Sleep Habits of Elementary and Middle School Children in South Texas

Table 2

Responses to the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire from elementary school students.

Qn #		Yes	No
2	Trouble sleeping	43.04%	56.96%
3	Likes to sleep	73.55%	26.45%
		Rarely	Sometimes	Usually
Block 1: bedtime resistance
4	Goes to bed at same time	30.16%	36.64%	33.20%
5	Falls asleep in same bed	32.25%	27.99%	39.76%
6	Sleeps alone	37.96%	24.69%	37.35%
7	Falls asleep in other’s bed	46.41%	30.80%	22.79%
9	Fights with parents to go to bed	61.20%	25.93%	12.86%
10	Hard to go to bed	41.36%	33.33%	25.31%
11	Ready to sleep at usual bedtime	43.67%	30.00%	26.33%
15	Stay up late when parents think you are asleep	39.51%	28.72%	31.77%
Block 2: sleep onset delay
8	Falls asleep in 20 minutes	36.21%	36.01%	27.78%
Block 3: sleep anxiety
12	Takes a special thing to bed	48.05%	25.05%	26.90%
13	Afraid of dark	60.33%	20.45%	19.22%
14	Afraid of sleeping alone	58.80%	25.47%	15.73%
Block 4: sleep duration
16	Sleeps too little	48.98%	28.69%	22.34%
17	Sleeps too much	55.56%	28.19%	16.26%
Block 5: night awakening
18	Wakes up at night when parents think you are asleep	47.20%	30.23%	22.57%
19	Trouble falling back asleep after waking up	45.74%	28.90%	25.36%
20	Have nightmares	48.35%	33.13%	18.52%
21	Wakes up due to pain	57.02%	27.04%	15.93%
22	Goes to other’s bed during night	60.96%	28.39%	10.65%
Block 6: daytime sleepiness
23	Trouble waking up in morning	37.22%	35.17%	27.61%
24	Feels sleepy during day	41.31%	40.29%	18.40%
25	Takes naps during day	56.03%	28.63%	15.34%
26	Feels rested after a night’s sleep	33.61%	30.53%	35.86%

Qn #: question number.