Table 1
Prevalence of frequent infant (younger than 1 year of age) bed sharing by selected characteristics of mother, women aged 15 to 55 who gave birth in past five years, household population, Canada, 2015 to 2016

Table 1
Prevalence of frequent infant (younger than 1 year of age) bed sharing by selected characteristics of mother, women aged 15 to 55 who gave birth in past five years, household population, Canada, 2015 to 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of frequent infant (younger than 1 year of age) bed sharing by selected characteristics of mother. The information is grouped by Characteristics of mother (appearing as row headers), Number '000, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics of mother	Number '000	%	95% confidence interval
Characteristics of mother	Number '000	%	from	to
Total	497.0	32.7	30.6	34.8
Age group at time of birth
15 to 24^{Table 1 Note †}	69.4	38.4	32.0	45.2
25 to 29	128.0	28.9^Note *	25.6	32.4
30 to 34	174.5	31.0	27.9	34.3
35 or older	102.5	35.3	30.2	40.7
Education (household)
Postsecondary graduation	408.3	32.5	30.2	34.9
Less than postsecondary^{Table 1 Note †}	75.0	33.3	28.6	38.3
Income (household)
Less than $40,000	121.1	38.5^Note **	33.6	43.6
$40,000 to $79,999	153.7	36.4^Note **	32.3	40.8
$80,000 or more^{Table 1 Note †}	222.2	28.3	25.7	31.2
Dwelling
Own^{Table 1 Note †}	291.9	29.1	26.7	31.7
Rent	187.2	39.8^Note **	35.6	44.1
Main source of household income
Social assistance / Guaranteed Income
Supplement / Old Age Security	21.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	38.7	29.0	49.3
Other^{Table 1 Note †}	429.5	31.7	29.5	34.0
Marital status
Married	345.6	35.4^Note **	32.7	38.2
Common-law^{Table 1 Note †}	76.1	22.7	19.2	26.5
Single, widowed, separated or divorced	75.1	35.9^Note **	30.2	42.0
Province or territory of residence
Newfoundland and Labrador	7.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	33.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	22.3	45.8
Prince Edward Island	1.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	23.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	13.6	36.4
Nova Scotia	12.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	34.7	25.6	45.0
New Brunswick	3.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.4^Note **^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.3	17.5
Quebec	84.4	23.2^Note **	19.5	27.5
Ontario	192.0	34.5	30.4	38.9
Manitoba	23.7	40.7^Note *	33.5	48.4
Saskatchewan	19.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	31.5	23.4	41.0
Alberta	69.0	33.5	29.1	38.2
British Columbia	78.5	45.4^Note **	39.2	51.8
Yukon	1.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	67.1^Note **	50.0	80.7
Northwest Territories	1.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	51.1^Note **	37.5	64.6
Nunavut	2.4	66.7^Note **	56.3	75.7
Indigenous identity (First Nations, Inuit, Métis)
Yes	30.5	37.0	30.4	44.2
No^{Table 1 Note †}	446.0	32.2	30.0	34.5
Immigrant
Yes	214.4	46.9^Note **	42.0	51.8
No^{Table 1 Note †}	264.8	26.0	24.0	28.1
Region of birth
Canada or other North America^{Table 1 Note †}	269.5	26.1	24.1	28.2
South or Central America and Caribbean	22.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	38.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	26.5	51.2
Europe	23.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	33.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	22.6	46.4
Africa	29.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	38.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	26.5	51.9
Asia	134.1	56.8^Note **	49.6	63.7
Oceania, Antarctica and adjacent islands, not stated	17.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	37.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	25.5	51.5
Regular health care provider
Yes	417.5	31.7^Note *	29.5	33.9
No^{Table 1 Note †}	76.8	40.5	33.5	48.0
Breastfed or given breast milk
Exclusively for six months or longer	182.1	41.6^Note **	37.6	45.9
Exclusively for less than six months	235.9	29.8^Note **	26.9	32.9
Did not breastfeed or give breast milk^{Table 1 Note †}	21.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	10.4	19.7
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from reference group (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from reference group (p < 0.01) Return to note referrer Note † reference group; for province or territory of residence, the reference group is all other provinces and territories combined Return to note † referrer Source: Statistics Canada, 2015 and 2016 Canadian Community Health Survey.

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Table 1
Prevalence of frequent infant (younger than 1 year of age) bed sharing by selected characteristics of mother, women aged 15 to 55 who gave birth in past five years, household population, Canada, 2015 to 2016

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Prevalence of frequent infant (younger than 1 year of age) bed sharing by selected characteristics of mother, women aged 15 to 55 who gave birth in past five years, household population, Canada, 2015 to 2016