Limited Vision in Watching Television
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 27     17.5     (10.9-27.0) 86     82.5     (73.0-89.1)  113
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years - - --
25-34 Years - - --
35-44 Years -  9     98.1     (86.6-99.8) --
45-54 Years - 15     85.9     (62.4-95.7) --
55-64 Years  5     25.6     ( 8.4-56.5) 19     74.4     (43.5-91.6) --
65+ Years 15     19.5     (10.3-33.8) 39     80.5     (66.2-89.7)   54
Unknown/Refused - - --
GENDER      
Male 12     16.0     ( 7.6-30.6) 40     84.0     (69.4-92.4)   52
Female 15     19.0     (10.1-32.9) 46     81.0     (67.1-89.9)   61
ETHNICITY      
White - 18     86.4     (64.5-95.7) --
Hawaiian  9     20.9     ( 8.5-43.0) 14     79.1     (57.0-91.5) --
Filipino - 10     84.7     (56.2-96.0) --
Japanese  9     19.1     ( 8.3-38.1) 31     80.9     (61.9-91.7) --
Others - 13     86.5     (53.4-97.3) --
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 13     16.6     ( 8.3-30.4) 40     83.4     (69.6-91.7)   53
Unmarried 14     18.6     ( 9.5-33.2) 46     81.4     (66.8-90.5)   60
Unknown/Refused - - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  5     13.3     ( 4.0-35.9) 18     86.7     (64.1-96.0) --
High School 14     26.2     (13.5-44.9) 28     73.8     (55.1-86.5) --
Some College  5     12.1     ( 4.0-31.1) 18     87.9     (68.9-96.0) --
College - 22     87.7     (63.2-96.7) --
Unknown/Refused - - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed  6      6.9     ( 2.5-17.4) 35     93.1     (82.6-97.5) --
Unemployed -  5 --
Student/homemaker - - --
Retired/Can't Work 20     25.8     (14.8-41.1) 43     74.2     (58.9-85.2)   63
Unknown/Refused - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  5     23.2     ( 8.3-49.9) 14     76.8     (50.1-91.7) --
$15,000-24,999 - 19     93.0     (78.0-98.0) --
$25,000-49,999  9     18.3     ( 7.4-38.6) 24     81.7     (61.4-92.6) --
$50,000-74,999 -  9 --
>=$75,000 -  5 --
Unknown/Refused 10     39.3     (19.4-63.6) 15     60.7     (36.4-80.6) --
COUNTY      
Honolulu  8     13.5     ( 6.4-26.3) 37     86.5     (73.7-93.6) --
Hawaii 10     28.0     (15.2-45.6) 25     72.0     (54.4-84.8) --
Kauai -  9     70.0     (32.3-92.0) --
Maui  7     28.3     (11.4-54.9) 15     71.7     (45.1-88.6) --

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.