The Right to Sight: Distribution and Prevalence of Visual Difficulty in Indonesia

One group of human rights is to guarantee an adequate standard of living to everyone. This paper narrows the focus to health, particularly with respect visual difficulty. Indonesia is the ninth country who signed the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007. It took four years for Indonesia to finally ratify the convention, precisely on 18 October 2011. At almost the same time, the Indonesia 2010 population census collected information on visual difficulties. It is the first nationwide data gathering information on this type of disability. It is a self-assessment which takes three options: no difficulty, some difficulty and severe difficulty. Therefore, the paper aims at providing reference statistics, distribution and prevalence, on visual difficulty estimated from the Indonesia 2010 Population Census
We use two types of measurements: distribution and prevalence. It takes into account differential by age, sex and place of residence. This paper also examines the extent Indonesians have the financial ability and accessibility to improve their visual ability; and the laws as well as their enforcement to help improving the visual ability.