Sleep on it

Offers comments on sleep and work. Sleep and rest occupy the most time each day for both genders of all ages; Amount of time people in their twenties and in their eighties spend sleeping; Time spent in work.
By Lois Verbrugge, published on July 01, 1994

'Sleep and rest occupy the most time each day for both genders at allages. Men and women in their twenties spend an average of about seven and three-fourths hours a day sleeping, compared with about eight and one-half hours by men and women in their eighties. Work consumes the second greatest amount of time for men until about the age of 60 and for women until about the age of 40."

Lois Verbrugge, a research scientist at the University of Michigan Institute of Gerontology

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