2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

SLEEP POSITION AND BED SHARING

How did your new baby usually sleep in the past 2 weeks? WITH CRIB BUMPER PADS (MESH OR NON-MESH)1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 858 738 86.5 83.6-88.9 120 13.5 11.1-16.4
Age
< 25 years 194 163 85.0 78.2-90.0 31 15.0 10.0-21.8
25-34 years 492 424 86.0 82.1-89.2 68 14.0 10.8-17.9
35+ years 172 151 89.7 83.5-93.7 21 10.3 6.3-16.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 476 412 87.4 83.9-90.3 64 12.6 9.7-16.1
Non-Hispanic Black 150 125 83.9 75.0-90.1 25 16.1 9.9-25.0
Non-Hispanic Other 63 54 89.5 78.4-95.3 *** *** ***
Latina 147 127 85.5 77.9-90.8 20 14.5 9.2-22.1
Education
< High School 102 84 81.0 69.4-88.9 18 19.0 11.1-30.6
High School 181 153 87.1 80.4-91.7 28 12.9 8.3-19.6
> High School 574 500 87.1 83.6-89.9 74 12.9 10.1-16.4
Marital Status
Married 559 490 87.6 84.3-90.3 69 12.4 9.7-15.7
Other 299 248 84.6 79.0-88.9 51 15.4 11.1-21.0
Medicaid recipient
No 482 418 86.2 82.4-89.3 64 13.8 10.7-17.6
Yes 376 320 86.8 82.1-90.4 56 13.2 9.6-17.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 262 222 83.6 78.4-87.8 40 16.4 12.2-21.6
2500+ grams 596 516 86.7 83.6-89.3 80 13.3 10.7-16.4

1Asked of all mothers with baby at home.
Please visit PRAMS–Annual Questionnaires for the new Phase 8 sleep position and bed sharing questions.
2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.

*** This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.
The overall weighted response rate in 2018 was 53%.

This page was generated on 10OCT19

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