Chapter 8. Sleeping Arrangement

Table 8.1. Percent of babies sleeping at night at each longest interval without waking by infant age or survey month1

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Infant age Survey month
  2 weeks 1 month 2 months 3 6 9 12
<2 hours 43.9 14.6 2.9 1.00 0.48 0.42 0.45
3 to 4 hours 47.4 55.4 30.1 14.11 11.38 9.71 6.60
5 to 6 hours 6.8 23.9 41.7 35.96 23.90 21.24 16.44
7 to 8 hours 1.5 4.9 17.9 24.71 23.47 19.78 16.33
>=8 hours 0.4 1.2 7.5 24.23 40.77 48.86 60.18
Total (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
N 2,278 2,281 2,282 2,311 2,092 1,926 1,788

1Table is based on variables: M3H1A2W, M3H1A1M, M3H1A2M, M3H1ANW, M6H1, M9H1, MWH1