| Project name: |
Questionnaire surveys on sleep |
Subject
(Respondents): |
Japanese male and female, age 15-49 who are either business man, housewife, or student |
| Samples: |
280s |
| Occupation |
|
Male |
| Business Man |
100s |
| Housewife |
100s |
| Student |
80s |
| Sum |
280s |
|
Research conducted on |
July 12, 2007 – July 27, 2007 |



Result
Q1. What time do you normally sleep and wake up? (For wake up time, please answer both weekdays and weekends)

(Sleep) No.1: 23:00-23:59 -52.5%
(Wake up- weekdays) No.1: 7:00-7:59 -40.4%
(Wake up- weekends) No.1: 8:00-8:59 - 24.6%
Q2. How long do you normally sleep on average?

No.1: 6hours -36.4%
No.2: 7hours - 24.3%
No.3: 5hours or 8hours -16.4%
Q3. How do you usually wake up in the morning? Please choose from the followings. (MA)

No.1: Use wake up alarm on the cellphone-66.1%
No.2: Use an alarm-38.9%
No.3: I wake up automatically- 27.1%
Q4. Do you normally eat breakfast? (SA)
No.1: Yes, I always eat breakfast- 46.4%
No.2: Yes, I mostly eat breakfast-26.4%
No.3: Yes, I sometimes eat breakfast - 18.9%
No.4 No, I don't eat breakfast- 8.2%
Q4. Do you have any reasons not to eat breakfast?
■I normally eat breakfast n=74
- I just don’t eat when I don’t have time. (Male, 38yrs old)
- When I don’t feel good, I don’t eat (Female, 28yrs old)
- I cannot eat when I over sleep (Female , 17yrs old)
■I sometimes eat breakfast n=53
- I am not a morning person so I don’t feel like eating breakfast. (Male, 22yrs old)
- My stomach is not working in the morning. (Female, 28yrs old)
- I’m always busy taking care of my children and I forget to eat breakfast. (Female, 36yrs old)
■I don’t eat breakfast n=23
- I don’t feel hungry (Male, 29yrs old)
- I don’t have time. I am not hungry. (Female, 20yrs old)
- I don’t want to get up early for breakfast. (Female, 28yrs old)
Q5. Do you normally over sleep? (SA)

No.1: yes, I often oversleep- 12.5%
No.2: Yes, I sometimes oversleep34.3%
No.3No, I almost never oversleep-38.9%
No.4:Never-14.3%
Q6. Why do you think you over sleep?
■Yes, I often oversleep n=35
- I stay up late or I forget to set the alarm. (Male, 36yrs old, business man)
- I stay up late; also, I take care of children (I often wake up to feed my baby). (Female, 31yrs old, housewife)
- I don’t sleep at specific time and my life rhythm is unstable. (Female, 22yrs old)
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■Yes, I sometimes do n=96
- I fall back to sleep. (Male, 31yrs old, business man)
- I’m not sleeping deeply. (Female, 35yrs old, housewife)
- I feel low about waking up. (Female, 20yrs old, student)
■No, almost never. n=109
- I over sleep if I drink too much the day before. (Male, 45yrs old, business man)
- I over sleep if I drink too much the day before or if I go out and get tired.(Female, 35yrs old, housewife)
- I over sleep when I have a poor attitude about waking up and I sleep late. (Male, 22yrs old, student)