.,. In ?fm h.splwd)?

*-u’iti I

POdi.uim wCh#ck the 8’Nm.’o b% for -h Pram who did not . . . ● ●Pe.i.lf.h Ckim#ht J

u None

If male s.d 17 y.-. old .x over, ask:o Fe.. or * 17 rem.

N. (o) Old p. w., S.W. 1. th. Arm.d per... of fh. Unit.d Stot.s?g Yes fq~

If cqYes,” .Sk

—--. —----

Ig w. f=f P&cao

(b) W.. any of Y..r s.rvi.. during . war or w., it p.ece.tirn. only?If “War,” msk:

---------------

(.) Owl.g vdti.h war did y.. sorv.7

Own a Koreano Ock.rr

If “P..ce-rim. only,” ask:---------------

(d) W.. my of ye”, ,.,”i.. Mu!... J... 27, 19S0 end Jen.my 31, 1953? m Ye8 D No

If 17 ycacs old ., over, ask: fg W&c 17 y=.-

13. (.) W%.? i, th. hl~b.st .d,ad. you qtond.d I. school?321etu 12345678

Hisk 1234

(Circle Mh.sz sr.dc attended or check “None”’) COlfeie: 12345+

(b) Did y.. 11.!zh f+. -- ~,.d. (y..,)?m Nrmc

---------------

n Y.. D No

Ask for all persons 17 Yeus old or over:

K. (.) Dld Y.. rnrk of any Nm. I.*t w..k or fh. weob kfor.?

o Umder 17 pe=m

o ye. u No

[f “No,” .sk BOTH 2fXb) .cd 2C4ck

(k) E,.. though you did-not vmrk last w.+ OFth. wnk b.for. d. Y.. h.v. s Ieb -, bus: . ...?

----------------

(.) W.r. y.. Iooklnp for wsrk or.. I.y.ff fmm . lob?

m n. fgNO

fg Y.. O No

17. !4%ichef fh.s. lncam. ~rewp. rcpr.s.nts y-r i.t.l combln.d fomtly In.am. Ser Nm Fast 12 month., tbol is, your”., your- -“s, -..?

(Show Cud H). Include in-m. horn ofl sour..., w.h es wan.., salaries, r.nt. fmm Pmwrty, secfd s.c.rlw or v.Mmnontb.n.fits, h.!, from mlatlv.,, MC.

T INTERVIEWER Enter che t.Wl nmb.r of fm.pit.liz.cio.. tic e.ch P.rwm from Question. 15 mad 16, 0. check the “’Nom.”’ box.Toc.1 No. of bo.P,t.liz.m.ns

Fill one fine of Treble 11for e=h ..pu.t. sty in the ho.pitsf.., 0340”.

63

Tabl, I - ILLNESSES, IMPAIRMENTS, AWD IWURIES

/.,s- Dld F- .11 illn,,,es and pesent cAUSE KIND

i.. v.. ,N.c,. of %ld - i“jw,c. If the entry i. Ccl. [d-l) is10. *V.. (.) N doctor talked to, .sk

For S“Y ,.my in Col. (d-1) or Col.

What did the do.?.. SOY it(d-2) ttm, incl.des the word,:

An IMPAIRMENT,% w.,? _dld h. ~i,c N a A1l.r@ Tum

AsthmaTIME

‘°Condition,,mdicol rim.? w

&Y:w,h ~,Di,c.,,-mtk (b) N d.actw “M tilked t., . SYMPTOM .q.rou~,= !$

,. . r.c=d migi..l ..!ry .nd .sk %mk, -(d-2) - (d+ ., ,,qu,red.

or..–. –.

-----------......

t

- =_______________.6.., 1

Ask.Fw .11 i“,tum. wh,.h h.pp,n.d c.mc from Qu,,tmn 11 0, 13, ask, Whof kind of . . . i.it?

. . . ? LAST WEEK OR THE wrdK .Fa ,r, allergy a ,tmk, ,,k:BE ----WI

mr”tt., .s.:‘hot part of +h. bcdy was hurf? Whm was Ih* <..s. .1 . . . ? How de+, tho allwgy (rook,)

What kl.d of t.iwy was it? .ff.ct p.?Anyfhiq .1s.?

I(Also, fill Table A f- .11 (If ‘, C..,.S, ,s .* iniury,,“, WI..) .1.. 3iN T.ble A)

(b) (.) (d-l) (d-2) (d-3)

oYe. x x

ON.

!gYes x x

oN.

I=IY.S x *

!=lNo

at’.. , x

ON.

lgY.. x x

ONO.— —.. - . . . . . . .

Showd,,.;] lU

Tob!. II - HOSPtTALIZATIQNSCnl. Q., s. USE Y03J2i CALENDARNo, tie. Ye. said lhm YOUw.,. in th. Now ninny Ccu,plc,c konl .“,,1,. In Colunmsof No. ho,pl,ol (on.., ,wi<., .fc.) during .Ish,s “.,. (=) d (dh or, d “m clear smkth. for who, comdl,loodld “o. ..,,, ,fm Im,r.lfol . .

*h* p.., “.., - *“ ,“ *, .lIIC.c,. r...g per.

LO.PN.,? ~:;~” 1“.w m,.., ! Ww. ,Wdo y.. k.ow th. m.d]<.al n.m.?

9. . . WI!.. did you ●M,, ,ho ho,pltol

(Ill. 1.s1 Nnl.)? (11~x.c,z --.,.,,. !

“UlEntcr month, day and ycq ,fj Kex..t dam not knowm obt,,n *cestirn. t..).

! {.) (h) ! (cl

i *h..* . *+ill i. #h.umber ;.,. .1.”...- -- .Igh,s ;:::ll.l (If med!.ml nsnm mm known, cnt.c r.ipmdends

,, W.m la,,

,..,, \Y ‘“” ‘*”’ ** S&,

d..criyio..)

“own*h. wr..k

be., mo.,hsr b.fm*7(Entry m.st show ‘+C.y .,,, ,,K!.d,’~ and ‘3P.mof body,, in s.m, de!a,l .s requ,red m Table L)

.S,,rn .,.)

(d) (.) (f) (.s1 (h)

Ig Y.,

~ o No

I l—l — —Month L2.y Ye., I s l—lN,gh,s m

Tebl. A - ACCIDENTS AND 1NJURIE2

Li;t:b, 1. Whmndld the oc.dd.”$ hqp-? 2.4, ~. Nm. ef th. aceld.nt, what put! of !h. b+ we, hw*7 Whet kind of lmlwy wax !1? Amythlng.1..?

T.bl. 1 Pm(,) .! I+

n “u

Kind of iniuiy (lnjude,)

;:;;%, ❑ :;t:~

1.s, we<k )JOn,h., w<,kbefore(0. t. 0. ,)

3. (.) W.. 0 ..., truck, b.. . . .*.. m.... .A1.l. I.v.lv.d 1.6. a..ld-t !. -y WV? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Yes 0 No (0. ,.0. ,)

(b) Wammor. kmom. motor v~iefein,.lvd?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oy=*(M.;.~h.....)–ON.

(c)was it(.lth.r m.)wovln~.t ~.tlm.? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oy*S o N.

4. {o) ~w. did *O o.eld-t hmpmn - m hem. m sonn wh.r .+.s.?

1. D At home lins,d, ho..,) 2.0 At horn?(.di.. m.~prmnists) n same other pl.cc

1[ Wan, ocher p!,<.,,, uk

(b) Wf,ai kind 01 PI.., . ..s It?

3.0 S5,.1 ..d hi~h..y [mclud.s m.dw.y) 6.0 =hool (i.eludes schd premises)

4. ~ F.m! 7.0 P1.cc of recre.r;on snd spore,, except ., school

5.0 Induxrinl P1.ce fkl.d.s premises) 8.0 @her (SP..II7 :h. ,1... -h... . ..ld..t 8.,,...6)

5, W.,. TO. ., work m y.., I.h o, bu,tn.,, wham,h, a..td.m, hqp-.d7

1. n ye, 2. ~ No 3. 0 Whale m Armed %rvi.es 4. L3 Under 17 u t,rm of accident

64

Tobl. I . ILLNESSES, IMPAIRMENTS, AND INJURIES 4-AST WEEK>RTHEVEEI($EFORElid . . ...”,. youo . . . down1“,h.M.*S y..1,..IIY do?

,,... 0..:

i

No Y.,

(0.C1:,, +

fk>)

(.1 (n

b,.. !. b.i .11during r most

Ch..k . . . ‘:. ;:T”

Tht

N. Y., ..k

(o. .rl.ad

=,;,, 4,*))

I..-

h.yi?1[. 11 (1-2) 1.s) (h) (i) (k-1) (k-2) [k+) (k-d)

k 03-12 months.,. _D.y, In q I~k= ,0 yi&:,h*

t-t-i-i

ON. 1103”12‘“n’” I ~D.Ysi—d o Y..

2— ..

+S+--EZW=4---H

I A,kCd. (0 - (r.) ONLY L f! N - HOSPITALIZATIONSI h..F.im1i7atlm*

gE;. kkl~:i:!rlsz%l,:::::,::,:..w..I v,? $Dld(wINI Wh., 1, ,h. nom. .1 th. Insw. Si2w!is lh. . . . . ..d .ddr=.s of th. h.tPN.l

------.1 ,b. .c..ra,len?

[m c.an+t.d ho.piuliz.ti... (“N.” i. Cd. 1S))I

\TAOLt

I AND delivery .t CQemtionshow. i. Cd. (h) or Cd. [i) A.k for mll.-. !-..

. .,1,y d th: s.r. m-. of !h. “or I.--.:*. .rfb 1. *.-I. (=.($. c“rr. . . . or “..,’,.,. .,,.., ., .,,.-., g

Ini.,m..?.P.e. t.!.-.> emWM.. {, 1. ,... (... .,,, . . . s,.,.’ if .1(,

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65

lud A

NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY

Check List of Chronic Conditions

Has anyone in the.family had any of these conditions &ring ifte past 12 mottibs?

1. Asthma

2. Tuberculosis

3. Chronic bronchitis

4. Repeated attacks of sinus trouble

S. Rheumatic fever

6. Hardening of rbe arteries

7. High blood pressure

8. Heart trouble.

9. stroke

10. Trouble with varicose veins

!1. Hemorrhoids or piles

12. Hay fever

13. Tumor, cyst or growth

L4. Chronic gallbladder or Iiver trouble

L5. Stomach ulcer

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

Any other cbmnic smmacb

trouble

Kidney stones or chromic

ki&ey trouble

Mental Iihless

Arthritis or rbenmatism

Diabetes

l%ymid trouble or goiter

Any allergy

Epilepsy

Chronic aer V.US trouble

Cancer

Chronic skin trouble

Hernia or Iupmre

Ptostate trouble

Card E


For: Housewife

1.

2.

3.

4.

Not able to keep house at all.

Able to keep house but Iimitedin amount or kind of

housework.

Able co keep house but kitedin kind or amount of

other activities.

Not limited in any of theseways.

Card F


For:

Children fmm 6 through16 years old

1. Not able to go M school

at all.

2. Able m go to school but

limited m certain types of

schools or in schwdattendance.

3. Able co W. tb school but

limited in other activities.

4. Not limited in any of these

ways.

krd B


C!mck List of Selected Impoinnctrt#

Ooes anyone in the family huve mnv

0f4hese conditions

1.

2.

3.

4.

-5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

0.

1.

—

Deafness or serious trouble bearing

with one or both ears

Serious trouble seeing with one or kacheyes even when wearing glasses

cleft palate

Any speech defect

Missing fingers, hand, or

arm-toes, foot, or leg

palsy

Patalysis of any kind

Repeated trouble with back

or spine

Club foot

Permanent stiffness or anydeformity of the foot, leg,

fingers, arm or back

Any condition present since

hitth

Eard G


For: Childr.n und-r 6 YMIS old

L

2.

4.

—

Not abIe to take P-St all in

ordinary play with otherchildren.

Able to plql with oherchildren but Iimited in

amount or kind of play.

Not limited in any of theseways.

lzrd D


For:

Korkors and othar ptrscms ●xc~pt

ifouscwives and Children

1.

2.

3.

4.

Not able to work at all.

Able to work but limited inamount of vrork or kktd

of work.

Able to work but limited in

kind or amount of other

acti~ities.

Nc.t limited in any of these

way s.

Card H


Family incoma during post 12 months

Group A. Under $S00 (Including Ioss)

Group E. $500- $999

GrouP C. $1,000-$1,999

Group D. $2,000-$2,999

Group E. $3,000-$3,999

GrouP F. $4,000-$4,999

GqJuP ‘. $>,OIM -$5,999

Group H. $7,000-$9,999

Group I. $10,000- #14,999

&-oup J. i15,000 and over

VISION SUPPLEMENT

Bud&et Bweau No. 68-R620.% Approval Expires JUIY 15. 19COt?M NHS.HIS.l (b)5-3-631

US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEBUREAU OF THE CENSUS Name Of P=SSQU Age

VISION SUPPLEMENT


Colwrmnumber of person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-------- - _ ----- —------- -----

m Responded for self

OR

Column number of respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NTERVIEWER: Complete either Section A or B

Complete Section A (buff Pages 2- 6), ik

(a) Both “Yes>’ and ‘“No” in answer to Columns (c), (d), and (e) of Table B

OR

(b) “Great deal” or “Some” in answer to CoIumn (j) of Table B.

Complete Section B (blue P3ges 7- 10), if:

“No” in answer co all of Columns (c), (d), and (e) of Table B.

RESPONDENT RULES FOR VISION SUPPLEMENT

[the perxm forwh.xn che Vkio” Supplmnenc is to be completed is ineligible respondent according to the regular eligible cespon-

enc rules, he is to respond for himself. If he is not at home or otherwise “QC available, make arrangements for a return caIl tonterview him. (Two additional calls to contact him may be made.)

fthe person is mat a“ eligible respondent, or is unable to respond for himself because of disability or illness, cc.mpleretbe inter-iew with any eligible respondent fox him.

EXCEPTION TO RESPONDENT RULES FOR VtSION SUPPLEMENT

Ftheperson isa”eligible responded forhimself, butdefinitely is not going to be available forinterview at anytime duringncerview week, complece the imcrview with any other eligible respondent for him. In snch a case, explain the reason for these of the other respondent i“ a footnote.

:ootnotes and comments

1 cOn- 2cOlrI-

pleted pleted

?ECORD OF RETURN

ZALLS TO COMPLETE Date

;UPPLEMENT a None

Time

Wme of interviewer Code

,ZONFIOENTIAL -ThiSkfonoation iscollected fo, tbe U.S. Public Health Se~iceuder authority OfPublic Law~52 of the 84thCongress (70 Stat. 48’% 42 U.S. C. 305). All information which would permit identification of the indkidual will beheld strictly

:onfidencial, will be used only by persons engaged in and for the purposes of the survey, and will not be disclosed or reIeased to

others foranyothcr purposes (22 FR 1687).

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Section A

QUESTIONS DEFINITIONS

a, Did your trouble with sedng come suddenly or did It come gmduolly? “Suddenly” would be eitherinstantaneously or in a very

m Suddenly short time! usually associatedwith an lnjlWy.

m Gradually

m At birth (Go to QueetJon 2)

b, If “SuddenIy” or “Graduafly,” ask: “Daily activities” means the

Ageperson’s usual activities,

How old were you when your trouble with seeing FIRST begandepending on the age of tbe

to interfere with y~ur doily activities, fhat ISCyour work,person at the time.

recreot ion, education, ortmvel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4(Under 17- Go to Qu.. tfon 2)

= Never interfered (Go to Qu.atJon 2)

If age in lb is 17 or over, ask:

c. Were yeu working at a iob or buoineas before you began to hove

trouble with seeing?

n Yes = No

2. Who” were our eyes last examined by a physician{

If over 12 months, round to

eye specio Ist? nearest year, ::~n$, 1Ayearsupward, e.g., 14 years

n During tbc past 12 moncbsshould be recorded as “2”

_Yeats m Never years.

if person is wearing gl..aea mark this box = and aak 3b.

If person ia not wearfng glasaea, aak:

30. At the present time do you use ony glaszos --that is,ordinary glasses or special glasses ofi lenses?

= Yes (Ask 3b) a No (0. t. Que*tJo. 4)

If “Yee”* or if peracm is wearing glae.wa, eak: Mark each type Feported. If

b. What types of glasses do you use or wear?unable to classlf by type,

J’mark Iast box an describe.

m Ordinary glasses for distance and for reading

m Ordinary glasses for distance alone

D Ordinary glasses for reading alone

m Spectacles with strong reading additions(such as bifocaln)

a Hand magnifying lenses

n Protection glasses (dark or frosted)

m Any other type (Specify)

Footnotes and comments

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68


. Do you sam things as if you w.m looking through a tu~ or ❑ gudom.l? Person. with this type of~isual defect (“Tunnel ,

I-J Yes m No VL$ion”) will understand

the question . .

a. kccus. of your WOUW. . ..ing. do you rnv.r us. any aids ●ither ing.ttlng around the hous. or in tmv.lin ou?sid. th. housm; such as

ta COW, Suidc dti~ or ❑ parson with sig t?

n Ye. a No (Go to QU..:1O. 6)

‘If ‘eYem,‘D 8ak:

b. Which do you us.? (x.rk . ..JI on. m..ti.necf)

u A .me (U m.rk.cf ●ak Q...tto” 5b(l)

n A guide dog (If m.rk.d ..k Q..*tion 5b(2)

n A person with sight

n Ocher (sP..ifY)

Zf mna Umlf, aak:

(1) ~~wno;l$~r=~ndt!y spaclal instructions in .s1.s or getting

a Yes a No

lf guide dog t-d, -k3x$$Hx%’&%2

(2) HOn you ● v.r had any 8PC!QI instruction. in tmv.li.g withguido dogs?

n Yes n No

e. Hava yOU ,VO? hard of tulklng book meads? ff the supplement person is ●

child, 6* refers to whe~her the

n Yes , a No (e. :. QIJ..,ion 7)respondent ever heard of talbing book recordsi 6b co whether

If -Yee, - aatithe chiid is cecawng cAem.

b. At tfm present tima ❑m y.. g.tting talking book mcwds of any kindthrough tlm mall?

u Yes n No

a. Han YOU ●ar had ony Instruction in madlrq bmillo?

n Yes n No (0. to Qu-tion 8)

If ●’Ytw, ‘~ #-k:

b. Cm W. mad bmill.?

n Yes a No (Q. to Qu.=tlcm 8)

If ‘Tea,** ●ak:

c. At th. pmsant tima am YOU reading kooks in bmillo?

D Yes a No

wrnotes and comments

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QUESTIONS DEFINITIoNS

8a. Durlngan averoge week, about howmany hours do you spend No. of hours If answer is not re orced inhmuswatch ingar listening to te revis ion?... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . convert to hours. P“An avem~e

week” is whatever the person

D Don)t watch or listen (Go to Question 9)considers to be a typical week.

Ii some hours reported, ask: No. of feet If the answer is “Quite close”(Approximately) or something similar, ask about

b. When you am watching television, how CIOS- to the screen de youhow many feet that would be.

have tositin odertoseehepictum? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

D Only listen

9. During an average week, abaut how many hours do you spendlistening tp the radio?

No. of hours If answer is not m m-ted in hours,P*. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . convert to hours. An average

I= Don’t listeoweek” is whatever the petsonconsiders to be a t~ical week.

Oo. During on average. week, ob.wt how rmmy hours do you spend reading No. of hours Inc!ude printed books, books inorlisten ingtobnoks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b=llle and recorded books. Do

riot @elude time spent reading

n None (Ask lob)comic books, maEazines or ~ews.

(Go m Q&tJon z1.I papers.If answer is not reported in

If “None,” aak:hours, COnVCfl to h.mrs.

b. IS d-tis because of your trouble with seeing?

~ !,, n No

11. Do you ottmd any school or take any courses? Include correspondence courses

D Yes = No

and night school. Reportstudents on summer vacationas “Yes.”

lNTERVfEWER, MARK ONE BOX.

n person is under 17 years of age {Skip to Qu.aslfon 20)

a Person is 17 years old or over fcontfnue w:th Question 12)

12. Because of your trouble with see i“g have you ever had any special Training received thro h anyvocational or iob tmining? Tformal program designe to

aid or rehabilitate persons

= Yes D No with visual defects.

130. Do you have a iob or bus imess? Accept the person’s answ~rsto QuestIons 13b and c without

a Yes m No (Go to Queetlon 1.)probing.

If ‘“Yea,’s ask: Occupation Examples: Fanner, seamstress,sales clerk.

b. What kind of work am you doing? . . . . . . . . . .

Industry Examples: Farm, dress manwfacturing, candy and tobacco

c. Whet kind of business or S“dustry is this? . . . . .stand.

d. Class of worken (Mark one box> !If not indicated by entrtesin (b) and (c), ask additional questions.

U Private - paid (works for private cone.=m)

D Own (owns or shares ownership in own business)

~ Federal Govmmnent

= Government - other than Federal

n Non-paid (works only for room and board, etc.)

e. On the whelm, would yOU SOy yOU am -7

satisfied with YOU, present Mark the box for the statementiob, fairly satisfied or not satisfied at a 1? most nearl~ corresponding co

n Very satisfiedthe person s answer.

D Fairly satisfied

m N.@ satisfi.d at .11

Fcmtnores a“d comments

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70


Include time spent in physicaI

&. On the avemge, ❑bout how man? hours a week do you spend visitingvisits only, net telephoneconversations.

with friends, either in your horde or theirs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .If answer is not in hours,

= Don’t visitconvert to hours.

b. Has your troublo with sasin mbde any difference at all in how?oftwt you get together with rlends?

a Yes n No

Sa. Do you b-long to any clubs or orgonizotions? Include any social, civic,fraternal, or religious Organiza-

U Yes (A-k 25b) l_J No (Ask 15.) tions.

If “Yea’” to Queaticm 15a, aak:

b. Has your troubla with soolng mad- any difference at all in your❑ctivity in clubs or O~niZtItiQnS?

a Yes = No

If “No” to Question 15a, ask:

c. Is this b-cause of your trouble with seeing?

D Yes I_J No

6. Do you go to stems to do any shopping for yourself or your housshold? Either alone or with someoneelse.

n Yes D No

‘If pm-a-m liven with related membazfe), skip to Queetion 18.

If pera.m doee not live with any related membeife), aak:

7a. Do you havo ❑ny mlatlvos who live withio ten mllos of your horn-?

n Yes D No

b. About how oftmn do you visit with your relatives, ●ithst in yourhomo or theirs?

U Every day

a At least once a week

a At Ieast once a month

n Othes (specify)

c. Do you own your own home, mnt or bwrrl? 17c refers to sample unit,

m owns m Boards i.e:, person’s ~esentIivmg quarters.

a Rents a Other (sp.cjfy)

8, How Ionq hava you Ilv.d at your present address?

a Less than s yC-

O One war but less than two

a Two years but less than five

n Five year= but less than ten

m Ten Yeats m over

~ootnotes and comments

FOm NHY-HIS.l (b) [S.S.6S) PAGE 5 “scOMt+Dc 1510s P-es

71

QUESTIONS DEFINflTONS

9. How long have you Ilvad in (this area)? !n?ert name of city or town -

(city 0, t.xm) If I! rural area, substitute

D Less than a year“this area.”

a Oiw year but less than two

O Two yemrs but less than five

I_J Five yesrs but less tbs. ten

U Ten years os ovu

!0. BecatIse of your traubl~ wlih soclng, am you pmsonily rocolvlng Include all. types of s~tvices,

any finunciol help or othor aarvicas from publlc or prlvata agoncios?such. as, ald m shop IUg,

trece~pt of free recot edbooks, etc.

a Yes n No

‘oocnotes and comments

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72

S9ctlon●

QUESTIONS1

DEFINITIONS

Con you S*B vmll ●nough to *II if 0 Ilght Is on ?r off?

n Yes n No

k. Old your troublm wi~ soolng coma suddenly or did itcomegradttully? %%Adenly” would be either in-

O Suddenly+ntaneously u m p very qhontmt$,.ustldy assgcmted wxhm InJury.

I_J GmduaIly

n At birth (Skip :. Qu..tlon 5)

If %5rxfdenly” or ‘*GmduallY, ” adc:9*Dnily *cti.itiqsoD means thepersoh’y usual activities,depending on the age of tbe

Age (years)b. How old wow YOUwhen your traublo with scalng FIRST bqan

person at the time.

to Intcrfcm with your dally activltlos, that IS, yaw work,rocmatien, oducatlon, ortmvel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I

-p “ ‘1’ %’V$%$%%%.

If ●ae in Queatkm 2b ia under 6, ●ak:

3.. Could you se. anything Ixsldps light whan you wet. an infant?

a Yes n No (Skfp to CMI..tJon S)

If ‘eYec, *’ ●8k:

b. Do you remombsr qcc!ng colom?

u Yes n NO

c. Do you mmomba s@ts mewing ob@ets or PWPI*SS fsatur.s?

m Yes n No

(Skip toQu9.tlen $)

If ●do in Qu.a8tim2b fe 17 ot o-f, ●8k

~ Worn yOU WOtfdtl at a 10b 9r business b?fem YOU bitan to$,3WVC treubl~ WI soalng?

a Ye. D No

5. Wh*n ward your ●y*s lest ●xamlnod by a pftysiclan ●y*Spcclalist? :i:$;;:~g$;;s

n During the past 12 nt..ths —Years n N.rers ould be recmde~ ●s **Yyears.

~ootnotes and comments

PAGE 7

73


O.Becauseof your trouble seeing, do ou ever use any aids eith. r inTgetting qmund the house ~r in tmva lrq outside the house; such os

a cane, guide dog, c.r a person with sight?

D Yes a No (Go to Qtieat,o. 7)

If “Yes,** ask:

b. Which do you use? (Mark each one mentioned)

n A cane (2/ marked, ..k Qu.. t1orI 6b(1)j

D A guide dog (If marked, ask Qu.otfon 6b(2)j

n A person with sight

a other (sP.cIfY)

If cane u8ed, ask:

(1)HcIve q ever hgd any special instructions in using .x gettingJar.aun with a can.?

n Yes I_J No“Special instructions” meanstraining by a trained instructor.

If @ide dog uiwd, ask:

(2)Hctve yeu ever h~d any special instnxtfons i“ traveling withguide dogs?

D Yes = No

o. H~ve yo” ever heard of tqlking book records? If rbe supplement person is a

m Yes

chiId, 7a refers to whether tbe

= NO (Go to Queatlon 8) respondent ever heard of talkingbook records; 7b to whether the

If “Yea, ‘t 8Sk:child is receiving them.

b. At the present time am ye” gc.tting talking book record% of cmy kindthrough the ma i 1?

= Yes n No

a. Have p“ ever had ony instructions in reading brnille?

= Yes U No (GO ,. Question 9)

If “Yes,g* ask:

b. Can you rend braille?

m Yes = No (Go to Que.stlon 9)

If “Yea,” ask:

c. At the present time am YO” reading books i“ braille?

n Yes I_J No

During an average week, about how many hours do yo” spendNo. of hours ‘<An average week” is what-

reoding.arlistm-, ing to books?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ever the person considers tobe a typical week.

Include books in braille,recorded books and printed

U None books read by or to the person,but “ot i“cludi”g magazmesoc news apers. If answer not

z’reporte m hours, convert tohours.

O. During on average we=, about how many hours do you spend NO of hours

Listening tothemdio or television? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .If answer not reportedin hours, converc to hours.

n Don’t listen


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74


tl. Do youattend anysehool ormke any courses?Jnclu~e correspondence coursesand night school. Report

= Yes I_J No students on sumqer vacationas “Yes.”

DVT.ERVIEWER, MARK ONE BOX.n Person is under 17 years of age (SkIP to Qu.mti.n 20)

m Person is 17 years old or over [continua with Que.tion 12)

2. Bo~au.c of your trouble with seeing have you ever had any special Training received thro h anyvoedt ional or iob tm ining? Yformal program designe to

aid or rehabilitate persons

p Yes I_J Nowi!h visual defects.

3a. Do you have a iob or business? Accept the person’s answersto Qqestions 13b and c without

n Yes m No (Go to Qu..tlon 14)probing.

If w ea, JDask: Occupation Examples: Fanner, seamstress,sales clerk.

b. What kind of work ❑ m you doing? . . . . . . . . . .

Industry Examples: Farm, dress manu-facturing, candy and tobacco

c. What kind of business or industry is this? . . . . .stand.

d. Class of workec (Mark .=ne fMX) If not indicated by entriesin (b) and (c), ask additional queetion8.

a Priva:e - paid (works for private concern)

n Own (owns or shares ownership in own business)

n Federal Government

n Government - other than federal

n Non-paid (works only for room and board, etc.)

e. On the whole, would YOU say you ore very sotisfied with your present Mark tbe box for the statementiob, fairly satisfied or not *ati*fied at all? most ne+. corresponding to

D Very satisfiedthe person s answer.

n Fairly satisfied

D Not satisfied at all

No. of houss Include time spent in physical

&. On the ❑v.mge, ❑bout how mony hours a week do you sp.nd visitingvisits only, not telephone

with friertds, either in your home or theirs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .conversations.

a Don’t visit

b. Has your troubie with seeing made any dlffamnce at all in howoften you get together with friend=?

a Yes I_J No

50. Do you belong to ony c Iubs or organizations? Include any social, civic,fraternal, or religious Organiza-

D Yes (A.k 15b) n No (A-k 15.) tions.

If “Yea “’ to Queetion 15a, ask:

b. Has your trouble with seeing mode any diffemnco at all in youractivity in clubs or organizatie”s?

n Yes a No

If “No” to Question 15a, ask:

c. Is this because of your trouble with seeing?

n Yes a No


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75

QUESTIONS $DEFINITIONS

L Do yOU go to stems to do any shopping for youraoif or YOU? housahold? Either done or with someoneelse.

n Yes m No

If paraon Iivea wtth related mmnb.m(.s), skip to Question 18.

“ If person does not live with anY related member(a), ask:

7a. Do you have any m Iatives who Iive with in ten mile. oi your homm?

D Yes = No

b. About how oftan do you visit with your ralativos, elthmr in yourhome or theirs?

m Every day

m At least once a week

m At least once a month

n Other (sP.cIfY)

c. Do you own your own home, mnt or board? 17c tefers to sample unit,

ig owns a Boards i.e., person’s present

n Rents a Other (specify)living quarters.

6. How long havo you Iived at your prosont addrnss?

a Less than . ye-

O One year but less than two

~ Two years but less than five

m Five years but less than ten

m Ten years or @ver

9. How lon9 ltave you I(vad III ,Y ~r ~wn (this IJroa)? Insert nattie of city or town -.

u Less than a ye=if in rural area, substitute“this area!’

O One year but 1.ss than two

O Two yeus but less than fire

m Five yea?. but less than ten

n Ten years or ovu

O. Becau~e of your troublo with scein~, am you pmsontly mcaiving Iriclude all, types of. s~rvices,ony fhmnciai hwlp or otlmr services from public or privata agoncios? such aS, ald m shop IO&

4’receipt of free recor cdbooks, etc.

m Yes n No

‘ootnotes and comments

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OUTLINE OF REPORT SERIES FOR VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

Series 1.

Series 2.

Sevies 3.

Sevies 4.

Series 10.

Series 11.

Series 12.

SeVies 13.

SeYies 20.

SeTies 21.

SeVies 22.

Public Health Service Publication No. 1000

Programs and collection procedures.— Reports which describe the general programs of the NationalCenter for Health Statistics and its offices and divisions, data collection methods used, definitions,and other material necessary for understanding the data.

Data evaluation and methods resea~ch. —Studies of new statistical methodology including: experi-mental tests of new survey methods, studies of vital statistics collection methods, new analyticaltechniques, objective evaluations of reliability of collected data, contributions to statistical theory.

Analytical studies. —Reports presenting analpical or interpretive studies based on vital and healthstatistics, carrying the analysis further than the expository types of reports in the other series.

Documents and committee vepovts. — Final reports of major committees concerned with vital andhealth statistics, and documents such as recommended model vital registration laws and revised birthand death certificates.

Data from the Health Interview Su?’vey. —Statistics on illness, accidental injuries, disability, use ofhospital, medical, dental, and other services, and other health-related topics, based on data collectedin a continuing national household interview survey.

Data from the Health Examination Survey. — Data from direct examination, testing, and measure-ment of national samples of the population provide the basis for two types of reports: (1) estimatesof the medically defined prevalence of specific diseases in the United States and the distributions ofthe population with respect to physical, physiological, and psychological characteristics; and (2)analysis of relationships among the various measurements without reference to an explicit finite

universe of persons.

Data from the Institutional Population .%o’veys.— Statistics relating to the health characteristics ofpersons in institutions, and on medical, nursing, and personal care received, based on nationalsamples of establishments providing these services and samples of the residents or patients.

Data from the Hospital Dischavge survey. —Statistics relating to discharged patients in short-stayhospitals, based on a sample of patient records in a national samPle of hospitals.

Data on mortality. —Various statistics on mortality other than as included in annual or monthlyreports —special analyses by cause of death, age, and other demographic variables, also geographicand time series analyses.

Data on natality, mavriage, and divovce. — Various statistics on natality, marriage, and divorce otherthan as included in annual or monthly reports— special analyses by demographic variables, alsogeographic and time series analyses, studies of fertility.

Data from the National Natality and Mo~tality Suvveys. —Statistics on characteristics of births and

deaths not available from the vital records, basedon sample surveys stemming from these records,including such topics as mortality by socioeconomic class, medical experience in the last year oflife, characteristics of pregnancy, etc.

For a list of titles of reports published in these series, write to: Office of Information

National Center for Health StatisticsU.S. Public Health ServiceWashington. D.C. 20201

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