# Presentation: 669539

## QUESTION ON VISION

***“******In-depth review of cognitive and field test results and experiences”***
***QUESTION ON VISION***
***Country results: Argentina***

**Gladys Massé (gmass@indec.mecon.gov.ar)**
**Population Statistics Department – **
**National Institute of Statistic and Censuses (INDEC) - Argentina**

***6th Annual Meeting of the Washington Group ***
***Kampala, Uganda, october 10 - 13 2006***

## When          from March to June 2006 

- When          from March to June 2006
- Where         the City of Buenos Aires

| Demographic indicators | Argentina (2001) | City of Buenos Aires (2001) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Total population | 37 millions | 3 millions |
| Ratio of manhood | 96 men 
for each 100 women | 84 men 
for each 100 women |
| People of 65 years or more | 10 % | 17 %
 |
| Life expectancy | 70 years for men
79 years for women | 72 years for men
80 years for women |
| Fertility Global Rate | 2,4 children 
per woman | 1,8 children
per woman |

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## Questions

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***Questions***
**Do you have difficulty seeing, *****even if wearing glasses*****?**
**No - no difficulty (0)**
**Yes – some difficulty (1)**
**Yes – a lot of difficulty (2)**
**Cannot do at all (3)**
**No answer / Don ́t know (9)**

## The work team

|  | Total | Men | Women |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| With Disability | 1 |  | 1 |
| Without Disability | 7 | 1 | 6 |

- The interviewers  and the Non-Participant Observers

-   1 (one) general coordinator of the Test

-  The work team of Population Statistics Department of INDEC
-  Age groups: from 25 to 64 years
-  Sociologists and demographers

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***The work team***

## Respondents 

***Respondent******s ***
- They were recruited by governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as by foundations concerned with disabilities.
**SAMPLE of respondent**
**Diagram of quotas of performed interviews. City of Buenos Aires. ****May 2006.**

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## The respondents and the qualified informant

| Total | 181 |
| --- | --- |
| Selected persons: respondents | 102 |
| Qualified informant: proxy | 79 |

***The respondents and the qualified informant***

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## Core question

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*Repeat = Did the respondent need you to repeat any part of the question?*

*Options = Did the respondent have any difficulty using the response options?*

*Explanations = Did the respondent ask for clarification or qualify their answer?*

**The answers of 79 qualified informants = 72% coincidence**

***Core question***

## Open question

*¿Why did you answer that way?*

- The answer is generally obvious and very short:
- “Because it is”;
- “Because it is truth”;
- “Because I have no problem”
- “Because I ́m blind”

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***Open question***

## Wears glasses

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**The answers of 79 qualified informants = 85% coincidence**

***Wears glasses***

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**For those respondents who respond some difficulty: **

- 2.3. [Without your glasses],

- 2.4. [Without your glasses],

- how often do you have difficulty seeing well?

- when you are having difficulty, how much effort

- do you have to put into seeing?

- Total

- 24

- Total

- 24

- Never

- 3

- No effort

- 4

- Somewhat often

- 8

- Some effort

- 4

- Very often

- 8

- A lot of effort

- 11

- Every time

- 3

- No answer/Don ́t Know

- 2

- No answer/Don ́t Know

- 5

**For those respondents who wear glasses, they respond some difficulty: **

- 2.3.a.[With your glasses],

- 2.4.a. [With your glasses],

- how often do you have difficulty seeing well?

- when you are having difficulty, how much effort

- do you have to put into seeing?

- Total

- 20

- Total

- 20

- Never

- 6

- No effort

- 9

- Somewhat often

- 9

- Some effort

- 7

- Very often

- 1

- A lot of effort

- 0

- Every time

- 2

- No answer/Don ́t Know

- 2

- No answer/Don ́t Know

- 4

**The answers of 79 qualified informants = 35 % of coincidence aproximatly**

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**The answers of 79 qualified informants = 80% of coincidence aproximatly**

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**The answers of 79 qualified informants = 75% of coincidence aproximatly**

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**The answers of 79 qualified informants = 67% of coincidence aproximatly**

## Suggestion: reformulate the core question

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**Suggestion: reformulate the core question**
***Even if wearing glasses, *****do you have difficulty seeing?**

## Thanks you very much

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