2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

SLEEP POSITION AND BED SHARING

Did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker tell you any of the following things1? PLACE BABY TO SLEEP IN A CRIB, BASSINET, OR PACK AND PLAY

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 754 72 9.4 7.3-12.2 682 90.6 87.8-92.7
Age
< 25 years 149 14 9.7 5.1-17.6 135 90.3 82.4-94.9
25-34 years 444 37 7.9 5.5-11.4 407 92.1 88.6-94.5
35+ years 161 21 14.3 9.2-21.7 140 85.7 78.3-90.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 386 33 8.6 5.8-12.6 353 91.4 87.4-94.2
Non-Hispanic Black 140 *** *** *** 131 94.3 87.5-97.5
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 157 23 14.3 9.1-21.8 134 85.7 78.2-90.9
Education
< High School 94 12 13.0 6.6-24.0 82 87.0 76.0-93.4
High School 157 17 9.3 5.2-16.2 140 90.7 83.8-94.8
> High School 503 43 8.9 6.4-12.2 460 91.1 87.8-93.6
Marital Status
Married 463 46 9.7 7.1-13.2 417 90.3 86.8-92.9
Other 291 26 9.0 5.6-14.0 265 91.0 86.0-94.4
Medicaid recipient
No 400 41 11.0 8.0-15.1 359 89.0 84.9-92.0
Yes 354 31 7.6 4.9-11.7 323 92.4 88.3-95.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 253 19 7.3 4.6-11.4 234 92.7 88.6-95.4
2500+ grams 501 53 9.6 7.3-12.6 448 90.4 87.4-92.7

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 2020 was 45%.

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