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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2017 Aug;42(4):707–715. doi: 10.1007/s10900-016-0307-2

Table 2.

Usual sleep location and feeding type at three time points

Exclusive breastfeeding Partial breastfeeding Exclusive formula feeding Total
2–3 weeks of age (n = 958)
 Bedsharing 61 (6.4%) 37 (3.9%) 62 (6.5%) 160 (16.7%)
 Roomsharing without bedsharing 221 (23.1%) 242 (25.3%) 300 (31.3%) 763 (79.6%)
 Other room 11 (1.1%) 5 (0.4%) 4 (0.4%) 19 (2.0%)
2–3 months of age (n = 716)
 Bedsharing 56 (7.8%) 35 (4.9%) 121 (16.9%) 212 (29.6%)
 Roomsharing without bedsharing 81 (11.3%) 90 (12.6%) 294 (41.1%) 465 (64.9%)
 Other room 13 (1.8%) 7 (1.0%) 19 (2.7%) 39 (5.4)
5–6 months of age (n = 637)
 Bedsharing 88 (13.8%) 56 (8.8%) 35 (5.2%) 179 (28.1%)
 Roomsharing without bedsharing 178 (27.9%) 81 (12.7%) 90 (14.1%) 349 (54.8%)
 Other room 20 (3.1%) 13 (2.0%) 7 (1.1%) 40 (6.3%)