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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 65.9 percent of children aged 4 months to 14 years got sufficient sleep based on parent report in 2016-17
Target: 70.6 percent
Methodology
Questions are age specific based on the recommendations for sufficient sleep for children less than 5 years of age, which include nap and nighttime sleep. For children aged 6-17 years the question addresses nighttime sleep, based on the guidelines. Sufficient sleep is defined as 12 or more hours for ages 4 months -1 year, 11 or more hours for ages 1-2 years, 10 or more hours for ages 3-5 years, 9 or more hours for ages 6-12 years, and 8 or more hours for ages 13-14 years. For more information see the link to CDC's How Much Sleep Do I Need?
History
1. Effect size h=0.1 was chosen to correspond with 10% improvement from a baseline of 50%.