Chapter 8. Sleeping Arrangement

Table 8.10. Percent of mothers who usually lay down with or slept with each other person in addition to their baby by infant age or survey month1,2, among mother who ever lay down or slept with their baby at night at month 3 survey or in the past 4 weeks at month 6, 9 and 12 survey

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Infant age Survey month
  2 weeks 1 month 2 Month 3 6 9 12
Mother's husband or partner 57.4 58.0 53.8 51.9 66.0 65.8 65.6
Mother's other child or children 5.1 6.1 7.2 7.9 13.8 13.5 14.0
Other people 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.8
No one else 28.2 27.0 25.4 24.7 30.4 29.6 29.4
N 1,678 1,678 1,678 1,678 874 780 659

1Table is based on variables: M3H1J2W1-4, M3H1J1M1-4, M3H1J2M1-4, M3H1JNW1-4, M6H10A-D, M9H10A-D, MWH10A-D

2Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply