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Table 3 Proportion of individuals frequently using digital media by sociodemographic characteristics

From: Parental digital health information seeking behavior in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study

Digital media

Parental sex

Parental education

First child

Mother

Father

P

Lower education

Higher education

P

Yes

No

P

%

%

%

%

%

%

Social media

6

1.4

0.100

8.7

4.5

0.040

5.2

4.8

0.824

Webpages for parents

46.7

50.7

0.518

38.9

49.4

0.019

56.4

36.8

< 0.001

Apps

7.6

4.1

0.273

8.3

6.8

0.521

11.1

2.9

< 0.001

Search engines

54.8

55.4

0.926

60.4

53.4

0.119

58

50.7

0.060

Webpages of pediatricians or children’s hospitals

12.2

11

0.751

10.1

12.8

0.361

15.7

8.4

0.005

Official webpages of health services or health organizations

13.1

16.4

0.424

11.3

14

0.376

15.7

10.7

0.062

  1. Note: P-values are derived from χ2-test for categorical data and ANOVA for numerical data. Parental sex category ‘others’ of survey respondents (n = 4) was excluded for this analysis. N’s of parental sex, parental education and first child ranged between 691 and 698