title: Socio-Economic Status, Time Spending, and Sleep Duration in Indian Children and Adolescents.
abstract: In this article physical activity, screen time, and academic work are studied as mediators between socio-economic status and sleep duration among school children in India. Participants were 268 school children aged 10-15 from Pune, India. They were sampled from private schools and impoverished public schools. We found that the highest socio-economic status children reported almost an hour and a half less sleep than their lowest socio-economic status counterparts. The lower socio-economic status children reported more physical activity and screen time, and the higher socio-economic status children reported spending more time on academic work. Although screen time was negatively related to sleep duration, academic work was the strongest mediator between socio-economic status and sleep duration. Physical activity was not a significant mediator. In India, academic work is a strong predictor of a lower sleep duration among children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, PO Box 9555, Leiden, 2300RB the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Radhika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bapat
authors.affiliation: Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, PO Box 9555, Leiden, 2300RB the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mitch
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Geel
authors.affiliation: Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, PO Box 9555, Leiden, 2300RB the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vedder
keywords: Academic; Adolescents; India; Physical activity; School; Screen time; Sleep; Socio-economic status; Time budgets