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 AN INFANT CAR SEAT OR SWING1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 734 488 64.9 60.6-69.0 246 35.1 31.0-39.4
Age
< 25 years 148 102 66.7 56.5-75.4 46 33.3 24.6-43.5
25-34 years 433 297 67.0 61.5-72.2 136 33.0 27.8-38.5
35+ years 153 89 54.9 45.6-63.8 64 45.1 36.2-54.4
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 379 215 55.4 49.4-61.2 164 44.6 38.8-50.6
Non-Hispanic Black 135 106 76.6 66.6-84.3 29 23.4 15.7-33.4
Non-Hispanic Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 151 122 80.2 71.1-86.9 29 19.8 13.1-28.9
Education
< High School 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 156 108 67.2 57.2-75.8 48 32.8 24.2-42.8
> High School 490 310 62.7 57.5-67.6 180 37.3 32.4-42.5
Marital Status
Married 452 284 61.6 56.1-66.7 168 38.4 33.3-43.9
Other 282 204 70.3 63.0-76.6 78 29.7 23.4-37.0
Medicaid recipient
No 388 236 58.6 52.7-64.2 152 41.4 35.8-47.3
Yes 346 252 72.2 65.8-77.8 94 27.8 22.2-34.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 249 170 69.8 63.6-75.4 79 30.2 24.6-36.4
2500+ grams 485 318 64.4 59.8-68.9 167 35.6 31.1-40.2

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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