Table 1
Characteristics of participants.
| Total | Norway | India | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| Female | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| Age | |||
| 20–25 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 26–30 | 20 | 9 | 11 |
| 31–35 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Highest level of education | |||
| High School | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Bachelors | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Masters | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed not seeking job | 16 | 6 | 10 |
| Employed seeking job | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Unemployed seeking job | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Unemployed not seeking job | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Disability pensioner | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nature of employment | |||
| Full-time | 16 | 5 | 11 |
| Part-time | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Employment sectors | |||
| Government | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Private | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Non-profit | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Level of visual impairment (based on ICD-10, 2006) | |||
| Moderate vision impairment | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Severe vision impairment | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| Blindness | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| Nature of visual impairment | |||
| Congenital | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| Progressive | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Adventitious | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Geographical parameter | |||
| Raised in the capital city/region | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Migrated to the capital city | 19 | 7 | 12 |