Chapter 8. Sleeping Arrangement

Table 8.8. Percent of mothers who usually lay down or slept together with their baby for each number of nights per week 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
Baby did not usually lie down or sleep with his/her mother 11.7 8.9 12.2 16.6 5.3 5.9 7.1
<1 night a week 7.8 10.0 13.0 16.6 10.4 11.1 12.3
1 to 2 nights 11.8 15.5 15.2 12.9 17.6 18.9 17.2
3 to 4 nights 12.6 13.8 12.0 9.2 14.2 14.9 12.3
5 to 6 nights 11.1 10.1 9.5 8.1 10.5 9.6 9.0
7 nights per week 44.9 41.8 38.1 36.6 42.1 39.6 42.1
Total (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
N 1,545 1,526 1,445 1,442 875 783 658

1Table is based on variables: M3H1H2W, M3H1H1M, M3H1H2M, M3H1HNW, M6H8, M9H8, MWH8