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According to a survey, more women in Germany want a regular nap.
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Around 40 percent of adults in Germany say they sleep badly.
This is the result of a representative study by the opinion research institute YouGov on behalf of the German Press Agency.
According to this, every tenth of those surveyed said he or she "didn't sleep well at all".
30 percent said they slept "rather not well."
In contrast, 45 percent said they slept "rather well" and 13 percent said they slept "very well."
The rest didn't specify.
Of the male respondents, 62 percent said their sleep was “rather good/very good”, while the figure for women was 55 percent.
While a total of 7 percent "never" have trouble falling asleep or staying up late at night, 20 percent said it happened to them "often," and 14 percent said it "very often."
24 percent named sleep problems "rarely", 33 percent have them "sometimes".
The rest didn't specify.
40 percent of women have sleep problems “often” or “very often”, compared to just 28 percent of men.
Many don't think too much of the everyday rhythm in Germany with the good reputation of getting up early and working through.
There are more nap fans in the east (60 percent) than in the west (54 percent).
In addition, the longing for an afternoon nap is slightly greater in women than in men.
One in five would like to have it "very much" more often, for men this was 15 percent.
Overall, however, the trend is the same for women and men: If you add up the answers from those who “very much” and “like” would like to sleep more often in the afternoon, you get 55 percent for men and 54 percent for women.
tgk/dpa