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Table 2
Mean sleep duration and percentage distribution by sleep duration recommendations, by sex, education and income, household population aged 65 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2013

Table 2
Mean sleep duration and percentage distribution by sleep duration recommendations, by sex, education and income, household population aged 65 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Mean sleep duration and percentage distribution by sleep duration recommendations. The information is grouped by Sex, household education and household income (appearing as row headers), Hours of sleep per night, Percentage distribution by sleep duration recommendations (7 to 8 hours per night), Mean , 95% confidence interval, Recommended, Shorter than recommended, Longer than recommended and %, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sex, household education and household income	Hours of sleep per night			Percentage distribution by sleep duration recommendations (7 to 8 hours per night)
	Mean	95% confidence interval		Recommended			Shorter than recommended			Longer than recommended
		95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval
		from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to
Total aged 65 to 79 (n = 2,035)	7.24	7.15	7.33	54.2	50.4	58.0	31.0	27.6	34.7	14.7	12.8	16.9
Sex
Men	7.27	7.14	7.41	56.1	50.8	61.2	30.0	25.2	35.2	14.0	11.2	17.3
Women	7.21	7.10	7.33	52.5	47.8	57.2	32.0	27.9	36.4	15.5	12.7	18.6
Household education^{Table 2 Note †}
Secondary graduation or less	7.32	7.17	7.47	49.4	42.5	56.2	31.3	25.6	37.6	19.4	16.3	22.8
More than secondary graduation, less than bachelor's degree	7.17	6.99	7.34	55.9	49.6	62.1	32.3	26.5	38.6	11.8^{Table 2 Note §}	8.5	16.3
Bachelor's degree or more	7.21	7.08	7.34	60.1	52.1	67.6	28.7	23.2	35.0	11.2^{Table 2 Note §}	7.8	15.9
Household income
Less than $40,000	7.28	7.14	7.41	49.2	43.9	54.6	32.0	27.7	36.7	18.7	15.1	23.1
$40,000 to less than $80,000	7.27	7.11	7.43	55.4	49.4	61.2	30.6	24.7	37.2	14.0	11.2	17.5
$80,000 or more	7.10	6.93	7.28	63.0^{Table 2 Note ‡}	56.5	69.1	29.8	24.2	36.2	7.2^{Table 2 Note ‡}^{Table 2 Note ††}	4.6	11.0
Note † 56 missing values in 65 to 79 sample Return to note † referrer Note ‡ significantly different from "Less than $40,000" (p < 0.05) Return to note ‡ referrer Note § significantly different from "Secondary graduation or less" (p < 0.05) Return to note § referrer Note †† significantly different from "$40,000 to less than $80,000" (p < 0.05) Return to note †† referrer Note: An adjustment for multiple comparisons was performed to detect significant differences. Source: 2007 to 2013 Canadian Health Measures Survey.

Date modified:: 2017-09-20