It's a toss-up, according to The State of Sleep in America 2022 Report.  One-third of American adults (32 percent) reported "very g...

Millions of Americans frequently take a medication to help them fall or stay asleep, according to the National Health Interview Survey. Over...

A substantial 41 percent of adults are nappers, according to an AARP survey, which defines nappers as those who take naps at least once a we...

More than two thirds (69 percent) of high school students get less than 7 hours of sleep on an average school night, reports the CDC, which ...

Percentage of Americans who report getting an average of 7 or more hours of sleep in a 24-hour period, according to the CDC's Behavorial...

Many Americans depend on prescription drugs to help them sleep. According to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics, 4 percen...

Your health in six dimensions: drinking, smoking, aerobic activity, muscle strengthening activity, weight, and sleep. This is what the gover...

This is scary. According to a study by the CDC, there are a lot of drowsy drivers on the road--and admittedly so. Fully 4.2% of Americans ag...

If you compare the results of the 2011 American Time Use Survey with those from 2007, before the Great Recession, you can glean the many way...

Thirty percent of American workers regularly sleep for 6 or fewer hours per 24-hour period, according to the CDC. The percentage is highest ...

Not surprisingly, the generation hardest hit by the Great Recession is having the most trouble getting a good night's sleep. The 61 perc...

Do people lie about how much time they spend doing housework? Apparently, yes. When researchers ask how many hours per week people spend doi...

At 3:00 a.m. the largest percentage of people are asleep: 94.7%. At 6:00 p.m. the smallest percentage of people are asleep: 2.6%. Source:...

Typically, older Americans are the ones most informed about the news. Yesterday's killing of Osama Bin Laden may have been the first Big...

On an average day, amount of time people aged 15 or older spend sleeping... Weekdays: 8.40 hours Weekends: 9.34 hours Source: Bureau of...

The American Time Use Survey continues to amaze as it lays bare the details of our daily lives. Here are calculations based on time use data...

Recently, the FBI released preliminary numbers from its 2005 Uniform Crime Reporting Program . According to the findings, violent crime in t...

The pharmaceutical industry wants to know. And the American Time Use Survey has the answer. On an average night, 3.7 percent of Americans ag...