Study Objectives: Growing evidence indicates sleep is a major public health issue.
Race/ethnicity and socioeconomics may contribute to sleep problems. This study assessed …

OBJECTIVES: Lower socioeconomic status is associated with short or long sleep duration
and sleep disturbance (eg, sleep apnea), which are all related to increased mortality risk …

Study Objectives: We investigated the prevalence and correlates of sleep complaints in a
large well-characterized population. Design: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study …

Sleep may play an important role in health disparities. Indeed, several studies have shown
that racial/ethnic minorities in the United States are more likely to report short (≤ 6 hours) …

Sleep duration in America has gradually declined over the last four decades and appears to
have reached a plateau for the last six years, with recent studies reporting that the …

Sleep plays a pivotal role in both physical and mental health. Sleep quality can be affected
by many socio demographic factors, such as race and/or ethnicity, as well as socio …

Background Prior studies report less favorable sleep characteristics among non-Whites as
compared with non-Hispanic Whites. However, few population-based studies have used …

Background Little is known about the social determinants of sleep attainment. This study
examines the relationship of race/ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES) and other factors …

Objective: To examine the independent and interactive effects of race and socioeconomic
status (SES) on objective indices and self-reports of sleep. Methods: The sleep of 187 adults …

Meta-analyses and other previous reviews have identified distinct ethnic/racial differences in
the quantity, quality, and propensity for sleep disorders between black and white adults. The …