1 Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
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We agree with Dr Pachter's point about the distinction between race and culture and about the relative insensitivity of race as a variable where ethnicity is the relevant concern. The division of our sample into white and nonwhite categories provided only the crudest measure of ethnicity. Our findings of a difference between the two groups certainly warrants further exploration of the beliefs about cosleeping among different ethnic/cultural groups.