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. 2017 Feb 10;40(3):zsx006. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsx006

Table 2.

Means (SD) for Consecutive School Nights and Weekend Nights.

School night Weekend night
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1st 2nd
Bedtime
 Australia 22.6 (1.3) 22.4 (1.1) 22.4 (1.2) 22.4 (1.0) 22.6 (1.1) 23.3 (1.5) 23.7 (1.7)
 United States 23.2 (1.4) 22.9 (1.3) 22.9 (1.1) 23.0 (1.2) 23.0 (1.2) 24.0 (1.6) 24.3 (1.7)
 United States (S) 22.9 (1.3) 22.6 (1.3) 22.6 (1.2) 22.6 (1.2) 23.1 (1.5) 23.9 (1.8) 23.9 (1.5)
 Qatar 22.3 (1.5) 21.8 (1.4) 22.0 (1.7) 21.9 (1.6) 21.8 (1.8) 23.0 (1.7) 23.1 (2.3)
 United Kingdom 21.9 (1.4) 21.7 (1.1) 21.8 (0.9) 21.8 (0.9) 21.9 (0.9) 22.3 (1.5) 22.7 (1.6)
SOL
 Australia 18 (25) 16 (18) 17 (20) 17 (19) 16 (19) 16 (20) 16 (20)
 United States (S) 14 (19) 14 (12) 16 (13) 14 (12) 12 (10) 12 (15) 10 (11)
 Qatar 36 (46) 34 (56) 28 (33) 32 (43) 28 (31) 26 (36) 34 (68)
 United Kingdom 30 (33) 30 (32) 32 (31) 29 (33) 30 (32) 27 (29) 27 (31)
Sleep duration
 Australia 506 (89) 498 (80) 494 (79) 495 (78) 494 (81) 520 (100) 517 (112)
 United States 462 (104) 450 (88) 454 (86) 444 (85) 450 (86) 521 (115) 516 (125)
 United States (S) 442 (95) 448 (101) 446 (95) 462 (104) 443 (74) 493 (112) 498 (130)
 Qatar 462 (134) 462 (104) 466 (108) 459 (108) 464 (95) 506 (134) 523 (116)
 United Kingdom 517 (87) 512 (71) 507 (66) 504 (65) 505 (63) 536 (83) 547 (94)
WASO
 Australia 4 (10) 7(14) 6 (14) 5 (15) 5 (17) 7 (19) 6 (15)
Wake time
 Australia 7.5 (1.4) 7.2 (1.0) 7.1 (1.0) 7.1 (0.9) 7.2 (1.7) 8.4 (1.6) 8.6 (1.6)
 United States 7.0 (1.6) 6.6 (1.5) 6.6 (1.1) 6.5 (1.0) 6.6 (1.1) 8.6 (1.7) 8.9 (1.7)
 United States (S) 6.9 (1.1) 6.5 (0.7) 6.4 (1.0) 6.5 (0.8) 6.6 (1.3) 8.4 (1.7) 8.5 (1.5)
 Qatar 6.4 (2.2) 5.6 (2.0) 5.8 (1.2) 5.6 (1.3) 5.7 (1.2) 7.6 (1.2) 8.4 (2.2)
 United Kingdom 7.2 (1.6) 6.9 (1.2) 6.9 (0.7) 6.8 (0.6) 6.9 (0.6) 7.7 (0.7) 8.4 (1.4)

School nights are Saturday to Wednesday nights for Qatar, and Sunday to Thursday nights for Australia, United Kingdom, and United States. Weekend nights are Thursday and Friday for Qatar, and Friday and Saturday nights for Australia, United Kingdom, and United States. United States (S) indicates the subsample of 55 US adolescents. SOL, sleep onset latency; WASO, wake after sleep onset.