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IJCRR - 11(19), October, 2019

Pages: 04-08

Date of Publication: 15-Oct-2019


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The Impact of Blindness on the Socio Economic Lives of Young Adults in South Western Nigeria

Author: Onabolu Oluwatoni O, Jagun Omodele O, Ebonhor Michael

Category: Healthcare

Abstract:Background: Rehabilitation of the blind in developing countries is usually focused on education for employment purposes with little attention to social life. Yet it is known that the blind have dreams and aspiration that are dampened by their disability. This study examined how rehabilitated blind adults cope socially with their disability.
Methods: This was a cross sectional observational study amongst registered members of the Nigerian Association of the Blind, Ogun State Chapter. Sixty-six adults were recruited and subjected to a validated interviewer administered questionnaire.
Results: Age range was 17-68 years with mean of 38.51\?11.97 years. There were 42 (63.7%) males and 36 (54.5%) were married. Majority of those that were married 29 (80%) had 3 children each and 35(53%) lived in rented/institutional apartments where they either partially or fully paid for rent. 25(37.88%) participants had attained tertiary education. 50% were self-employed and 19(28.8%) were engaged in competitive employment. 44.8% of the self- employed earned less than 19000 naira per month ($52.6) while those in paid employment earned up to 72000 Naira per month ($193.9).
Conclusion: Despite rehabilitation, the earning capacity of the blind adult is low. Blindness has a negative impact on social lives even after rehabilitation.

Keywords: Blind, Marriage, Social life, Economic Challenges

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INTRODUCTION

Young adults with visual impairment wish for a bright and productive future but this dream is  dampened by difficulties resulting from their visual disabilities1. One important barrier is the  rate of competitive employment of the visually impaired and blind which had been found to be  considerably lower than their sighted peers2. In Europe the visually impaired were at higher risk  of not having a paid job, being unemployed, belonging to a manual social class, having less job satisfaction, and getting inadequate salary3,4.

Researchers have also shown that persons with visual impairment have distinct challenges  Regarding relating with other people, mobility, mental and social wellbeing5. In Nigeria, most  blind adults are seen as illiterate street beggars while others become dependent on sighted family  members for daily living6. However a few get educated even up to tertiary level and become fully rehabilitated but they still have difficulty in securing paid employment7,8.

A longitudinal study on blind adolescents revealed that they have a small social network with  fewer friends and are more likely to stay in familiar surroundings like their homes because of  socializing difficulties9. Therefore dating the opposite sex is uncommon leading to late starting  of a family9.

The prevalence of blindness in Ogun State of Nigeria was 2.8 % (Nigeria National Blindness  Survey 2005-2007)10. There are two primary schools for the blind and three integrated  secondary schools. Ogun state has a literacy rate of 78.8% amongst adults and has a high  concentration of industries11. The minimum civil service salary per month is N18000 (US $50)12Transportation within the towns and villages is by road. Majority of the roads lack pedestrian  pathways which makes mobility difficult for the visually impaired even with their canes. The purpose of this communication is to give information on the socioeconomic life of the rehabilitated blind and visually impaired in South West Nigeria so that special schools for  rehabilitation can include mentorship, job placement and social interactions in their curriculum.

Materials and methods:

Study design. This was a cross sectional observational study of the registered members of the Nigerian Association of the Blind (NAB), Ogun State chapter. Sample size consisted of 66  consenting participants from a sample frame of 206 registered members.

Each participant was subjected to an interviewer administered questionnaire (during their monthly meetings until all consenting members were covered) consisting of their bio-data, education, occupation, income per month, accommodation, marital status and number of children. The questionnaire was initially validated amongst members of another branch of NAB in the adjacent State (Lagos) and adjusted accordingly. Ethical approval was obtained from The Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital review committee. All participants gave Verbal consent and the Chairman of the NAB provided a written consent prior to the study.

Statistics: The result was recorded in a personal computer using Statistical Package for Social  Sciences IBM version 21 spread sheets. Discrete variables were compared by means and  percentages while continuous variables were compared using Pearson’s chi- square with values0.05 as being significant and Fishers exact where the subjects were too few for chi-square

Results: The age range of participants was 17-68 years, mean 38.51±11.97. There were Forty two (63.66%) males. Fifty nine (89.4%) were totally blind (Nil Perception of Light), five (7.6%) had hand motion vision in the better eye, while two (3%) had 1/60 vision. All of them had at least primary school education. Twenty five (37.88%) attended Colleges or Polytechnics. Thirty- three (50%) were self-employed, 17 (25.75%) were employed by Government, 2 work with a private companies while 9 were students. All Government employees were teachers in schools for the blind. Those that were self- employed, sold locally made soap, insecticides, fashionable bags and table mats self-made locally. Twenty three (44.8%) of the participants, who were self- employed earned between 10000 and 19000 naira per month ($27.7-$52.6) whereas the Government employees earned between 18,000 and 35,000 naira per month ($49.9-$97) Table I. Two of them were street beggars and could not ascertain their monthly income. Thirty six (54.5%) were married (25 males), twenty-seven (40.9%) were single, two were widowed while one was divorced (Table II).  Fourteen single participants (21.2%) were between 30 and 49 years old. Twelve (70.5%) out of seventeen Government employees and 17 out of 32 (53%) self-employed participants were married (Table III). 13 men and 5 women were noted to be married to sighted spouses but the difference was not statistically significant.

Majority of those that were married 29 (80%) had 3 children or less. Thirty five (53%) lived in  rented apartments, eighteen of which had to seek assistance to pay their rents. It was noted that the blind participants had difficulties in getting houses to rent in the community because landlords were skeptical about cleaning and regular rent payments. Those that were competitively employed were relatively more comfortably accommodated than those without jobs. Seven out of seventeen (41%) Government employees and 11 out of 35 (31%) self –employed participants lived in their own houses. Participants also indicated restrictions in social party event attendance which is a regular past time of individuals of the study community, as they usually have to attend in groups and less frequently with their partners. Most of their social events were restricted to organized meetings convened by the association.  Table IV shows how regular earning contributed to the social status in this study

Discussion

The importance of education and rehabilitation in the lives of the visually impaired and blind have been emphasized in several studies2,13,14. Education and rehabilitation should increase the  Chance of gainful employment for the visually impaired and blind individuals2. In this study only 28.8% were competitively employed, majority of whom were government workers. This was less than 37% in Bell’s study in the United States and 64% of Harrabi et al during a global survey15. The rate of competitive employment is lower in this study because employers were most likely ignorant of the capabilities of the educated blind7 and also because the major workplaces found in this community are factories and might not be conducive for the visually disabled to work in as also documented in New Zealand16. Other barriers for employment were poor mobility in a rough terrain and poor transportation network7. Although blind employed workers were paid same salary as their peers, the choice of jobs was limited to teaching blind students thus supporting the study of Mojon-Azzi et al3 who found that there was limited freedom for the blind to decide on their type of job. Those that were self- employed depended on hand-crafts and cheap household goods which could barely sustain them. While employed Government workers earned regular and relatively more salary, the earnings of the self-employed was not regular and some of them could not ascertain their monthly incomes.

The participants that lived in their own houses were elderly and many of them had gotten the  property before they became blind. Young participants (<40 years) could hardly pay their house  rents without assistance. These younger people became blind as children and teenagers, and so did not enjoy economic freedom like their older counterparts.

In this study, participants married late supporting the findings of Gold et al9 as many of our  subjects in their productive years were still single which could portray difficulty in developing  romantic relationship17. Previous studies had shown that blind people led sedentary lives which  are a hindrance to socializing and mixing with the opposite sex18 and that they frequently went  out in groups probably due to low self-esteem19. Our participants were more likely to meet in  their schools and at regular organized meetings than during sport activities in contrast with young sighted people. Rehabilitation services in developing countries are usually focused on mobility, daily living skills and employment leaving out social life which is an integral part of living20. Social events could be arranged as part of their training in rehabilitation so as to encourage social interaction with mentoring. Successful blind adults can also mentor younger ones during the rehabilitation programs. Studies in Canada have shown that social skills can be learnt through various interactions and via mentoring1,19.

This study showed that blind men were more likely to marry sighted women than for sighted men to marry blind women especially when they are both young. This may be because it is difficult in the African culture to see blind women as house keepers. Blind people in this study however gave poverty and their physical challenge as the main reasons for late marriages and for marrying blind people like themselves.

Conclusion

Blindness has a negative impact on the economic and social life of people. Education and  rehabilitation did not always translate to employment in developing countries. It would seem that

visually impaired people especially the blind need more assistance for improvement in their social lives.

Acknowledgement:

We acknowledge the immense help received from the scholars whose articles are cited and included in references of this manuscript.

Conflict of interest: None

External source of funding: None, funded by the researchers.

 

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A study by Deep J. M. "Prevalence of Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization in 7-13 Years Old Children of Biratnagar, Nepal: A Cross Sectional Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 10 issue 11 of IJCRR
A review by Chitra et al to analyse relation between Obesity and Type 2 diabetes is awarded 'Best Article' for Vol 10 issue 10 by IJCRR. 
A study by Karanpreet et al "Pregnancy Induced Hypertension: A Study on Its Multisystem Involvement" is given Best Paper Award for Vol 10 issue 09

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A Study by Ese Anibor et al. "Evaluation of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Among Delta State University Students in Abraka, Nigeria" from Vol 13 issue 16 received Emerging Researcher Award


A Study by Alkhansa Mahmoud et al. entitled "mRNA Expression of Somatostatin Receptors (1-5) in MCF7 and MDA-MB231 Breast Cancer Cells" from Vol 13 issue 06 received Emerging Researcher Award


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