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