Table 4.

Multivariate logistic regression analyses predicting grandmother following safe sleep practices^† when infant sleeping at grandmother’s and mother’s house.

	Safe sleep practices followed At Grandmother’s house (n=222)	Safe sleep practices followed At Mother’s house (n=178)
Predictor	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Characteristics of Grandmother
Age (years)
30 to 49	–	–
50 to 70	1.18 (0.68, 2.05)	1.35 (0.71, 2.55)
Race
Others	–	–
White	2.32 (1.28, 4.22)*	2.04 (1.03, 4.04)**
Education
High school graduate or below	–	–
Some college or above	1.16 (0.62, 2.15)	0.99 (0.5, 1.95)
Lives with grandchild
Same house all of the time	–	–
Same house some of the time	0.68 (0.35, 1.32)	0.66 (0.31, 1.43)
Separate houses all of the time	0.53 (0.24, 1.18)	0.45 (0.18, 1.12)
Baby sleep timeframe
For a nap	–	–
For the night	1.07 (0.58, 1.97)	0.84 (0.42, 1.67)
Beliefs of Grandmother
Babies likely to choke on back
Disagree	–	–
Agree	0.34 (0.18, 0.62)*	0.25 (0.13, 0.48)*
Babies sleep more comfortably or longer on back
Disagree	–	–
Agree	0.51 (0.28, 0.93)**	0.54 (0.28, 1.04)
Safety practices have changed since she raised children
Disagree	–	–
Agree	0.84 (0.47, 1.5)	0.97 (0.5, 1.87)

Abbreviations: OR – Odds Ratio; CI – Confidence Interval

^†Safe sleep was defined for purposes of this study as infant sleeping in a crib, portable crib, playpen, play yard and on his/her back.

^*p ≤ 0.05

^**p < 0.001