Chapter 8. Sleeping Arrangement

Table 8.7. Percent of mothers who usually had the baby with them all night or part of the night by infant age or survey month1, among mothers who ever lay down with 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
ALL night 44.3 37.1 31.7 31.1 34.9 33.0 34.3
The first part of the night only 8.2 9.9 9.6 8.4 10.3 12.9 14.7
The last part of the night only 22.2 29.3 38.2 40.2 43.4 41.6 37.8
Several short times throughout the night 25.4 23.7 20.6 20.3 11.4 12.5 13.3
Total (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
N 1,412 1,429 1,313 1,233 871 782 654

1Table is based on variables: M3H1G2W, M3H1G1M, M3H1G2M, M3H1GNW, M6H7, M9H7, MWH7