HEEYE*

Is [^your / [^name’s]] eyesight (using glasses or corrective lens if [^you use / he uses / she uses] them)...

INTERVIEWER: READ OUT

1 ...excellent,

2 very good,

3 good,

4 fair,

5 or, poor?

6 SPONTANEOUS: Registered or legally blind

IF eyesight is fair, poor, or blind [HEEYE = 4, 5, or 6]

│

│ HEEYEA*

│ ^Are/Is ^you/name registered with your local council as partially sighted (also known

│ as sight impaired), or blind (also known as severely sight impaired)?

│ 1 Partially sighted (also known as sight impaired)

│ 2 Blind (also known as severely sight impaired)

│ 3 Not registered as being sight impaired

│

END OF FILTER

IF (eyesight condition <> blind) [Heeye <> 6]

│

│ HEFRND

│ How good is your eyesight for seeing things at a distance, like recognising a friend

│ across the street (using glasses or corrective lenses if use them)? Would you say

│ it is...

│ INTERVIEWER: READ OUT

│ 1 ...excellent,

│ 2 very good,

│ 3 good,

│ 4 fair,

│ 5 or, poor?

│

│ HEPAP

│ How good is your eyesight for seeing things up close, like reading ordinary

│ newspaper print (using glasses or corrective lenses if use them)? Would you say

│ it is...

│ INTERVIEWER: READ OUT

│ 1 ...excellent,

│ 2 very good,

│ 3 good,

│ 4 fair,

│ 5 or, poor?

│

END OF FILTER

IF (types of eye conditions at last interview = RESPONSE) AND NOT (types of eye conditions

│ at last interview = none)

│ [(HeOpt (Last int) = RESPONSE) AND NOT (HeOpt (Last int) = 96)]

│

│ HEOPC

│ Our records show that when we last interviewed you [^on <date of last interview>],

│ you said that you had had (or had been told by a doctor you had had) [^glaucoma

│ or suspected glaucoma / diabetic eye disease / macular degeneration / cataracts].

│ INTERVIEWER: CODE 1 BELOW UNLESS RESPONDENT SPONTANEOUSLY

│ DISPUTES THIS RECORD.

│ 1 Yes

│ 2 No