Table 3 Associations between student vision, eyeglasses usage and mental health.
SDQ scores | SDQ abnormality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDQ Total score | Internalizing SDQ score | Externalizing SDQ score | SDQ total abnormality | Internalizing SDQ abnormality | Externalizing SDQ abnormality | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
Panel A: Full sample | ||||||
Normal vision as comparison | ||||||
Visual impairment (1 = yes) | 0.148** (0.072) | 0.105** (0.044) | 0.044 (0.043) | 0.004 (0.004) | 0.002 (0.005) | 0.002 (0.006) |
Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
No. of observations | 19,425 | 19,425 | 19,425 | 19,425 | 19,425 | 19,425 |
R2 | 0.060 | 0.045 | 0.054 | 0.022 | 0.016 | 0.031 |
Panel B: Full sample | ||||||
Normal vision as comparison | ||||||
Visual impairment with eyeglasses (1 = yes) | 0.034 (0.098) | 0.035 (0.060) | − 0.001 (0.059) | − 0.002 (0.006) | − 0.003 (0.007) | − 0.002 (0.008) |
Visual impairment without eyeglasses (1 = yes) | 0.230*** (0.087) | 0.155*** (0.053) | 0.075 (0.052) | 0.008 (0.005) | 0.006 (0.006) | 0.005 (0.007) |
Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
No. of observations | 19,425 | 19,425 | 19,425 | 19,425 | 19,425 | 19,425 |
R2 | 0.075 | 0.052 | 0.051 | 0.027 | 0.019 | 0.038 |
Panel C: Among visual impairment students | ||||||
Visual impairment without eyeglasses as comparison | ||||||
Visual impairment with eyeglasses (1 = yes) | − 0.203* (0.116) | − 0.128* (0.072) | − 0.075 (0.069) | − 0.011 (0.007) | − 0.009 (0.009) | − 0.012 (0.009) |
Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
No. of observations | 7221 | 7221 | 7221 | 7221 | 7221 | 7221 |
R2 | 0.061 | 0.045 | 0.054 | 0.022 | 0.018 | 0.026 |
Avg Dep Var | 12.605 | 6.453 | 6.151 | 0.093 | 0.151 | 0.173 |
