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. 2014 Sep 8;70(2):185–192. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glu144

Table 1.

Survey Weighted Descriptive Statistics of Older Adults Participated in the Activity and Sleep Study of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), 2010–2011

Mean or Proportion Standard Deviation Median Interquartile Ranges
Insomnia symptoms
Feeling rested in the morning (N = 727)
 Rarely/never 0.13
 Sometimes 0.20
 Most of the time 0.67
Trouble falling asleep (N = 629)
 Rarely/never 0.42
 Sometimes 0.46
 Most of the time 0.12
Trouble waking up during the night (N = 629)
 Rarely/never 0.26
 Sometimes 0.44
 Most of the time 0.30
Trouble waking up too early (N = 625)
 Rarely/never 0.40
 Sometimes 0.47
 Most of the time 0.13
Insomnia symptom scale (0–8) 4.04 1.43 4 2
Actigraphic sleep measures
 Sleep period (h) 7.90 1.34 7.89 1.55
 Total sleep time (h) 7.25 1.27 7.31 1.53
 Percent sleep (0–100) 82.09 14.28 86.54 20.17
 Fragmentation (0–100) 14.36 6.03 13.60 7.95
 WASO (min) 39.07 22.84 34.58 25.92
 Clock time falling asleep (pm h) 10.44 1.56 10 1
 Wake up time (am h) 6.37 1.87 6 2
 Number of wake bouts 46.15 21.50 42.67 24
 Latency (min) 29.03 34.27 18.08 24.5
Covariates
Age 71.79 7.25 71 12
Female 0.54
Race/ethnicity
 White 0.83
 African-American 0.07
 Hispanic 0.06
 Others 0.04
Education
 <High school 0.14
 High school 0.30
 Some college 0.34
 College or more 0.22
Self-rated health
 Poor 0.04
 Fair 0.16
 Good 0.32
 Very good 0.34
 Excellent 0.14
Household income ($10,000) 5.75 7.66 4.40 4.60
Household assets ($10,000) 57.60 10.94 25.00 51.00