2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

SLEEP POSITION AND BED SHARING

In the past 2 weeks, how often has your new baby slept alone in his or her own crib or bed?1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 Always (Recommended) Often, sometimes, rarely, never (Not Recommended)
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 785 437 54.9 50.7-59.1 348 45.1 40.9-49.3
Age
< 25 years 156 79 50.2 40.5-59.9 77 49.8 40.1-59.5
25-34 years 463 273 58.2 52.7-63.5 190 41.8 36.5-47.3
35+ years 166 85 49.6 40.8-58.4 81 50.4 41.6-59.2
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 401 250 61.9 56.0-67.4 151 38.1 32.6-44.0
Non-Hispanic Black 152 55 39.2 30.0-49.1 97 60.8 50.9-70.0
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 160 97 59.4 49.8-68.3 63 40.6 31.7-50.2
Education
< High School 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 165 85 51.1 41.5-60.7 80 48.9 39.3-58.5
> High School 523 296 56.6 51.5-61.6 227 43.4 38.4-48.5
Marital Status
Married 477 291 60.4 55.1-65.5 186 39.6 34.5-44.9
Other 308 146 46.5 39.6-53.6 162 53.5 46.4-60.4
Medicaid recipient
No 411 244 57.3 51.6-62.9 167 42.7 37.1-48.4
Yes 374 193 52.2 45.8-58.6 181 47.8 41.4-54.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 277 145 48.8 42.7-55.0 132 51.2 45.0-57.3
2500+ grams 508 292 55.5 50.9-60.1 216 44.5 39.9-49.1

1Asked of 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 2020 was 45%.

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