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. 2010 May 1;33(5):601–610. doi: 10.1093/sleep/33.5.601

Table 1.

Sample distribution by sleep quality, duration, and other study variables

Sample size
Good sleep quality (%) Sleep duration (hours per day) (%)
n % ≤ 5 6 7 8 9 ≥ 10
Total 15,638 100.0 63.8 12.4 14.6 13.8 22.9 7.7 28.6
(100.0) (65.0) (13.1) (16.2) (18.0) (28.0) (9.2) (15.5)
Ages 65-79 5,047 32.3 65.2 13.0 16.3 18.4 28.3 9.1 14.9
Ages 80-89 3,870 24.7 63.0 14.2 14.9 13.1 23.6 7.8 26.4
Ages 90-99 3,927 25.1 63.4 11.0 14.1 11.8 20.2 6.8 36.1
Age 100+ 2,794 17.9 63.8 10.9 12.0 9.1 15.9 6.2 45.9
Women 8,950 57.2 60.6 13.1 15.0 13.6 21.0 7.1 30.2
Men 6,688 42.8 68.4 11.5 14.1 14.0 25.4 8.5 26.5
Minority ethnicity 964 6.2 53.8 12.7 14.2 14.3 22.0 8.1 28.7
Han ethnicity 14,674 93.8 64.6 12.4 14.7 13.7 23.0 7.7 28.6
Rural 8,659 55.4 64.2 12.2 14.5 13.3 22.5 7.7 29.8
Urban 6,979 44.6 63.9 12.8 14.9 14.3 23.4 7.6 27.0
North 897 5.7 63.3 12.5 14.8 14.1 22.4 7.1 29.1
Northeast 1,497 9.6 71.3 12.8 14.8 15.2 21.9 6.7 28.6
East 6,087 38.9 64.5 11.3 13.5 14.3 22.4 8.3 30.2
Central/South 4,660 29.8 57.1 11.7 15.0 13.1 22.5 8.5 29.2
West 2,497 16.0 70.9 16.4 16.6 12.8 25.5 5.4 23.3
0 years of schooling 9,587 61.3 62.0 12.7 14.7 13.1 21.0 7.2 31.3
1+ years of schooling 6,051 38.7 66.8 12.0 14.6 14.7 25.8 8.5 24.4
Poor family economic condition 13,138 84.0 61.8 13.1 14.9 13.8 22.4 7.5 28.3
Good family economic condition 2,500 16.0 75.1 9.0 13.2 13.7 25.2 8.6 30.3
Did not get adequate medical service 1,793 11.5 45.0 19.7 16.1 12.2 19.0 6.9 27.1
Got adequate medical service 13,845 88.5 66.3 11.5 14.5 13.9 23.4 7.9 28.8
Not married 10,556 67.5 62.8 12.7 14.4 12.4 20.3 6.9 33.4
Married 5,082 32.5 66.4 11.8 15.1 16.9 28.3 9.3 18.6
0 or 1 living child 2,522 16.1 60.6 13.6 13.8 12.3 20.7 6.8 32.8
2 living children 2,188 14.0 64.2 11.7 16.1 13.4 21.5 6.8 30.5
3 living children 3,022 19.3 63.3 12.2 16.0 14.1 21.9 8.3 27.5
4 living children 3,024 19.4 64.4 11.3 14.4 14.8 23.8 8.0 27.7
5 living children 2,412 15.4 67.0 12.5 14.0 13.7 25.1 8.0 26.7
6+ living children 2,470 15.8 64.2 13.4 13.4 11.9 24.2 8.0 27.1
Live alone 2,097 13.4 59.4 14.6 16.0 14.3 22.0 7.6 25.5
Live with spouse or family 13,119 83.9 64.9 11.9 14.3 13.8 23.2 7.7 29.1
Live in an institution 422 2.7 55.7 17.5 18.0 11.1 16.4 7.1 29.9
Current nonsmoker 12,633 80.8 62.4 12.7 14.9 13.7 22.0 7.3 29.4
Current smoker 3,005 19.2 70.1 11.3 13.6 13.9 26.4 9.4 25.4
Current non-consumer of alcohol 12,492 79.9 62.1 12.7 15.1 13.8 22.3 7.4 28.7
Current alcohol consumer 3,146 20.1 71.0 11.5 13.0 13.5 25.1 8.8 28.1
IADL not disabled 4,912 31.4 72.5 10.4 15.2 17.9 29.4 10.0 17.1
IADL disabled 10,726 68.6 60.0 13.4 14.4 11.9 19.9 6.6 33.8
ADL not disabled 11,704 74.8 66.0 12.1 15.1 15.3 25.4 8.4 23.7
ADL disabled 3,934 25.2 57.5 13.3 13.4 9.1 15.4 5.7 43.1
Cognitively unimpaired 9,527 60.9 67.2 11.4 15.1 15.8 26.0 8.8 22.9
Cognitively impaired 6,111 39.1 58.8 14.0 13.9 10.6 18.0 6.0 37.5
Self-rated good health 11,995 76.7 68.8 10.2 14.5 15.0 24.9 8.5 26.9
Self-rated poor health 3,643 23.3 47.6 19.7 15.2 9.7 16.1 5.2 34.1
Have no chronic diseases 5,300 33.9 72.5 8.4 13.1 14.8 26.2 8.9 28.6
Have 1+ chronic diseases 10,338 66.1 59.5 14.5 15.4 13.3 21.2 7.0 28.6
Do not often feel anxious or fearful 14,943 95.6 64.7 11.9 14.5 13.8 23.2 7.8 28.8
Often feel anxious or fearful 695 4.4 47.3 23.3 16.7 13.8 17.1 5.2 24.9

Figures in the parentheses are weighted, while all others are unweighted.