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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2018 Apr;39(3):238–245. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000535

Table 2.

Correlations Between Key Study Variables and Key Demographic Variables

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Co-sleepinga
2. Toddler sleep problemb 0.116
3. Maternal depressive symptoms −0.056 0.110
4. Maternal sleep duration 0.069 −0.126* −0.225**
5. Maternal anxiety symptoms −0.003 0.087 0.443** −0.175**
6. Parenting stress 0.101 0.096 0.540** −0.218** 0.413**
7. At/below poverty linec 0.268** −0.025 0.068 0.057 −0.035 0.068
8. Maternal age −0.156** 0.050 −0.009 −0.251** −0.034 −0.062 −0.164**
9. Marital statusd −0.301** 0.021 −0.039 −0.069 −0.016 −0.085 −0.401** 0.312**
Mean (SD) or % 39.6% 83.9% 7.8 (7.5) 6.73 (1.6) 10.1 (3.6) 5.5 (3.2) 69.3% 27.11 (6.2) 73.2%
a

Dummy coded in reference to toddler in their separate room from parents (39.6% of toddlers in a separate room).

b

Dummy coded in reference to [sleep is] “not a problem” (83.9% did not have a sleep problem).

c

Dummy coded in reference to living at or below the poverty line (69.3% of families were at or below the poverty line).

d

Coded in reference to not married (73.2% mothers not married).

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01. SD, standard deviation.