Regional Variations To Sleep

The Sleep Council Great British bedtime report has identified regional variances. In this article we  look at

• Yorkshire sleeping problems
• The loved up North West
• East Anglian separation and sleeping
• Who wakes up happiest in the morning

Regional Variations To Sleep

• 30% of Londoners believer that changing their bedtime would improve their sleep compared to just 19% of people from the South East
• 44% of people who live in Yorkshire and the Humber don’t have any problems sleeping, compared to 22% living in the East Midlands who say they’ve suffered from lack of sleep for 10 years or more
• The loved up North West share their beds with their partner every night they are at home together (79%), whilst people living in East Anglia most likely to sleep apart (16%)
• Yet Londoners appear to get the best quality of sleep, with 29% saying they sleep very well most nights, and 30% of people in the North West sleep quite poorly each night
• Sleepers in Northern Ireland use the most technology to help them sleep, as 53% of adults use a sleep tracker or sleeping apps most nights
• Furthermore, people in Northern Ireland are the happiest when they wake up in the morning after having a good night’s sleep (49%)
• 90% of people in the South West have never used sleeping apps or trackers to help them sleep
• Almost a quarter of people living in East Anglia don’t have or use any form of technology in their bedroom (24%)
• People living in the East Midlands suffer from stress and worry the most (49%), which in turn, affects their sleep
• Men and women living in Northern Ireland drink the most alcohol to help them sleep at night (29%), whilst people in the South East drink the least before bed (22%)
• Almost a quarter of people in the North East have quite a poor night’s sleep each night (24%), with 30% of them getting just five or six hours of sleep a night
• People in Scotland read the most before going to sleep, compared to other regions in the UK. 35% of Scots enjoy a book before bed!
• 89% of people in Wales have never used a sleeping app or tracker in bed – compared to 29% of Londoners who do use them, 45% of people using them ‘most nights’
• More than half of people in Wales (55%) say their energy levels have been affected by lack of sleep, with 22% of people sleeping quite poorly at night
• Only 17% of people from the West Midlands get the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep a night, and almost a quarter (24%) use music to help them drift off to sleep

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