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Increase the proportion of high school students who get enough sleep — SH‑04 Data Methodology and Measurement

About the National Data

Data

Baseline: 25.4 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 got sufficient sleep on an average school night in 2017

Target: 27.4 percent

Numerator
Number of students in grades 9 through 12 who sleep for 8 or more hours per night.
Denominator
Number of students in grades 9 through 12.
Target-setting method
Minimal statistical significance
Target-setting method details
Minimal statistical significance, assuming the same standard error for the target as for the baseline.
Target-setting method justification
Trend data were evaluated for this objective, but it was not possible to project a target because the trend was moving away from the desired direction. The standard error was used to calculate a target based on minimal statistical significance, assuming the same standard error for the target as for the baseline. This method was used because it was a statistically significant improvement from the baseline.

Methodology

Questions used to obtain the national baseline data

(For additional information, please visit the data source page linked above.)

From the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System:

Numerator:
On an average school night, how many hours of sleep do you get?
  1. 4 or less hours
  2. 5 hours
  3. 6 hours
  4. 7 hours
  5. 8 hours
  6. 9 hours
  7. 10 or more hours

History

Comparable HP2020 objective
Retained, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 with no change in measurement.
Revision History
Revised. 

In 2024, the baseline race/ethnicity data were revised at the request of the data provider.