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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health. 2016 May 17;138:119–126. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.03.036

Table 3.

Overview of US national health surveys with questions on sleep for children and adolescents

Name of survey Years of
data
Ages Reporting
method
Sleep questions
National Survey of
Children’s Health
2003,
2007,
2011/12
6-17
years
Parental
report
During the past week, on how many nights
did [child] get enough sleep for a child
his/her age? (Parental response: 0-7 days)
Youth Risk
Behavior Survey
2007,
2009,
2011,
2013,
2015
14-18
years
Self-report On an average school night, how many
hours of sleep do you get?
(Self-report response: 4 or less hours, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10 or more hours)
National Health
and Nutrition
Examination
Survey
2005-
2006,
2007-
2008,
2009-
2010,
2011-
2012,
2013-
2014






16+
years
Self-report From sleep disorders questionnaire:
How much sleep do you usually get at night
on weekdays or workdays?
(Self-report response: hours and minutes)
In the past month, how often did you not get
enough sleep?
(Self-report response: never, rarely,
sometimes, often, almost always)