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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2018 May;88(5):370–378. doi: 10.1111/josh.12622

Table 1.

Sample Demographics and Descriptive Statistics Without Weights by School Start Time

Overall sample (N=973) Early school start time (N=343) Late school start time (N=630)
Demographics/Covariates
 Grade 8 458 (47%) 168 (49%) 290 (46%)
 Age
  12 22 (2%) 6 (2%) 16 (2%)
  13 466 (48%) 151 (44%) 315 (50%)
  14 436 (45%) 165 (48%) 271 (43%)
  15 49 (5%) 21 (6%) 28 (4%)
 Female 501 (51%) 158 (46%) 343 (54%)
 Race and Hispanic Origin
  White 604 (62%) 238 (69%) 366 (58%)
  Black 41 (4%) 16 (5%) 25 (4%)
  Hispanic 71 (7%) 27 (8%) 44 (7%)
  Asian 138 (14%) 31 (9%) 107 (17%)
  Two or more races or other 119 (12%) 31 (9%) 88 (14%)
 English is home language 915 (94%) 326 (95%) 586 (93%)
 Two, married parents at home 837 (86%) 295 (86%) 542 (86%)
 Highest level or parent education
  Below Bachelor’s 95 (10%) 32 (9%) 63 (10%)
  Bachelor’s degree 269 (28%) 99 (29%) 170 (27%)
  Master’s degree 431 (44%) 154 (45%) 277 (44%)
  Above Master’s 178 (18%) 58 (17%) 120 (19%)
 Free and Reduced Priced Meals 53 (5%) 21 (6%) 32 (5%)
Outcomes
 School-night sleep duration (hours)
  Mean (SD) 8.30 (1.06) 8.15 (0.98) 8.39 (1.09)
  Range 2.5–12.0 3.50–11.0 2.5–12.0
 School-night bedtime
  Mean (SD) 9:54p.m. (1:02) 9:43p.m. (0:57) 10:02p.m. (1:01)
  Range 7:00p.m. – 3:00a.m. 7:00p.m. – 3:00a.m. 7:00p.m. – 2:15a.m.
 School-day wake time
  Mean (SD) 6:12a.m. (0:30) 5:51a.m. (0:25) 6:24a.m. (0:31)
  Range 3:00a.m. – 7:45a.m. 3:30a.m. – 7:00a.m. 3:00a.m. – 7:45a.m.
 Weekend sleep duration (hours)
  Mean (SD) 10.10 (1.47) 10.09 (1.45) 10.11 (1.49)
  Range 4.0–17.5 4.0–15.75 4.50–17.50
 Sleepiness scale
  Mean (SD) 0.22 (0.28) 0.24 (0.28) 0.22 (0.28)
  Range 0–2 0–1.3 0–2
 Wide awake (0 on sleepiness scale)
  Mean (SD) 0.40 (.49) 0.34 (0.48) 0.43 (0.50)
  Range 0–1 0–1 0–1

NOTE: Descriptive statistics are based on one of 20 multiply imputed datasets.