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? WITH TOYS, CUSHIONS, OR PILLOWS INCLUDING NURSING PILLOWS1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 725 677 94.0 91.5-95.8 48 6.0 4.2- 8.5
Age
< 25 years 145 133 91.4 83.9-95.5 12 8.6 4.5-16.1
25-34 years 430 404 95.0 91.9-97.0 26 5.0 3.0- 8.1
35+ years 150 140 93.6 86.5-97.1 *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 374 355 96.8 94.1-98.3 19 3.2 1.7- 5.9
Non-Hispanic Black 135 121 91.3 83.4-95.6 14 8.7 4.4-16.6
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 149 144 94.0 85.7-97.6 *** *** ***
Education
< High School 84 79 90.6 77.4-96.4 *** *** ***
High School 154 145 97.7 94.5-99.0 *** *** ***
> High School 487 453 93.2 90.0-95.5 34 6.8 4.5-10.0
Marital Status
Married 446 419 94.4 91.2-96.5 27 5.6 3.5- 8.8
Other 279 258 93.3 88.6-96.1 21 6.7 3.9-11.4
Medicaid recipient
No 382 365 95.5 91.9-97.5 17 4.5 2.5- 8.1
Yes 343 312 92.3 88.2-95.0 31 7.7 5.0-11.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 248 225 89.8 84.9-93.2 23 10.2 6.8-15.1
2500+ grams 477 452 94.3 91.6-96.2 25 5.7 3.8- 8.4

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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