living with sight loss making the case: using national data
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Living with sight lossMaking the case: using national data
NatCen Social Research
Independent, not for profit Work with government and charities Collect survey data Profiling and monitoring inequality Evidence base
http://www.natcen.ac.uk/our-research/research/circumstances-of-people-with-sight-loss/
Understanding Society•45,000 adults•1,400 with sight loss
Life Opportunities Survey•40,000 adults•1,200 with sight loss
%
High level of life satisfaction
A short (but necessary!) aside about confounding factors…
16 - 2416 - 2425 - 34
25 - 34
35 - 44
35 - 44
45 - 54
45 - 54
55 - 64
55 - 64
65 -74
65 -7475+
75+
Sight loss General population
Data from USoc
But… people with sight loss tend to be older
16 - 24 16 - 24
25 - 34 25 - 34
35 - 44 35 - 44
45 - 54 45 - 54
55 - 64 55 - 64
65 -74 65 -7475+ 75+
Sight loss after standardisation General population
Data from USoc
We can control for differences in age profile
%
High life satisfaction, before standardising for age
High life satisfaction, after standardising for age
53
68
82
Sight loss Other impairment No impairment
%
Health
High level of satisfaction with health
32
50
Sight loss Other impairment No impairmentAge and sex standardised
80
%
A lot of difficulty accessing health services
7
Sight loss Other impairment No impairmentAge and sex standardised
3
9
%
Accessibility
Needs a lot of help to shop for everyday necessities
Age and sex standardised
27
14
1
Sight loss Other impairment No impairment
%
Has difficulty going into buildings
Age and sex standardised
40
25
7
Sight loss Other impairment No impairment
%
Restrictions in using long distance trains
Age and sex standardised
3431
18
Sight loss Other impairment No impairment
%
Participation
Play sport as much as would like
Age and sex standardised
8
11
22
Sight loss Other impairment No impairment
%
Spoke with fewer than 3 people in past week
15
Sight loss Other impairment No impairment
Age and sex standardised
8
15
%
Work and money
Unemployed and seeking work
10
8
5
Sight loss Other impairment No impairment
Age and sex standardised, based on working age population.
%
Difficulty accessing benefits services
Age and sex standardised
19
13
7
Sight loss Other impairment No impairment
%
A lot of difficulty accessing benefit services, by age group
Based on people who have attempted to access benefit services.
22
19
6
1513
5
87
4
16-44 45-64 65+
%
Discrimination
Whether been discriminated against due to a health condition
Age and sex standardised
11
9
1
Sight loss Other impairment No impairment
%
In summary…
Adults with sight loss experience…
More difficulty in accessing services Poorer health and lower wellbeing Greater financial hardship Restrictions in education and employment Less choice about how they spend leisure time Major barriers accessing travel, shops and other activities
…compared with the rest of the population.
http://www.natcen.ac.uk/our-research/research/sight-impairment-at-age-seven/
Millennium Cohort Study•14,000 children•400 with sight loss
10
14
6
Sight impairment only Sight impaired and other Not sight impaired
Parent says child often does not enjoy school
%
12
18
7
Sight impairment only Sight impaired and other Not sight impaired
Parent says child has been bullied at school several/many times
%
27
72
18
Sight impairment only Sight impaired and other Non-sight impaired
Teacher says ‘child’s reading is below average’
%
Parent says ‘child has difficulty with PE’
%
Parent says that ‘household finds it difficult to manage financially’
%
In summary…
Visually impaired children more likely to…
Live in low income households Be bullied at school Have emotional, concentration or behavioural difficulties Have difficulties making friends Miss out on sport and physical activity Fall behind in reading, writing, maths and science
…than their sighted peers.
http://www.natcen.ac.uk/our-research/research/secondary-analysis-of-adult-social-care-data/
Administrative data sources
Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care (RAP) data
Registered Blind and partially sighted (BPS)
Registered blind and partially sighted
3% decline 2005/6 to 2010/11 2005/6 to 2010/11 increase in 0-64 year
olds 2005/6 to 2010/11 decrease in 65+ year
olds
BPS and RAP data combined
Registered BPS receiving community based services:
2005/06 16.6%
2007/08 15.4%
2010/11 12.5%
Exception was direct payments:
marginal increase to 1.2% in 2010/11.
Updates to these reports are coming…
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