Table 3: Prevalence of myopia, hyperopia and myopic and hyperopic astigmatism with demographic variables.

Variables Myopia NO (%) Hyperopia NO (%) Myopic AST
NO (%)
Hyper. AST NO (%) MIX. AST NO (%) p-value
Age Group (years) (n=83) 0.963
6-8 4(12.9) 10(23.3) 9(29.0) 6(19.4) 2(6.2)
9-11 9(20.9) 14(32.6) 13(30.2) 6(14.0) 1(2.3)
12-14 2(22.2) 3(33.3) 3(33.3) 1(11.1) 0(0.0)
Place of Residence (n=86) 0.082
Rural 15(22.4) 21(31.3) 20(29.9) 10(14.9) 1(1.5)
Urban 0(0.0) 6(31.6) 7(36.8) 4(21.1) 2(10.5)
Classes (n=83) 0.485
First 2(13.3) 5(33.3) 5(33.3) 1(6.7) 2(13.3)
Second 1(8.3) 5(41.7) 4(33.3) 2(16.7) 0(0.0)
Third 0(0.0) 4(33.3) 4(33.3) 4(33.3) 0(0.0)
Fourth 6(37.5) 6(37.5) 3(18.8) 1(6.3) 0(0.0)
Fifth 2(12.5) 5(31.3) 6(37.5) 2(12.5) 1(6.3)
Sixth 3(25.0) 3(25.0) 4(33.3) 2(16.7) 0(0.0)
Mother’s Education Status (n=84) 0.295
Illiterate 1(14.3) 3(42.9) 2(28.6) 0(0.0) 1(14.3)
Basic Education 6(13.0) 16(34.8) 14(30.4) 9(19.6) 1(2.2)
University & above 8(25.8) 9(29.0) 11(35.5) 3(9.7) 0(0.00
Father’s Education Status (n=85) 0.285
Illiterate 1(16.7) 2(33.3) 1(16.7) 1(16.7) 1(16.7)
Basic Education 6(13.3) 19(42.2) 11(24.4) 8(17.8) 1(2.2)
University & above 8(23.5) 7(20.6) 14(41.2) 4(11.8) 1(2.9)
Monthly Income (SAR) (n=85) 0.191
Less than 5,000 3(14.3) 5(23.8) 11(52.4) 1(4.8) 1(4.8)
5,000-10,000 4(14.3) 12(42.9) 5(17.9) 7(25.0) 0(0.0)
>10,000 8(22.2) 11(30.6) 10(27.8) 6(16.7) 1(2.8)
Overall Prevalence 15(17.2) 28(32.2) 27(31.0) 14(16.1) 3(3.4)