Sarah?Jane Paine|Philippa Gander|Ricci Harris|Papaarangi Reid
Who Reports Insomnia? Relationships with Age, Sex, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Deprivation
Massey University|Wake Research|Massey University|Wake Research|University of Otago|University of Otago
investigate prevalence selfreported insomnia symptoms among mori indigenous people nonmori adults general population new zealand explore possible links insomnia symptoms ethnicity gender age employment status socioeconomic deprivationmailout survey stratified random sample 4000 people aged 20 59 years selected electoral rollnationwide survey new zealand adults 725 response ratethe sample design aimed equal numbers mori nonmori participants men women participants decade agenapopulation prevalence estimates indicated selfreported insomnia symptoms sleeping problems higher among mori nonmori multiple logistic regression analyses identified unemployment socioeconomic deprivation strongly associated insomnia symptoms reporting sleeping problem lasting 6 monthssocioeconomic factors ethnicity significant independent predictors reported insomnia symptoms finding important implications provision treatment services need