Table 3 Sociodemographic and vision-related factors associated with the probability of employment among working-age people with visual impairment (n = 574), estimated using regression analysis

Age groups (ref. 18–35 years)

  36–50 years

1.30 (1.04, 1.62)

0.02

1.29 (1.05, 1.59)

0.02

  51–67 years

0.84 (0.66, 1.08)

0.18

0.93 (0.73, 1.17)

0.53

Male sex (ref. female)

1.34 (1.12, 1.61)

0.002

1.29 (1.09, 1.53)

0.003

Education (ref. < 13 years)

2.09 (1.71, 2.55)

 < 0.001

1.89 (1.56, 2.29)

 < 0.001

Municipal income level (ref. low)

  Middle

1.37 (0.95, 1.99)

0.09

1.34 (0.98, 1.84)

0.07

  High

1.83 (1.27, 2.63)

0.001

1.56 (1.14, 2.13)

0.006

Blind/severe VI (ref. moderate VI)

0.91 (0.75, 1.10)

0.33

0.80 (0.66, 0.96)

0.02

Age of VI onset (cont., 10 years)^a

0.92 (0.86, 0.97)

0.002

0.91 (0.86, 0.97)

0.002

Having other impairments (ref. no)

0.52 (0.41, 0.67)

 < 0.001

0.61 (0.48, 0.78)

 < 0.001