Gender and socio-economic patterning of self-reported sleep problems in Britain

Arber, Sara; Bote, Marcos; Meadows, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.016

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“…Similarly, women who were dissatisfied with their quality of sleep and had insomnia symptoms were more likely to be separated, divorced, or widowed [18]. Our results also are similar to the findings of Arber et al [11] who found that divorced, separated, or widowed men and women were more likely to report sleep difficulties than their married or single counterparts. Collectively, these findings corroborate our results indicating that marital status plays an important role in adult perceived sleep sufficiency.…”

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“…Previous research in this area has found that unmarried individuals are significantly more likely to sleep for a short duration and, consistent with these findings, that married people reported less excessive daytime sleepiness than all other groups [9,10]. In other studies, however, married and single people reported less sleep problems than their divorced or widowed counterparts and, specifically, reported fewer periods of short sleep [11][12][13]. These results suggest that changes in marital status may conceivably prove disruptive of sleep.…”

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“…Thus, the sleep problems reported by women would seem not to be related to total sleep time, but attributable to other factors. Arber, Bote, and Meadows found that while women reported significantly more sleep problems than men, this appeared to be largely attributable to the relative socioeconomically disadvantaged status of women relative to men [11].…”

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“…Women have, characteristically, reported more sleep problems than men [11,12]. However, using data from the American's Use of Time Project, Hale found that men were significantly more likely than women to be "short sleepers"-defined as sleeping less than 6.5 h per night [9].…”

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Household Demographics and Perceived Insufficient Sleep Among US Adults

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It has become increasingly recognized that insufficient sleep is associated with adverse health outcomes. Studies have observed that sleep duration and daytime sleepiness varies by sex and marital status. Few studies have examined the impact of the number of children on sleep. To evaluate the association of marital status and number of children with insufficient sleep and in a large national sample. We analyzed data from the 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey, a population-based telephone survey of non-institutionalized US adults Author Manuscript (N = 395,407), in which respondents were asked, "During the past 30 days, for about how many days have you felt you did not get enough rest or sleep?" We used sex-specific, multivariate logistic regression analyses to assess the associations of marital status (married, previously married, never married) and the number of children in the household with frequent insufficient sleep (≥14 days in past 30 days) after adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, and education. In this study population, 23% were never married, 60% were married, and 17% were previously married. Fortythree percent reported having children aged <18 years in the household. Married men (24.3%) were less likely to report frequent insufficient sleep than never married men (28.0%) or previously married men (28.8%). Never married women (33.4%) were more likely to report frequent insufficient sleep than currently married (29.0%) or previously married women (29.0%). The likelihood of frequent insufficient sleep increased in a linear fashion with the number of children in the household for all subgroups (P <0.05) except among never married men. These findings suggest that the presence of children in the household often increases the frequency of insufficient rest or sleep among the adults with whom they reside. Thus, health care providers may wish to consider the presence of children under 18 years of age a potential "risk factor" for insufficient sleep when counseling adults in the household about the importance of sleep to overall health. HHS Public Access

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Household Demographics and Perceived Insufficient Sleep Among US Adults

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“…Therefore poor sleep may be implicated in the link between SFW and health. Strong associations have also been found between diverse indicators of low socio-economic status and poor sleep (Arber, Bote, & Meadows, 2009;Arber & Meadows, 2011), and between disturbed sleep and poor self-reported health (Kumari et al, 2010;Arber & Meadows, 2011). We suggest that poor sleep may represent a potential mechanism linking SFW with health, since pathways between subjective financial problems and poor health are likely to include worry and anxiety resulting in disrupted sleep.…”

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Subjective financial well-being, income and health inequalities in mid and later life in Britain

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Predictors of sleep quality for autistic people across adulthood

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Poor sleep can have a significant impact on physical health and well-being. Sleep problems are common among autistic children, but less is known about sleep across the autistic adult lifespan. Autistic adults (n = 730, aged 18-78 years) were recruited via Simons Powering Autism Research for Knowledge Research Match. Participants completed online surveys asking about demographics, health problems, social support, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and overall and specific aspects of sleep quality. Regression analyses explored the variables associated with sleep quality. Physical health, assigned female sex at birth and self-reported anxiety symptoms significantly contributed to models for all aspects of sleep. Perceived stress contributed to models of overall and subjective sleep quality, and daytime dysfunction. Depression symptoms did not contribute significantly to any of the models of sleep quality. However, utilizing government support mechanisms (such as social security) contributed to the model of sleep efficiency. Age contributed little to models of sleep quality, whereas perceived stress and psychotropic medication use contributed to some but not all aspects of sleep. Sleep quality is poor for autistic people across the adult lifespan. Given known impacts of poor sleep on health, cognition and quality of life, attention should be paid to sleep and its possible everyday effects for autistic people of all ages.

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Gender and socio-economic patterning of self-reported sleep problems in Britain

Cited by 234 publications

References 43 publications

Household Demographics and Perceived Insufficient Sleep Among US Adults

Household Demographics and Perceived Insufficient Sleep Among US Adults

Subjective financial well-being, income and health inequalities in mid and later life in Britain

Predictors of sleep quality for autistic people across adulthood

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