2020 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? IN A SLEEPING SACK OR WEARABLE BLANKET1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 727 491 67.8 63.6-71.7 236 32.2 28.3-36.4
Age
< 25 years 143 118 79.0 69.1-86.3 25 21.0 13.7-30.9
25-34 years 433 281 65.8 60.4-70.8 152 34.2 29.2-39.6
35+ years 151 92 60.7 51.4-69.3 59 39.3 30.7-48.6
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 377 183 50.1 44.1-56.1 194 49.9 43.9-55.9
Non-Hispanic Black 135 127 95.2 89.5-97.9 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 148 135 89.1 81.3-93.8 13 10.9 6.2-18.7
Education
< High School 83 78 91.5 78.7-96.9 *** *** ***
High School 155 137 87.3 78.6-92.8 18 12.7 7.2-21.4
> High School 489 276 57.4 52.2-62.4 213 42.6 37.6-47.8
Marital Status
Married 448 255 58.1 52.7-63.3 193 41.9 36.7-47.3
Other 279 236 83.3 76.9-88.2 43 16.7 11.8-23.1
Medicaid recipient
No 383 198 54.4 48.6-60.1 185 45.6 39.9-51.4
Yes 344 293 82.9 77.1-87.4 51 17.1 12.6-22.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 249 181 76.5 70.9-81.3 68 23.5 18.7-29.1
2500+ grams 478 310 67.0 62.5-71.2 168 33.0 28.8-37.5

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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