Over-indebtedness and its association with sleep and sleep medication use

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Table 2 Distribution of sleep problems and sleep medication use by sociodemographic and health characteristics

	Problems with sleep onset		Problems with sleep maintenance		Sleep medication use
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	4297	100.0	5255	100.0	560	100.0
Sex
Female	2449	57.0	2861	54.4	375	67.0
Male	1848	43.0	2394	45.6	185	33.0
Age
18–29 years	634	14.8	607	11.6	35	6.3
30–49 years	1350	31.4	1709	32.5	141	25.2
50–64 years	1267	29.5	1648	31.4	176	31.4
65–79 years	1046	24.3	1291	24.6	208	37.1
Marital status
Married	2476	57.6	3239	61.6	310	55.4
Separated/Divorced/Widowed	741	17.2	881	16.8	149	26.6
Single	1035	24.1	1085	20.6	94	16.8
Missing	45	1.0	50	1.0	7	1.3
Education level
Low	703	16.4	733	13.9	130	23.2
Medium	2354	54.8	2782	52.9	291	52.0
High	1218	28.3	1716	32.7	135	24.1
Missing	22	0.5	24	0.5	4	0.7
Employment status
Not employed	2447	56.9	3110	59.2	227	40.5
Employed	1774	41.3	2062	39.2	312	55.7
Missing	76	1.8	83	1.6	21	3.8
Depression/anxiety
No	484	11.3	540	10.3	174	31.1
Yes	3743	87.1	4631	88.1	372	66.4
Missing	70	1.6	84	1.6	14	2.5
Subjective health status
(Very) good	2762	64.3	3519	67.0	209	37.3
Fair/(very) poor	1513	35.2	1713	32.6	346	61.8
Missing	22	0.5	23	0.4	5	0.9

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