Mint Sleep Study: Marriage Impact, Gen Z vs Millennials, Doctors vs. Techies

Copyright © HT Digital Streams Limit all rights reserved. Technical professionals sleep an extra 100 minutes on their day compared to a working day. (Istock) Summary An exclusive mint study of large-scale recording data has recently revealed worrying tendencies of the Indian women’s sleeping crisis. In a new analysis, we are investigating the impact of generation gap, marital status and profession. We also investigate how many extra sleep different occupations get on their weekly day off. Indian women in the first working age draw up substantial amounts of “sleep debt”, with household duties and child education probably the biggest challenge, showed a recent mint analysis of sleep habits in the country. Women’s sleep shortage compared to men expands up to 30 minutes in the thirties, the age group when family duties are at their peak, the analysis showed. Even in this age group, 70% of rural men and 66% of urban men still run eight hours of sleep, but the corresponding shares for women are 50% and 45%. There is no gender gap in childhood and adolescence, and it only appears later as different gender roles become visible. The analysis used raw data from the government’s 2024 time use survey, which asked a representative sample of 454.192 Indians to list everything they did over a 24-hour period. The full analysis was published by Mint last month in a special report. Homemakers sleep less than the men in their households at night, but often compensate with day pals, taking their total bedtime above men. Experts, however, emphasize that uninterrupted night’s rest is more important for health. The analysis also found that more than 55% of the urban children go to bed after 10pm, with screen time the most common activity before bed for older teens. About 34% of older urban teens watch TV or videos before they sleep, a habit that is no less common among their fathers, that is, in the age group 30 to 50. In contrast, cleaning the kitchen is a common pre-bed ritual for women. About 18% of rural and 16% of urban women end their day, an activity that almost does not exist for men showed the analysis. Elderly people are also facing challenges, with one in ten Indians over 70 reporting at least half an hour of “insomnia” – the struggle to fall asleep. The complete analysis is available here. Here are more findings that have not previously been covered in the analysis: from the impact of marriage and profession to the practice of sleeping on your weekly day off. The marriage impact The simple impact of marriage on a health needs, such as sleep, is very clear when we look at the gender gap among those who are widowed or divorced. Among such individuals, the gender gap returns to just 13 minutes (again, in favor of men), from 23 minutes below the married. In simple words, this means that the widow or divorced women sleep an average of 13 minutes less than similar men, while married women sleep 23 minutes less than married men. There is no gender gap under singles. This analysis excludes senior citizens who generally sleep more and show no large gender gaps. Gen Z vs Millennials Does the younger generation do better than millennials on the ‘drag gender gap’? Our analysis shows no significant difference because marriage is the most important factor that drives the gap. Singles in all age groups (be it Gen Z or Millennials) have little to no gender gap at bedtime. Among married people, women sleep almost half an hour less than men under both sexes. In terms of gender parity, Gen Z does just a little better than millennials in urban areas. Gen Z is those in the 18-27 age group in the recording year (2024), and millennials are between 28 and 43 years. Bedtime here refers to the essential sleep of the night and excludes the afternoon bedtime. Work-sleep balance The analysis also looked at the bedtime for different professional categories. Among the most important groups, construction workers and technological professionals received the greatest amount of essential sleep – about 8 hours 20 minutes. On the other hand, health professionals and educators may be most asleep: Doctors, nurses and educators have reported an average bedtime of 7 hours 50 minutes. Just over half of the individuals in these categories got eight hours of sleep. Note that several of the most important career categories consist mostly of men who sleep more than women. Among these groups, technical professionals sleep the last, on average at 10.38 hours, and farmers the earliest (21.36 hours). The repayment of sleep debt about 12% of the sample of the survey was questioned on their day off (holiday, weekly off, etc.). For each major career category, we looked at the average bedtime of those who gave data for a normal work day, and for those who gave data for a day off. The gap can roughly tell us how many extra sleep workers get on the day – an indication of the sleep debt they have accumulated during the work week. Technical professionals sleep an extra 100 minutes on their day compared to a working day. This includes an average of 1 hour nap, compared to almost gene during the work week. For farmers, the gap is just 24 minutes. The analysis of the night showed the analysis that those who sleep late at night also get less sleep. This indicates the possibility of a perpetual sleep shortage for those who work in late shifts or those who keep themselves awake. Among all working individuals in urban India who went to bed between 18:00 and 21:00, the average bedtime was 9 hours 31 minutes. For those who went to bed between 21:00 and 22:00, it was 8 hours 44 minutes. The bedtime gradually decreases as bedtime is delayed. It was the lowest for the group that went to bed between midnight and 05:00: just seven hours. For this, only those who answered the recording on a normal work day and were employed. Pre-bedtime rituals The analysis has shown that television or videos are one of the most common activities immediately before bedtime for men. For a significant part of the women, a common pre-bed time is ritual to clean the kitchen after a meal. But where are these trends the most common? In Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, almost half of the men are doing screen time before bed. The share is also about 40% in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Kerala and Maharashtra. Meanwhile, kitchen insurtion is most common for women in Odisha, Delhi and Karnataka. Small states and trade union areas are excluded from this analysis. Catch all the business news, market news, news reports and latest news updates on Live Mint. Download the Mint News app to get daily market updates. More Topics #wone Factors #In Cards Read Next Story