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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2007 Mar;21(1):124–135. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.1.124

Table 2.

Co-Sleeping and Room Sharing in Egyptian Families in Terms of Number of Persons Present, Percent of All Sleep Events Involving Bed or Room-Sharing, and Habitual Arrangement (Proportion of Sleep Events with Co-Sleeping or -Rooming, per Individual) (n=614)

Variable Number of Persons
Percentage of Sleep Events
Habitual Arrangement, by Individual
Co-Sleep
Co-Room
Share Bed
Share Room
Co-Sleeper
Co-Roomer
mean SD mean SD mean SD mean SD
All 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.9 69.1 77.9 0.64 0.35 0.77 0.37
Gender
 Female 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.9 71.3 77.6 0.67 0.33 0.78 0.42
 Male 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.8 66.8 78.1 0.61 0.38 0.78 0.41
Age, years
 2–10 1.5 1.0 1.6 1.0 77.4 84.0 0.74 0.27 0.84 0.29
 10–20 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 60.1 77.6 0.53 0.45 0.72 0.43
 20–30 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 47.1 59.8 0.43 0.41 0.61 0.46
 30–40 1.3 0.9 1.5 1.0 86.9 88.5 0.85 0.16 0.90 0.19
 40–60 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.6 79.2 83.3 0.73 0.21 0.83 0.29
Site
 Urban 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 63.1 75.3 0.54 0.36 0.74 0.43
 Village 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.9 75.2 80.7 0.74 0.31 0.80 0.27