Survey of sleep stories of Westerners and Eastern people

Recently, Science News has published a table comparing the number of sleeping hours of Western and Eastern people. Accordingly, people living in the West tend to sleep more than those who live in the East.

The hours that people in Western countries spend on average nights are about 7-8 hours, while people in Eastern countries often sleep less than 7 hours a night.

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The table compares the number of sleep hours of people in Eastern and Western countries.

Looking at the comparison table, we can see that on the days of work, Singaporeans often go to bed at 1:00 pm and wake up around 8 am. On the day off, the number of hours of sleep will be longer - until almost 10am.

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The number of hours spent to sleep on the day of work and holidays for Singaporeans (representing the Eastern country).

Meanwhile, on the days of going to work, British people often end their day at 11pm and wake up near 8am the next morning. On days off, the British people will sleep at 12:30 pm and welcome the dawn at 9am.

Although on the day of work, Singaporeans sleep less but on holidays, the time spent on rest and sleep is almost the same.

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The number of hours spent to sleep on the day of work and the holidays of the British people (representing Western countries).

This comparison shows that the difference in time as well as the natural light-dark cycle does not affect much on the hours of living as well as the number of hours of sleep of the people of the countries but the difference in demand. society, mainly from work, study shows more clearly the difference in the number of hours of sleep in each country.

Besides, in this industrialized age, the use of more artificial light is also one of the main determinants of sleep schedule.