Parent–infant bed-sharing prevalence during night sleep in the 1st and 3rd–4th month of infancy
| Local study (North Tees) | National study (CESDI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/N | Prevalence (95% CI*) | n/N† | Prevalence (95% CI*) | |
| *Using Wilson’s method. | ||||
| †63 infants were aged 1–4 weeks; 176 infants were aged 12–16 weeks. | ||||
| Usual practice | ||||
| Bed-shared in 1st month | ||||
| Occasionally | 31/253 | 12% | 13/63 | 21% |
| Often | 53/253 | 21% | 8/63 | 13% |
| All the time | 36/253 | 14% | 8/63 | 13% |
| In total | 120/253 | 47% (41% to 54%) | 29/63 | 46% (34% to 58%) |
| Bed-shared in 3rd–4th month | ||||
| Occasionally | 18/248 | 7% | – | |
| Often | 37/248 | 15% | – | |
| All the time | 19/248 | 8% | – | |
| In total | 74/248 | 30% (25% to 36%) | – | |
| On a particular night | ||||
| Bed-shared in 1st month | ||||
| Part of sleep | 54/261 | 21% | 14/63 | 22% |
| All of the sleep | 16/261 | 6% | 5/63 | 8% |
| In total | 70/261 | 27% (22% to 33%) | 19/63 | 30% (20% to 42%) |
| Bed-shared in 3rd–4th month | ||||
| Part of sleep | 10/251 | 4% | 22/176 | 13% |
| All of sleep | 29/251 | 12% | 13/176 | 7% |
| In total | 39/251 | 16% (12% to 21%) | 35/176 | 20% (15% to 26%) |