2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

SLEEP POSITION AND BED SHARING

In which one position do you most often lay your baby down to sleep?1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 On their back (Recommended) On their side or stomach (Not Recommended)
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 785 608 77.3 73.4-80.7 177 22.7 19.3-26.6
Age
< 25 years 156 113 73.2 63.5-81.1 43 26.8 18.9-36.5
25-34 years 463 363 77.8 72.8-82.1 100 22.2 17.9-27.2
35+ years 166 132 80.5 72.7-86.5 34 19.5 13.5-27.3
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 401 341 84.7 79.8-88.5 60 15.3 11.5-20.2
Non-Hispanic Black 152 85 58.4 48.6-67.7 67 41.6 32.3-51.4
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 160 129 80.6 72.2-86.9 31 19.4 13.1-27.8
Education
< High School 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 165 113 68.6 58.9-76.8 52 31.4 23.2-41.1
> High School 523 425 81.9 77.6-85.5 98 18.1 14.5-22.4
Marital Status
Married 477 393 82.2 77.7-85.9 84 17.8 14.1-22.3
Other 308 215 69.6 62.7-75.8 93 30.4 24.2-37.3
Medicaid recipient
No 411 336 81.2 76.4-85.3 75 18.8 14.7-23.6
Yes 374 272 72.7 66.6-78.1 102 27.3 21.9-33.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 277 204 68.8 62.6-74.4 73 31.2 25.6-37.4
2500+ grams 508 404 78.1 73.9-81.7 104 21.9 18.3-26.1

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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