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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2008 Oct 11;154(3):426–430.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.08.035

Table 3.

Multiple regression models predicting bed time (hours) and wake time (hours) among respondents aged 15–17 in the 2003–2006 American Time Use Surveys. The coefficients represent the fraction of an hour (e.g. .50 = 30 minutes) associated with a one-unit change in the predictor.

Bed time (hours) Wake time (hours)

Coefficient 95% CI p value Coefficient 95% CI p value
Constant 21.43 20.36, 22.49 <.001 7.71 6.81, 8.60 <.001
DAY OF THE WEEK
 Monday reference reference
 Tuesday −.09 −0.45, 0.27 .62 0.04 −0.27, 0.35 .80
 Wednesday −.08 −0.42, 0.25 .63 −0.02 −0.28, 0.24 .86
 Thursday −0.15 −0.48, 0.19 .39 0.26 −0.07, 0.58 .12
 Friday 0.53 0.14, 0.91 .008 0.12 −0.30, 0.53 .59
 Saturday 0.62 0.26, 0.98 .001 0.62 0.26, 0.97 .001
 Sunday 0.01 −0.34, 0.35 .97 0.60 0.24, 0.95 .001
Year (per year after 2003) −0.03 −0.10, 0.05 .43 −0.03 −0.11, 0.04 .33
Age (per year after 15) 0.15 0.04, 0.25 .008 0.05 −0.06, 0.15 .38
Female sex 0.25 .08, 0.42 .004 −0.07 −0.27, 0.13 .48
RACE
 White reference reference
 Black 0.40 0.11, 0.70 .007 −0.04 −0.30, 0.22 .75
 Asian 0.28 −0.05, 0.61 .09 0.78 0.02, 1.54 .04
 Hispanic −0.20 −0.47, 0.06 .13 0.01 −0.24, 0.26 .93
 Other race 0.13 −0.32, 0.58 .57 0.27 −0.26, 0.80 .32
ln(income) 0.09 −.004, 0.19 .06 0.03 −0.05, 0.11 .43
ACTIVITIES (per hour)
 Childcare activities 0.17 0.05, 0.28 .005 −0.09 −0.28, 0.10 .36
 Educational activities .05 0.01, 0.08 .007 0.32 0.37,0.28 <.001
 Social activities 0.25 0.20, 0.30 <.001 0.07 0.13,0.01 .02
 Sports activities 0.08 0.02, 0.14 .007 0.14 0.21,0.07 <.001
 TV watching 0.15 0.10, 0.20 <.001 −0.05 −0.10, 0.01 .10
 Work activities 0.12 0.07, 0.16 <.001 0.18 0.24,0.13 <.001
 Computer use 0.26 0.16, 0.37 <.001 0.04 −0.07, 0.16 .45

These variables were centered at their means.