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Infant Co-Sleeps with Another
                                             
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      Always Almost Always Sometimes Rarely Never
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 10.2 8.3 - 12.5 14.1 11.9 - 16.6 19.9 17.3 - 22.8 26.5 23.7 - 29.6 29.3 26.4 - 32.5
Age                                          
<20 years 1,176 13.3 6.8 - 24.6 11.2 5.3 - 21.8 27.5 17.7 - 40.1 26.6 16.9 - 39.3 21.4 12.9 - 33.4
20-24 years 3,620 9.7 6.4 - 14.6 12.5 8.5 - 17.9 21.1 16.0 - 27.2 29.9 24.0 - 36.5 26.9 21.3 - 33.3
25-34 years 7,307 8.6 6.3 - 11.6 14.4 11.4 - 17.9 18.0 14.6 - 21.9 26.0 22.1 - 30.2 33.2 29.0 - 37.6
35+ years 2,007 14.7 9.5 - 22.1 17.7 11.9 - 25.4 20.0 14.1 - 27.5 22.7 16.4 - 30.4 25.0 18.4 - 33.2
Mother's Race                                          
White 13,392 9.9 8.0 - 12.2 14.3 12.1 - 16.9 20.0 17.4 - 22.9 26.6 23.7 - 29.8 29.1 26.1 - 32.3
Black 330 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other  373 23.4 8.4 - 50.4 10.6 2.5 - 35.6 7.7 1.4 - 32.1 27.9 11.3 - 54.2 30.5 13.2 - 55.9
Hispanic Origin                                          
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 9.9 8.0 - 12.1 14.1 11.9 - 16.7 20.0 17.4 - 22.9 26.5 23.6 - 29.6 29.5 26.5 - 32.7
Education                                          
< High School 1,490 13.6 6.9 - 25.1 15.7 8.4 - 27.4 23.8 14.6 - 36.3 30.2 19.9 - 43.0 16.6 9.5 - 27.5
High School 4,761 10.3 7.2 - 14.5 11.2 8.0 - 15.5 17.8 13.7 - 22.9 27.1 22.2 - 32.6 33.6 28.2 - 39.4
> High School 7,798 9.5 7.3 - 12.4 15.1 12.3 - 18.4 20.4 17.1 - 24.1 25.7 22.1 - 29.6 29.3 25.6 - 33.4
Marital Status                                          
Married 8,592 9.1 7.0 - 11.8 15.0 12.2 - 18.3 18.5 15.5 - 22.0 27.3 23.8 - 31.2 30.1 26.4 - 34.0
Other 5,515 11.8 8.6 - 16.1 12.7 9.3 - 17.0 22.0 17.6 - 27.1 25.3 20.7 - 30.6 28.2 23.4 - 33.5
Income                                          
$14,999 or less 4,090** 10.9 7.0 - 16.6 12.6 8.5 - 18.4 21.0 15.5 - 27.8 26.6 20.5 - 33.7 29.0 22.8 - 36.1
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 7.4 3.8 - 13.9 16.9 10.9 - 25.4 21.1 14.4 - 29.8 28.0 20.5 - 36.9 26.6 19.2 - 35.6
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 11.7 7.9 - 17.0 15.6 11.2 - 21.3 18.3 13.5 - 24.4 24.1 18.8 - 30.3 30.3 24.4 - 37.0
$50,000 or more 4,547** 9.1 6.4 - 12.8 12.7 9.5 - 16.9 9.1 6.4 - 12.8 12.7 9.5 - 16.9 29.5 24.7 - 34.7
Enrolled in WIC                                          
No 8,149** 11.0 8.5 - 14.0 13.2 10.6 - 16.3 20.5 17.3 - 24.1 26.7 23.2 - 30.6 28.7 25.1 - 32.6
Yes 5,221** 8.8 6.1 - 12.6 15.2 11.5 - 19.8 18.7 14.6 - 23.6 26.4 21.7 - 31.8 30.9 25.9 - 36.3
 
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                                        
No 6,485** 9.8 7.3 - 12.9 13.4 10.5 - 16.9 20.6 17.0 - 24.6 26.9 23.0 - 31.2 29.4 25.4 - 33.7
Yes 7,027** 10.6 7.9 - 14.1 14.7 11.5 - 18.6 19.3 15.7 - 23.5 26.2 22.1 - 30.7 29.3 25.1 - 33.9
Infant's birth weight                                          
<2500 grams 892 7.6 5.9 - 9.8 11.7 9.6 - 14.2 17.1 14.5 - 20.0 31.2 28.0 - 34.7 32.4 29.1 - 35.9
2500 grams or more 13,207 10.3 8.3 - 12.7 14.2 11.9 - 16.9 20.1 17.3 - 23.1 26.3 23.3 - 29.5 29.2 26.0 - 32.5
NOTES:
Population size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital Statistics System unless otherwise noted.
Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations.
*Survey Question 56:  How often does your new baby sleep in the same bed with you or anyone else?
  not depressed, a little depressed, moderately depressed, very depressed, or very depressed and had to get help always, almost always, sometimes, rarely, never
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2007 birth file.
# There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question.  Data may be unreliable for describing this group, therefore 
percent is not reported.
CI = 95% Confidence Interval
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics