1. Living with sight loss Making the case: using national data

2. NatCen Social Research  Independent, not for profit  Work with government and charities  Collect survey data  Profiling and monitoring inequality  Evidence base

4. http://www.natcen.ac.uk/our- research/research/circumstanc es-of-people-with-sight-loss/ Understanding Society 45,000 adults 1,400 with sight loss Life Opportunities Survey 40,000 adults 1,200 with sight loss

6. % High level of life satisfaction

7. A short (but necessary!) aside about confounding factors…

8. Data from USoc But… people with sight loss tend to be older

9. Data from USoc We can control for differences in age profile

10. % High life satisfaction, before standardising for age

11. High life satisfaction, after standardising for age %

12. Health

13. High level of satisfaction with health Age and sex standardised 80 %

14. A lot of difficulty accessing health services Age and sex standardised 3 9 %

15. Accessibilit y

16. Needs a lot of help to shop for everyday necessities Age and sex standardised %

17. Has difficulty going into buildings Age and sex standardised %

18. Restrictions in using long distance trains Age and sex standardised %

19. Participatio n

20. Play sport as much as would like Age and sex standardised %

21. Spoke with fewer than 3 people in past week Age and sex standardised 8 15 %

22. Work and money

23. Unemployed and seeking work Age and sex standardised, based on working age population. %

24. Difficulty accessing benefits services Age and sex standardised %

25. A lot of difficulty accessing benefit services, by age group Based on people who have attempted to access benefit services. %

26. Discriminati on

27. Whether been discriminated against due to a health condition Age and sex standardised %

28. In summary…

29. Adults with sight loss experience…  More difficulty in accessing services  Poorer health and lower wellbeing  Greater financial hardship  Restrictions in education and employment  Less choice about how they spend leisure time  Major barriers accessing travel, shops and other activities …compared with the rest of the population.

30. http://www.natcen.ac.uk/our- research/research/sight- impairment-at-age-seven/ Millennium Cohort Study 14,000 children 400 with sight loss

31. http://rlsb.ritdns.com/research

32. Parent says child often does not enjoy school %

33. Parent says child has been bullied at school several/many times %

34. Teacher says ‘child’s reading is below average’ %

35. Parent says ‘child has difficulty with PE’ %

36. Parent says that ‘household finds it difficult to manage financially’ %

37. In summary…

38. Visually impaired children more likely to…  Live in low income households  Be bullied at school  Have emotional, concentration or behavioural difficulties  Have difficulties making friends  Miss out on sport and physical activity  Fall behind in reading, writing, maths and science …than their sighted peers.

39. http://www.natcen.ac.uk/o ur- research/research/second ary-analysis-of-adult- social-care-data/

40. Administrative data sources Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care (RAP) data Registered Blind and partially sighted (BPS)

42. Registered blind and partially sighted 3% decline 2005/6 to 2010/11 2005/6 to 2010/11 increase in 0-64 year olds 2005/6 to 2010/11 decrease in 65+ year olds

43. BPS and RAP data combined Registered BPS receiving community based services: 2005/06 16.6% 2007/08 15.4% 2010/11 12.5% Exception was direct payments: marginal increase to 1.2% in 2010/11.

44. Updates to these reports are coming…

45. How could your organisation make use of this evidence?

46. For more information: sally.mcmanus@natcen.ac.uk chris.lord@natcen.ac.uk sally.mcmanus@natcen.ac.uk chris.lord@natcen.ac.uk