RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Short-sighted or short of money: the influence of vision problems on academic performance.
A1 Jerrim, John
A1 Ladrón de Guevara Rodríguez, María
A1 López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro
A1 Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David
K1 Visión - Trastornos - Aspectos educativos
AB Education plays an important role in poverty reduction, as it fosters economic growth andsocial development, as well as ensuring the well-being of children. In this context andtaking into account that developing countries lack either the financial resources or thepolitical will to meet the educational needs of their citizens, identifying the factors thathinder the educational process is particularly relevant in order to implement educationalaids to fill the educational gaps. For this reason, throughout this paper we have tried togo beyond purely academic factors and have analysed other factors that also affectacademic performance. Specifically, using the PASEC 2019 database that collected alarge amount of contextual information about students in Sub-Saharan African countries,we have tried to analyse the effect that having poor vision has on academic performance.In this sense, having short or long-sightedness has a negative influence on academicperformance and this effect does not seem to be mitigated by wearing glasses, which leadsus to think that it may be due to wearing poorly prescribed glasses.
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27274
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27274
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026