Table 1
Mean sleep duration and percentage distribution by sleep duration recommendations, by sex, education and income, household population aged 18 to 64, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2013
| Sex, household education and household income | Hours of sleep per night | Percentage distribution by sleep duration recommendations (7 to 9 hours per night) |
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| Mean | 95% confidence interval | Recommended | Shorter than recommended | Longer than recommended | ||||||||
| % | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | |||||||
| from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | |||||
| Total aged 18 to 64 (n = 8,914) | 7.12 | 7.06 | 7.17 | 64.8 | 62.6 | 66.9 | 31.9 | 29.7 | 34.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Men | 7.00 | 6.92 | 7.08 | 62.4 | 59.1 | 65.6 | 34.9 | 31.5 | 38.4 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.7 |
| Women | 7.24Table 1 Note † | 7.14 | 7.33 | 67.1 | 64.5 | 69.6 | 29.0Table 1 Note † | 26.4 | 31.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.8 |
| Household educationTable 1 Note ‡ | ||||||||||||
| Secondary graduation or less | 7.12 | 7.01 | 7.22 | 59.2 | 54.2 | 64.0 | 35.4 | 31.3 | 40 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 7.8 |
| More than secondary graduation, less than bachelor's degree | 7.10 | 7.00 | 7.20 | 64.4 | 60.6 | 68.0 | 32.7 | 29.2 | 36.4 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
| Bachelor's degree or more | 7.13 | 7.04 | 7.21 | 68.8Table 1 Note § | 65.4 | 72.0 | 28.7 | 25.3 | 32.4 | 2.5Table 1 Note § | 1.7 | 3.5 |
| Household income | ||||||||||||
| Less than $40,000 | 7.09 | 6.97 | 7.21 | 59.3 | 55.7 | 62.8 | 35.4 | 32.2 | 38.8 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 7.1 |
| $40,000 to less than $80,000 | 7.11 | 7.03 | 7.19 | 64.3 | 60.9 | 67.7 | 32.1 | 28.9 | 35.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 4.7 |
| $80,000 or more | 7.14 | 7.06 | 7.22 | 67.9Table 1 Note †† | 64.8 | 70.8 | 29.9 | 26.7 | 33.3 | 2.2Table 1 Note †† | 1.5 | 3.2 |
Source: 2007 to 2013 Canadian Health Measures Survey. |
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