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American Time Use Survey
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Charts by Topic: Sleep

Findings from the 2015 survey:

  • On average, Americans age 15 and over slept 8.8 hours per day. However, individuals slept more on weekend days (9.4 hours) than on weekdays (8.6 hours).

Average sleep times per day, by age and sex
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