Table 4 Associations between student eyeglasses usage and mental health among students with poor vision, by academic performance.
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: Standardized math test score above the median | ||||||
Visual impairment with eyeglasses (1 = yes) | − 0.436*** (0.158) | − 0.205** (0.098) | − 0.231** (0.095) | − 0.023*** (0.008) | − 0.017 (0.011) | − 0.028** (0.011) |
Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
No. of observations | 3696 | 3696 | 3696 | 3696 | 3696 | 3696 |
R2 | 0.023 | 0.027 | 0.019 | 0.010 | 0.009 | 0.008 |
Panel B: Standardized math test score below the median | ||||||
Visual impairment with eyeglasses (1 = yes) | − 0.092 (0.172) | − 0.105 (0.106) | 0.014 (0.102) | − 0.003 (0.012) | − 0.006 (0.014) | 0.001 (0.014) |
Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
No. of observations | 3525 | 3525 | 3525 | 3525 | 3525 | 3525 |
R2 | 0.025 | 0.027 | 0.026 | 0.017 | 0.013 | 0.018 |
Avg Dep Var | 12.605 | 6.453 | 6.151 | 0.093 | 0.151 | 0.173 |
