Women Sleep, Complain More Than Men

“Women, on the whole, get more sleep and fall asleep faster than men. About 30% of women said they sleep eight hours or more on weekdays, compared with 22% of men, according to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2005 Sleep in America Poll, which surveyed 1,506 people. A small study looking at the sleep of healthy young adults found that women slept an average of 7 hours, 43 minutes in a night, or 19 minutes more than men. And women took 9.3 minutes on average to fall asleep, whereas men took 23.2 minutes…. Given this, researchers say it isn’t clear why in numerous studies women tend to complain more about their sleep, saying they don’t get enough shut-eye and find it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep.”