Limited Vision in Reading Print
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 32     25.1     (16.1-36.8) 81     74.9     (63.2-83.9)  113
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years - - --
25-34 Years - - --
35-44 Years -  7     83.4     (49.5-96.3) --
45-54 Years  7     46.0     (20.0-74.4) 12     54.0     (25.6-80.0) --
55-64 Years  5     25.6     ( 8.4-56.5) 19     74.4     (43.5-91.6) --
65+ Years 16     22.1     (11.6-37.8) 38     77.9     (62.2-88.4)   54
Unknown/Refused - - --
GENDER      
Male 11     20.0     ( 9.2-38.2) 41     80.0     (61.8-90.8)   52
Female 21     30.0     (17.3-46.8) 40     70.0     (53.2-82.7)   61
ETHNICITY      
White  5     14.5     ( 5.0-35.0) 17     85.5     (65.0-95.0) --
Hawaiian 13     49.2     (22.9-75.9) 10     50.8     (24.1-77.1) --
Filipino - 10     84.7     (56.2-96.0) --
Japanese  8     15.6     ( 6.0-35.0) 32     84.4     (65.0-94.0) --
Others - 12     64.1     (27.8-89.2) --
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 18     31.7     (18.2-49.2) 35     68.3     (50.8-81.8)   53
Unmarried 14     16.9     ( 8.5-30.9) 46     83.1     (69.1-91.5)   60
Unknown/Refused - - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  5     22.3     ( 5.9-56.6) 18     77.7     (43.4-94.1) --
High School 15     32.6     (17.5-52.6) 27     67.4     (47.4-82.5) --
Some College  5     19.2     ( 6.3-45.7) 18     80.8     (54.3-93.7) --
College  7     21.5     ( 8.4-44.9) 18     78.5     (55.1-91.6) --
Unknown/Refused - - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 11     23.7     (10.4-45.3) 30     76.3     (54.7-89.6) --
Unemployed - - --
Student/homemaker - - --
Retired/Can't Work 18     23.8     (13.0-39.4) 45     76.2     (60.6-87.0)   63
Unknown/Refused - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  6     36.5     (14.7-65.7) 13     63.5     (34.3-85.3) --
$15,000-24,999  5     30.2     (10.7-60.9) 17     69.8     (39.1-89.3) --
$25,000-49,999 10     20.6     ( 8.7-41.4) 23     79.4     (58.6-91.3) --
$50,000-74,999 -  7     72.1     (27.5-94.6) --
>=$75,000 - - --
Unknown/Refused  8     26.2     (11.2-49.8) 17     73.8     (50.2-88.8) --
COUNTY      
Honolulu 10     20.5     (10.7-35.7) 35     79.5     (64.3-89.3) --
Hawaii 11     31.9     (18.1-49.7) 24     68.1     (50.3-81.9) --
Kauai -  8     70.9     (36.9-91.0) --
Maui  8     46.3     (20.3-74.4) 14     53.7     (25.6-79.7) --

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.