The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the Urban Poor

Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by gnopgnip on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:43AM (#26768011)

What does spending 8 hours in bed but only sleeping for 5.5 hours mean specifically, and how is this measured?

What is the expected amount of sleep for a healthy person that spends 8 hours in bed?

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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by lelanthran on Sunday April 11, 2021 @03:05AM (#26768126)

> What does spending 8 hours in bed but only sleeping for 5.5 hours mean specifically

It means that the TV is in the bedroom.

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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by wccrawford on Sunday April 11, 2021 @06:31AM (#26769236)

I'm not in India, and it's pretty common for me and my wife to spend time in bed that we're not sleeping, and I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking reading, browsing our phones, etc. We don't have a TV in there, but it's not a far stretch as I did when I was a kid, and so did my parents.

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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by noisy_boy on Sunday April 11, 2021 @05:43AM (#26768959)

Not sure why you are downvoted but this is pretty common in India and could be a contributing factor.

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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by larsrc on Sunday April 11, 2021 @03:52AM (#26768392)

For a healthy person in a good bed without interruptions, 8 hours. But if you have trouble falling back to sleep after being woken up, you can lose a fair amount in a noisy environment. If your bed is bad, you may wake up or not fall into a deep sleep. And there are medical conditions that can make you be unconscious but not actually sleeping. Plus, high stress levels interferes with sleep.

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