# Trends in self-reported sleep duration among US adults from 1985 to 2012

Ford ES, Cunningham TJ, Croft JB · Sleep 38(5):829–832 · 2015



## Key finding

Population sleep has shortened; the share of adults sleeping ≤6 h rose to ~29%.



[Read the paper](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Trends+in+self-reported+sleep+duration+among+US+adults+from+1985+to+2012)

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