Table 2

 Utilisation of services among people requiring eye care* in our study sample

Total (n = 3746)No (%) reporting previous utilisationOdds ratio (95% CI)†
*People requiring eye care defined as people with presenting vision in better eye worse than 6/18 and/or with a diagnosed ocular pathology/disease after examination.
†Adjusted for age, sex, and education.
‡I, illiterate; II, up to class 5; III, class 6–10; IV, class 11–12; and V, more than class 12.
Age categories
40–49986339 (34.4)1.0
50–591210416 (34.4)1.1 (0.9 to 1.4)
60–691145470 (41.1)1.6 (1.3 to 1.9)
⩾70405236 (58.3)3.2 (2.5 to 4.1)
Sex
Female2045722 (35.3)1.0
Male1701739 (43.4)1.1 (0.9 to 1.2)
Education‡
I1661573 (34.5)1.0
II1352528 (39.1)1.2 (1.1 to 1.5)
III638306 (48.0)2.0 (1.6 to 2.5)
IV4936 (73.5)6.5 (3.4 to 12.5)
V3317 (51.5)2.2 (1.1 to 4.5)