The Wearing of Spectacles in Different Social and Educational Groups in a Sample of the Population of Central Finland

Abstract

On the basis of information gathered from a questionnaire study of 6875 people aged from 7 to 46 years and living in Central Finland, it was seen that the wearing of spectacles has much increased during the last five decades. It is calculated that the wearing of spectacles is still on the increae in the population. More females than males wore spectacles in all the age groups studied. The higher the education the more common was the wearing of spectacles. Poor distant vision was the main reason for the wearing of spectacles, up to the presbyopic age. At the presbyopic age, education, accurate close work, and poor distant vision were connected with the wearing of spectacles. The father's occupation seems to have little or no effect on the wearing of spectacles nowadays.