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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Health. 2015 May 1;1(1):15–27. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2014.12.002

Table 2.

Sample description (n = 1103).

Variable Mean or % 95% CI
Parent
  Age (y) 42.4 41.6–43.2
  Female (vs male) 54.5% 50.4%–58.4%
  Married (vs nonmarried) 77.4% 73.6%–80.8%
Race/ethnicity
    Non-Hispanic white 55.5% 51.3%–59.6%
    Non-Hispanic black 11.8% 9.1%–15.0%
    Hispanic 23.5% 20.1%–27.3%
    Other 9.2% 6.7%–12.6%
Education
    HS diploma or less 37.9% 33.8%–42.1%
    Some college/Associates degree 29.6% 26.0%–33.5%
    Bachelor's degree 16.8% 14.4%–19.5%
    Postgraduate degree 15.8% 13.4%–18.6%
  Proportion of parents who sometimes leave technology on in bedroom 54.5% 50.5%–58.6%
Child
  Age (y) 11.4 11.1–11.7
  Female (vs male) 48.8% 44.8%–52.9%
  Sleep duration on school days (h) 8.2 8.1–8.3
  Sleep duration on non-school days (h) 9.0 8.9–9.2
  Sleep duration average across week (h) 8.4 8.3–8.6
  Estimated sleep need (h) 8.7 8.6–8.8
  Sufficient sleep duration (%) 60.0% 56.0%–63.9%
  Excellent sleep quality (%) 42.9% 38.9%–46.9%
  Proportion of children who sometimes leave technology on in bedroom 42.6% 38.7%–46.6%
  Proportion whose parents always enforce rules about caffeine use 43.8% 39.8%–47.8%
  Proportion whose parents always enforce rules about bedtime 24.5% 21.1%–28.1%
Children aged 6–11 y
  Sleep duration on school days (h) 8.9 8.8–9.0
  Sleep duration on non-school days (h) 9.2 9.1–9.3
  Sleep duration average across week (h) 9.0 8.9–9.1
  Estimated sleep need (h) 9.1 9.0–9.3
  Sufficient sleep duration (%) 63.3% 57.7%–68.5%
  Excellent sleep quality (%) 47.2% 41.5%–52.9%
  Proportion of children who sometimes leave technology on in bedroom 28.4% 23.7%–33.5%
  Proportion whose parents always enforce rules about caffeine use 57.8% 52.0%–63.3%
  Proportion whose parents always enforce rules about bedtime 30.7% 25.7%–36.2%
Children aged 12–17 y
  Sleep duration on school days (h) 7.5 7.4–7.7
  Sleep duration on nonschool days (h) 8.9 8.6–9.1
  Sleep duration average across week (h) 7.9 7.7–8.1
  Estimated sleep need (h) 8.3 8.2–8.5
  Sufficient sleep duration (%) 56.7% 50.9%–62.4%
  Excellent sleep quality (%) 38.5% 33.0%–44.2%
  Proportion of children who sometimes leave technology on in bedroom 57.0% 51.2%–62.6%
  Proportion whose parents always enforce rules about caffeine use 29.7% 24.8%–35.1%
  Proportion whose parents always enforce rules about bedtime 18.2% 14.1%–23.1%

All values are weighted to be nationally representative.