Sleep Practices among Parents and Childless Individuals
Sleep Practices among Parents and Childless Individuals
Author(s): Miriam ProkešováSubject(s): Gender Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Social psychology and group interaction, Family and social welfare, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: SAV - Slovenská akadémia vied - Sociologický ústav
Keywords: Parenthood; propensity score matching; sleep duration; social jetlag; sleep quality
Summary/Abstract: While sleep is partially genetically determined, it's largely socially driven. Existing research is mostly biomedical, inconsistent, and often doesn't account for gender or child age. This study uses representative data from the Czech Household Panel Study (2018) with 2,017 childless individuals and 1,022 parents, employing propensity score matching to explore parenthood's effect on weekday and free-day sleep duration and social jetlag. Results show parents have similar sleep patterns to childless individuals, but mothers, especially, lack sleep on free days. For mothers, childcare equates to a seven-day work week. Parental sleep quality isn't significantly worse than childless individuals; both groups report generally poor sleep.
Journal: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review
- Issue Year: 56/2024
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 581-612
- Page Count: 32
- Language: Czech
