title: Which factors affect the chances of paid employment for individuals with visual impairment in Britain?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze which factors affect the probability of people registered as blind and visually impaired in Britain being in paid employment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Consist of 559 registered individuals of working age with a visual impairment. This sub-sample is drawn from the first wave of a larger, nationally-representative survey of adults who are blind and visually impaired in Britain.
  
  
  METHODS
  After examining descriptive statistics for employment status and key analysis variables, a multivariate analysis is undertaken to assess the relative impact of: demographic and household characteristics, socio-economic status, aspects of visual impairment, including severity and age of onset, and presence of additional disabilities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Educational attainment, housing tenure, registration status (as blind or visually impaired) and having additional disabilities have the strongest impact on the likelihood of an individual registered as visually impaired being in work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings underline the need to examine the varying labor market experiences of groups with different types of disability and the importance of assessing the individual effects of severity of visual impairment, age of onset, and presence of additional disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clements
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pavey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006113:United Kingdom; D019987:Persons with Visual Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult