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The prevalence of short sleep duration among US workers has significantly increased over the past two decades (1985-2007), despite stable or declining average weekly work hours.
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the prevalence of short sleep duration was significantly lower during this earlier time period compared to 2004-2007 for 7 of 8 industrial sectors.
Why this rating
Large longitudinal comparison using NHIS data, though self-reported sleep is subject to bias.
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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