Sleep As Victim Of The Time Crunch

This articles addresses the issue of sleep depreviation as it is extensively discussed on the Media. Therefore, the article looks at sleep times recorded in the Time Diary surveys conducted in US, Canada, and other 21 countries that conduct such surveys. According to the time diary surveys in Canada and America there is an increase in sleep since 2000 i.e 59hrs/week of sleep (8.2 hours on weekdays, 8.9 hours on Saturdays and 9.5 hours on Sundays). Moreover, the survey results show that Women sleep 1-2 hrs more than Men in Us and Canada, as well a few other 21 countries. The reason is predicted to be more education and working hours of men than women. However, according to a few international countries like Japan they found that men sleep more than women. They do conclude that the time diaries may not be accurate because Americans tend to show themselves as more productive. However, according to a survey on students sleep time was marked as the most enjoyable time. The researchers end the article by saying that the hype of sleep deprivation in the media might be due to ineffective sleep, i.e insomnia, stress, etc.

Comments: I feel that people are not getting the time to relax and release household/work pressures and stress, that is leading to ineffective sleep. People don't need sleep they need more relaxed happy time or stressless work and household environment.