Table 3 Comparative analyses of demographics regarding postnatal infant sleep practices of subjects (as per the Postnatal Safe Sleep Survey) who stated on the 28-Week Prenatal Visit Safe Sleep survey that they would be following a practice considered safe (Sleep Location in the same room; Sleep Space in a crib, bassinet, or crib yard; Sleep Position on back)a,b
From: Pre- and postnatal safe sleep knowledge and planned as compared to actual infant sleep practices
Sleep location | Sleep space | Sleep position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Same/ Same n (Row %) | Same/ Different n (Row %) | p Value | Safe/ Safe n (Row %) | Safe/ Unsafe n (Row %) | p Value | Back/ Back n (Row %) | Back/ Not Back n (Row %) | p Value | |
Group N | 244 (84) | 48 (16) | 317 (93) | 25 (7) | 294 (90) | 32 (10) | |||
Age | 0.82 | 0.91 | 0.75 | ||||||
18–24 yrs | 29 (88) | 4 (12) | 36 (92) | 3 (8) | 33 (94) | 2 (6) | |||
25–29 yrs | 75 (81) | 18 (19) | 100 (92) | 9 (8) | 91 (88) | 12 (12) | |||
30–34 yrs | 81 (84) | 15 (16) | 105 (93) | 8 (7) | 102 (91) | 10 (9) | |||
≥ 35 yrs | 54 (84) | 10 (16) | 70 (95) | 4 (5) | 61 (88) | 8 (12) | |||
Race/ethnicity | 0.0083 | 0.31 | 0.40 | ||||||
NH White | 188 (81) | 45 (19) | 260 (94) | 18 (6) | 241 (91) | 25 (9) | |||
Hispanic/Latinx | 28 (90) | 3 (10) | 30 (91) | 3 (9) | 26 (84) | 5 (16) | |||
NH other | 28 (100) | 0 (0) | 27 (87) | 4 (13) | 27 (93) | 2 (7) | |||
Family income | 0.18 | 0.030 | 0.062 | ||||||
$0–$9,999 | 9 (90) | 1 (10) | 11 (100) | 0 (0) | 10 (91) | 1 (9) | |||
$10,000–$24,999 | 24 (92) | 2 (8) | 24 (89) | 3 (11) | 23 (100) | 0 (0) | |||
$25,000–$49,999 | 28 (90) | 3 (10) | 30 (88) | 4 (12) | 25 (81) | 6 (19) | |||
$50,000–$74,999 | 37 (90) | 4 (10) | 43 (86) | 7 (14) | 41 (87) | 6 (3) | |||
$75,000–$99,999 | 54 (83) | 11 (17) | 70 (91) | 7 (9) | 61 (85) | 11 (15) | |||
≥ $100,000 | 79 (76) | 25 (24) | 123 (98) | 3 (2) | 117 (94) | 8 (6) | |||
Insurance | 0.37 | 0.010 | 1.00 | ||||||
Medicare/Medicaid | 54 (90) | 6 (10) | 58 (88) | 8 (12) | 54 (90) | 6 (10) | |||
Through employer | 181 (82) | 39 (18) | 249 (94) | 15 (6) | 230 (90) | 25 (10) | |||
Privately purchased | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | |||
Number of children | 0.097 | 0.41 | 0.050 | ||||||
0 Children | 91 (79) | 24 (21) | 129 (93) | 10 (7) | 115 (88) | 16 (12) | |||
1 Child | 85 (83) | 17 (17) | 111 (95) | 6 (5) | 106 (96) | 5 (5) | |||
≥ 2 Children | 63 (91) | 6 (9) | 71 (90) | 8 (10) | 66 (86) | 11 (14) | |||