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Employment in industries with 24-hour operations (transportation, manufacturing) and occupations with long work weeks (management, sales) is associated with a significantly higher prevalence of short sleep duration (≤6 hours/night) compared to other sectors.
If you work in transportation, manufacturing, or management, your job structure likely limits your sleep. Prioritize sleep hygiene and advocate for schedule stability where possible, as these roles have the highest risk of chronic sleep deprivation.
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Among industry categories, the prevalence of short sleep duration was greatest for management of companies and enterprises (40.5%), followed by transportation/warehousing (37.1%) and manufacturing (34.8%).
Why this rating
Large cross-sectional sample (N>66,000) with robust statistical adjustment for confounders, though causality cannot be established.
Source
The Prevalence of Short Sleep Duration by Industry and Occupation in the National Health Interview Survey
Sara E. Luckhaupt et al. · SLEEP · 2010
DOI 10.1093/sleep/33.2.149
cross_sectional · n=110422Cited 270×
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