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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2021 Aug 12;65:101628. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101628

Table 2.

Average nighttime sleep duration* (in minutes) by demographic and sleep environment characteristics

N Mean (SD) Range p-value
Total Group 93 553.2 (76.9) 319.0 - 711.7
Sex
Male 52 560.4 (67.2) 385.6 - 71141.7 0.31
Female 41 544.0 (87.6) 319.0 - 700.0
Race/Ethnicity a
Black 26 506.2 (73.6) 319.0 - 711.7 <0.001
Hispanic/Latino 15 551.1 (70.0) 460.6 - 666.7
White 47 584.3 (64.2) 368.6 - 700.0
Other 5 510.9 (97.3) 385.6 - 611.5
Parent Education
Less than college 31 517.2 (73.3) 319.0 - 657.5 0.002
College graduate 60 570.0 (72.9) 368.6 - 711.7
Bedtime
Consistent 74 565.6 (70.9) 385.6 - 711.7 0.002
Changes 19 504.8 (82.0) 319.0 - 624.0
Sleep Position
Supine 37 546.9 (86.4) 319.0 - 711.7 0.22
Prone 28 577.8 (71.9) 385.6 - 700.0
Mixed 9 531.6 (71.3) 404.3 - 647.2
Side 19 539.3 (61.4) 431.1 - 636.2
Sleep Location b
Crib in own room 28 610.2 (47.0) 495.2 - 700.0 <0.001
Crib in parent's room 33 534.0 (76.2) 368.6 - 711.7
Bed sharing 10 504.0 (62.2) 407.0 - 619.2
Other 21 535.2 (77.7) 319.0 - 634.4
*

Nighttime sleep duration was standardized by wear time and extrapolated into 12 hours, to represent total sleep duration between 7PM - 7AM.

a

Black and White differ; No differences seen in all other pairwise comparisons.

b

Crib in own room differs from crib in parent’s room, bed sharing and other locations; No differences seen in all other pairwise comparisons.