Prevalence of bed sharing with infant among U.S. parents 2015, by age

Published by John Elflein, Mar 27, 2018

This statistic shows the percentage of parents in the U.S. who shared a bed with their infant in 2015, by age. It was found that around 41 percent of parents aged 20 years or younger stated they rarely or sometimes shared a bed with their infant.

Percentage of parents in the U.S. who shared the bed with their infant in 2015, by age

	Less than 20 years	20 to 24 years	25 to 34 years	35 years and older	Total
Rarely or sometimes	40.5%	40.5%	36.3%	33.5%	37%
Often or always	36.3%	28%	21.8%	23.6%	24.4%
Never	23.2%	31.5%	41.9%	42.9%	38.6%

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January 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2015

Special properties

women 2 to 6 months postpartum

Method of interview

Questionnaires and telephone interviews

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