Stress, financial concerns, and technology use as the biggest obstacles to quality sleep according to a recent sleep survey conducted by IKEA.
IKEA talked to 55,221 people in 57 countries and found that, on average, there is a 1 hour and 20-minute discrepancy between how much sleep we want and how much sleep we are getting.
The survey found that people who are financially insecure had the lowest sleep scores followed by people with disabilities and those who identify as LGBTQ. It also discovered that 72 per cent of use their phones before bed. That number increases 86 per cent among 18-24-year-olds.
Based on sleep quality, flow, drift-off time, duration, and wake-up state, IKEA ranked each country by its sleeping score. Those from Mainland China ranked number one in sleep duration, averaging over 7 hours per night. The Unites States and Norway are at the back of the pack, meaning they get the most disrupted sleeps, and Canada ranked 6th last.
