Table 2: Prevalence of refractive error with regard to some selected characteristics.
| Characteristic |
Students with RE |
p-value* |
| N (%) |
95% CI |
| Overall Prevalence |
87(22.0) |
(18.2-26.4) |
– |
| Place of residence |
– |
– |
0.047 |
| Rural |
67(24.6) |
(19.9-30.1) |
| Urban |
18(15.5) |
(10.1-23.2) |
| Age group (years) |
– |
– |
0.640 |
| 6-8 |
31(23.8) |
(17.4-31.9) |
| 9-11 |
43(21.1) |
(16.1 -27.2) |
| 12-14 |
9(17.6) |
(9.6-30.3) |
| Mother’s education status |
– |
– |
0.168 |
| Illiterate |
7(10.3) |
(5.1-19.8) |
| Basic education |
46(23) |
(17.7-29.3) |
| University and above |
31(25.4) |
(18.5-33.8) |
| Father’s education status |
– |
– |
0.316 |
| Illiterate |
6(19.4) |
(9.3-36.4) |
| Basic education |
45(19.8) |
(15.2-25.5) |
| University and above |
34(25.4) |
(18.8-33.4) |
| Monthly income (SAR) |
– |
– |
0.389 |
| Less than 5,000 |
20(17.4) |
(11.6-25.4) |
| 5,000-10,000 |
28(26.4) |
(19-35.6) |
| More than 10,000 |
36(23.8) |
(17.8-31.3) |
| Grades |
– |
– |
0.737 |
| First |
15(26.8) |
(17-39.7) |
| Second |
12(21.4) |
(12.7-33.9) |
| Third |
12(16.2) |
(9.6-26.3) |
| Fourth |
16(20.5) |
(13.1-30.8) |
| Fifth |
16(25.4) |
(16.3-37.4) |
| Sixth |
13(21) |
(12.7-32.7) |
• Based on chi-squared test