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Comparative Study
. 2014 Dec 11:11:E216.
doi: 10.5888/pcd11.140383.

Prevalence of sleep duration on an average school night among 4 nationally representative successive samples of American high school students, 2007-2013

Charles E Basch  1 , Corey H Basch  2 , Kelly V Ruggles  3 , Sonali Rajan  4
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Comparative Study

Prevalence of sleep duration on an average school night among 4 nationally representative successive samples of American high school students, 2007-2013

Charles E Basch et al. Prev Chronic Dis. .

Abstract

Consistency, quality, and duration of sleep are important determinants of health. We describe sleep patterns among demographically defined subgroups from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System reported in 4 successive biennial representative samples of American high school students (2007 to 2013). Across the 4 waves of data collection, 6.2% to 7.7% of females and 8.0% to 9.4% of males reported obtaining 9 or more hours of sleep. Insufficient duration of sleep is pervasive among American high school students. Despite substantive public health implications, intervention research on this topic has received little attention.

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