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Table 4 Baseline sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics of the NHANES 2009–2014 study sample according to sleep outcomes (N = 14,956)

From: Association between pesticide exposure and sleep health among a representative sample of US adults: evidence from NHANES 2009–2014

 

N

Insufficient Sleepa (%)

Trouble Sleeping (%)

Sex

Male

7382

37.4

22.9

Female

7574

34.9

31.9

p

 

0.01

<.0001

Age group

  < 30 years

2558

34.4

16.8

30–39 years

2454

38.2

22.7

40–49 years

2531

42.9

30.0

50–59 years

2420

38.2

35.3

  ≥ 60 years

1444

29.9

30.9

p

 

<.0001

<.0001

Race/ethnicity

Hispanic

3510

38.6

18.0

NH White

6590

33.0

30.7

NH Black

3175

51.5

24.8

Other

1681

38.2

19.5

p

 

<.0001

<.0001

BMI(kg/m2)

Underweight (BMI < 18.5)

385

38.9

25.7

Normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9)

4114

32.5

24.2

Overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9)

1130

34.7

25.5

Obese (BMI ≥ 30)

1733

40.1

32.0

p

 

<.0001

<.0001

Smoking Behavior

Never Smoker

8263

33.7

22.5

Current Smoker

3101

46.5

34.2

Former smoker

1088

33.4

33.6

p

 

<.0001

<.0001

Marital status

Never married

2874

36.8

22.9

Married/living with partner

8717

34.5

25.9

Separated, divorced, widowed

1154

40.9

37.6

p

 

<.0001

<.0001

Educational Attainment

  < 9 years

1406

35.1

23.1

9–11 years

2169

40.5

27.0

12 years

3335

40.1

30.1

  > 12 years

8046

34.1

27.0

p

 

<.0001

0.0033

Moderate Physical Activity

None

8851

39.0

28.0

Any

6105

32.7

26.9

p

 

<.0001

0.27

Poverty-Income Ratio (PIR)

No Poverty (PIR ≥ 1.0)

10740

35.0

27.3

Any Poverty (PIR < 1.0)

4216

40.5

28.5

p

 

<.0001

0.31

Household Food Insecurity (HFI)

None

10324

33.9

26.0

Any

4632

43.5

32.3

p

 

<.0001

<.0001

  1. a Indicates percentage of sample with insufficient sleep duration based on AASM recommendations for adults ≥20 years
  2. ABR: N sample size; BMI body mass index; NH Non-Hispanic; PIR poverty-income ratio; HFI household food insecurity
  3. All p values obtained from the Rao-Scott χ2 test