Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:23:14 -0400 From: Jo-Anne Elder <[log in to unmask]> Subject: bed-sharing > Routine infant bed sharing was most common among black and Asian mothers, > mothers under the age of 18, families with an annual income that fell below > $20,000 and among families with infants younger than 8 weeks, the report > indicates. Infant bed sharing was also more common among families in the > South than in the Midwest. > >>Interesting. If we take out the age of the infants, aren't the other >>factors contrary to findings on breastfeeding rates? I think you'd have to know who was sampled for each study, how big each study was (the one about co-sleeping and the one about who breastfeeds), how representative the sample. Co-sleeping is very culturally based, there is also economics involved. Cribs are expensive as are enough bedrooms for everyone in a family to have their own. Naomi Bar-Yam *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html