{"id":227,"date":"2017-04-09T14:31:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T14:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bettersleeppro.wpengine.com\/?p=227"},"modified":"2017-04-09T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T14:31:40","slug":"survey-americans-crave-sleep-more-than-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettersleep.org\/research\/survey-americans-crave-sleep-more-than-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Americans Crave Sleep More Than Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Americans are so desperate for slumber that they prefer sleep over sex. And they&#8217;re so tired that they find themselves nodding off in strange places. The Better Sleep Council conducted a survey to find out what&#8217;s going on between the sheets.<\/p>\n<h3>Survey Finds Americans Willing to Sacrifice to Get a Good Night&#8217;s Sleep<\/h3>\n<p>Many Americans are so tired they prefer sleep to sex and find themselves falling asleep at all the wrong times.<\/p>\n<h4>Sleep wins out over sex<\/h4>\n<p>Sleep is the activity most people now long for the most in bed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 in 10 Americans crave sleep more than sex<\/li>\n<li>Some admit to falling asleep during sex<\/li>\n<li>58% of men crave sex (over sleep) compared to women ( 21%)<\/li>\n<li>79% of women crave sleep (over sex) compared to men (42%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Sleep starvation leads to sleeping around<\/h4>\n<p>Americans are so tired that they don&#8217;t even need to be in bed to sleep.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>45% of Americans fall asleep some place other than their mattress once a week or more<\/li>\n<li>One-third of Americans are \u201csleeping around\u201d (sleeping someplace other than their own mattress) more than once a week; 1 in 10 does so each day<\/li>\n<li>67% of Americans admit to falling asleep in other places every few weeks<\/li>\n<li>14% of men nod off or fall asleep somewhere other than their bed each day, compared to 8% of women<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Americans find sleep in strange places<\/h4>\n<p>People are so tired they are falling asleep anytime and anywhere.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12% have dozed off at work (double this if you include students)<\/li>\n<li>10% have fallen asleep at school<\/li>\n<li>7% of Americans nod off in church<\/li>\n<li>7% admit to sleeping in the car (some of those while driving!)<\/li>\n<li>6% have slept on public transportation<\/li>\n<li>4% couldn&#8217;t stay awake at a movie theater<\/li>\n<li>4% have fallen asleep in a bathroom<\/li>\n<li>3% caught some shut-eye in a meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some other unusual places people have found themselves sleeping include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On a tree or roof<\/li>\n<li>While walking<\/li>\n<li>At a casino<\/li>\n<li>During a funeral<\/li>\n<li>In a swamp<\/li>\n<li>At drag races<\/li>\n<li>In an elevator<\/li>\n<li>During yoga classes<\/li>\n<li>At the dentist<\/li>\n<li>On a ski lift<\/li>\n<li>In a tank<\/li>\n<li>While in military formation<\/li>\n<li>On a saw horse<\/li>\n<li>At a bar<\/li>\n<li>During a rock concert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Getting to the bottom of sleep problems<\/h4>\n<p>Many people blame their mattress for their lack of sleep.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As many Americans admit to hating their mattress (8%) as those who love it (7%)<\/li>\n<li>Two-thirds of Americans are unsatisfied with time spent on their mattress<\/li>\n<li>28% of 18- to 34-year-olds have a mattress older than 5 years old<\/li>\n<li>44% of 35- to 54-year-olds have a mattress older than 5 years old<\/li>\n<li>54% of 55-year-olds+ have a mattress older than 5 years old<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Survey Details: Conducted in first quarter 2012 with a statistically representative sample of U.S. adults (18+); a sample size of 1,000 yields a confidence interval of 95% +\/- 3% .<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans are so desperate for slumber that they prefer sleep over sex. 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