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A report on sleeping quality and quantity of the students of Excellent College
Introduction
The Health Club wanted to look into the sleeping habits of students and to see how their sleeping habits affect their activities in daytime. In order to investigate this issue, two hundred and eighty students were interviewed about their sleeping habits. We are also going to make comparisons of the results of different gender. This report presents the findings and conclusion and recommendations resulting from this investigation.
Findings
Statistics showed that more boys than girls lacked sufficient sleep. When asked about whether they considered themselves having enough sleeping, only about one-third of boys said yes while 40% of girls thought they did. Compared with girls, seven percent more boys denied having enough sleep. Besides, when the respondents who answered ‘no’ in question 1 were asked whether they thought the inadequate sleep affected their activities or study in day time, there was a stark difference between the responses of the two groups of interviewees. An overwhelming majority of boys (90%) said ‘yes’ while a comparatively lower percentage of girls (68%) gave a positive answer. Meanwhile, it was found that the percentage of the girls who believed that the inadequate sleep had little impact on their daytime activities or study, which was 32%, was higher than that of the boys.
Apart from being asked whether they thought that they had enough sleep, the two groups of participants were also enquired about the time that they usually went to bed. Only a few respondents from both sides usually went to bed before 11p.m.. There was a great difference between the two groups of respondents regarding going to bed between and midnight. More than one-third of girls went to bed between 11p.m. and midnight while only a quarter of boys did so. Compared with girls, fifteen percent more boys usually went to bed after midnight and nine percent more boys usually went to bed after 1 a.m.. It was found that the boys usually went to sleep later than the girls.
When asked about what they usually did immediately before they went to bed, most of the respondents played with smartphones. Moreover, there was an obvious different between the two groups of interviewees regarding playing online games before going to bed. Compared with girls, thirty-nine percent more boys usually played online games before they slept. It was also found that neither groups watched TV before bedtime.
Conclusion and Recommendations
Based on the result of the survey, it could be deduced that most of the students, including both boys and girls, do not have sufficient and good-quality sleep. The respondents from both sides stayed up late. Most of the girls usually went to bed between 11p.m. and midnight, while most of the boys even stayed up after midnight. Besides, girls usually played with smartphones while boys often played online games before bedtime. Most importantly, the figure indicated that the inadequate sleep would affect their activities or study in day time. It is recommended that students should have better time management. They should put more effort into setting up their efficient timetable for themselves to leave more time for sleeping. In addition, students should reduce their time playing with smartphones or online games. It is hoped that students could try their best to go to bed earlier so that their activities or study in day time would not be affected by inadequate sleep.