The final chapter of the Sleep Study is dedicated to the behaviours and moods of Britons with regards to waking up in the morning.
Seven in ten Britons (68%) report very or fairly often feeling tired when they wake up in the morning. Three in ten (28%) say they don’t often feel tired upon waking, while just 2% say they’re never tired in the morning.
Three-quarters (76%) of British women say they very often or fairly often wake up feeling tired, compared to six in ten (59%) men.
Britons under 40 are most likely to report they very often feel tired in the morning (38-41%) compared to 32% of 40-59-year-olds and just 18% of those 60 and above.
Three quarters (76%) of night owls say they very often or fairly often wake up feeling tired, compared to 57% of early birds.
Despite the fact that the majority of people often wake up feeling tired, over half (55%) of Britons say it’s very or fairly easy for them to get out of bed in the morning. Four in ten (42%) say it’s difficult, with this being more the case for women (49%) than men (35%).
Our results also show that Britons under the age of 40 (55-58%) are more likely to say they struggle to get up than those in their 40s and 50s (41%) and those aged 60 and above (26%).
Six in ten (59%) night owls say it’s difficult for them to get out of bed in the morning, compared to one in five (19%) early risers.
Four out of ten Britons (40%) say they hit the snooze button at least once in the morning before getting out of bed, including one in seven (15%) who do so once, 13% who do so twice, and 12% who do so three times or more.
Women are more likely than men (15% vs 8%) to hit the snooze button three times or more in the morning.
A third of Britons (36%) never hit the snooze button, while 22% say they don’t set an alarm at all.
Seven in ten (68%) Britons prefer to spend some time in bed in the morning once they wake up. A third (37%) spend up to 10 minutes, 14% spend 10-20 minutes and 9% spend 20-30 minutes in bed after waking up. One in 12 (8%) spend more than half an hour in bed before they get up in the morning.
A quarter (27%) of 16-24-year-olds prefer to spend more than 20 minutes in bed in the morning, which is higher than across other age groups (13-19%). Young men are more likely than young women to loiter under the covers, at 31% vs 24%.
One in three Britons (28%) say they get up immediately once they wake up, with this applying notably more to men (32%) than women (24%). Britons aged 40-59 (37%) are most likely to get up straight away compared to 11% of 16-24-year-olds and 22% of 25-39-year-olds. Among those 60 and above, three in ten (31%) say they get up straight away.
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