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Percentage of U.S. adults reporting certain sleeping behaviors in 2009, by employment status

Characteristic	Unintentionally falling asleep during the day at least 1 day in preceding 30 days	Nodded off or fell asleep while driving in the preceding 30 days
Employed	33.5%	5.4%
Unemployed	44%	4.6%
Retired*	27.3%	0%
Unable to work	57.3%	9.5%
Homemaker or student	39.3%	2.2%

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Release date

March 2011

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2009

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Number of people surveyed for 'Unintentionally falling asleep during the day at least 1 day in preceding 30 days': 74,063.
Number of people surveyed for 'Nodded off or fell asleep while driving in the preceding 30 days': 71,578.
* Retired individuals that nodded off or fell asleep while driving in the preceding 30 days totaled less than 50.

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This statistic displays the percentage of U.S. adults by employment status that have reported certain sleep-related behaviors in 2009, based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in 12 states. For employed individuals, 33.5 percent have reported unintentionally falling asleep during the day at least once in the last 30 days, while 5.4 percent have nodded off or fell asleep while driving in the last 30 days. Studying sleep quality, duration, behaviors, and disorders is beneficial for the understanding of sleep difficulties and their impacts on health.