Table 1

Characteristics of study population distributed by neighbourhood SES (n=3591)

 Neighbourhood SES
OverallLowMediumHigh
Total population, %*10021.246.132.7
Gender, %
 Female54.722.344.533.1
 Male45.319.648.232.2
Age in years, mean (SE)53.5 (0.47)52.7 (0.86)54.3 (0.73)57.1 (0.94)
Race/ethnicity, %
 African-American29.443.246.010.8
 Hispanic13.537.844.517.8
 Caucasian57.15.746.747.5
SES, %
 Low42.833.145.421.5
 Medium44.314.147.438.6
 High12.95.445.049.6
Marital status, %
 Married47.917.948.833.4
 Divorced27.024.143.732.2
 Single/other25.124.344.431.3
Sleep duration in hours, mean (SE)6.6 (0.04)6.4 (0.08)6.6 (0.07)6.9 (0.09)†
Sleep duration category, %
 Very short (<5 h)9.115.510.03.7
 Short (5–6.9 h)36.740.536.933.9
 Normative (7–8.9 h)47.336.246.655.5
 Long (≥9 h)6.97.86.46.9
  • *Per cents are weighted.

  • †p<0.0001 from multilevel model.

  • SES, socioeconomic status.