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Table 1 Sleep duration among different population groups

From: Social-biological influences on sleep duration among adult residents of Northeastern China

Characteristics

N (%)

Sleep duration(h) \( \overline{x} \)± s

F

P

Sex

 Male

10,337 (48.2)

7.26±1.491

1.83

0.067

 Female

11,098 (51.8)

7.22±1.597

Age

 Young

9043 (42.2)

7.50±1.331

353.95

< 0.001

 Middle age

8277 (38.6)

6.90±1.557

 Elderly

4115 (19.2)

6.86±1.777

Ethnicity

 Han

19,865 (92.7)

7.25±1.543

3.47

0.001

 Others

1570 (7.3)

7.10±1.458

Place of residence

 Urbanite

11,152 (52.0)

7.14±1.447

9.21

< 0.001

 Countryside

10,283 (48.0)

7.37±1.623

Marital status

 Marriage /Cohabitation

18,316 (85.4)

7.22±1.524

65.44

< 0.001

 Unmarried

1693 (7.9)

7.57±1.344

 Divorce/Divorcee/Separated spouse

388 (1.8)

6.83±1.589

 Widow/ Widower

1038 (4.8)

6.63±1.854

Occupation

 Manual worker

12,046 (56.2)

7.30±1.560

22.19

< 0.001

 Mental worker

4211 (19.6)

7.27±1.246

 Others

5178 (24.2)

7.01±1.672

Educational level

 Primary school or below

6236 (29.1)

7.11±1.816

19.89

< 0.001

 Junior middle school

6125 (28.6)

7.32±1.488

 Senior middle school

5559 (25.9)

7.18±1.433

 Undergraduate or above

3515 (16.4)

7.34±1.190

Average monthly income (¥)

 < 500

4304 (20.1)

7.18±1.726

7.55

0.001

 500-

14,149 (66.0)

7.22±1.610

 3000-

2140 (10.0)

7.35±1.464

  1. Mean and standard deviation has been adjusted by complex weighed computation in sleep duration