Abstract

During a typical day, the majority of employed people’s time is spent on two activities: work and sleep. For example, working Americans ages 25–54 spend 37% (8.9 hours) of their day on work-related activities and about 32% of their time sleeping (7.7 hours; “Charts from the American Time Use Survey,” 2015). Although exact work and sleep hours vary, other countries (i.e., France, Germany, Japan, Britain, and Turkey) observe similar trends (“A day in the life,” 2011). Consequently, work and sleep have significant implications for wellbeing among the working population.