Table 2 Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the study population in relation with PED visit acuity

Age ≤ 5 years

778

374

(48%)

241

(53%)

133

(41%)

0.001

Gender: Female

776

388

(50%)

218

(48%)

170

(52%)

0.275

First child

636

339

(53%)

209

(52%)

130

(56%)

0.385

Only child

726

180

(25%)

112

(26%)

68

(23%)

0.324

Any parent < 26 years old

752

35

(5%)

26

(6%)

9

(3%)

0.047

Mother without education or mandatory education only

711

105

(15%)

67

(16%)

38

(13%)

0.209

Father without education or mandatory education only

703

98

(14%)

69

(17%)

29

(10%)

0.008

Mother unemployed

732

187

(26%)

121

(29%)

66

(22%)

0.036

Father unemployed

716

47

(7%)

32

(8%)

15

(5%)

0.140

Child born in Switzerland

752

671

(89%)

388

(89%)

283

(90%)

0.490

Mother born abroad

744

386

(52%)

246

(57%)

140

(45%)

0.001

Father born abroad

727

370

(51%)

235

(56%)

135

(44%)

0.003

Both parents without family in Switzerland

727

124

(17%)

80

(19%)

44

(15%)

0.133

Difficulties to pay household bills

703

141

(20%)

102

(25%)

39

(13%)

< 0.001

Travel time to PED < 15 min

766

299

(39%)

197

(44%)

102

(32%)

0.001