Material hardship and sleep: results from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sleep is unequally distributed in the US population. People with low socioeconomic status report worse quality and shorter sleep than people with high socioeconomic status. Past research hypothesized that a potential reason for this link could be exposure to material hardship. This study examines the associations between several material hardships and sleep outcomes.

Methods

We use population-representative cross-sectional data (n = 730) from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study collected in 2013 and examine the associations between 6 indicators of material hardship (employment instability, financial problems, housing instability, food insecurity, forgone medical care, and the total number of material hardships reported) and 3 sleep outcomes (short sleep, slee

SUBMITTER: Kalousova L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6561110 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature