The chart below shows the sleep patterns of people in five different occupations according to a Canadian study.
Write a report for a university lecturer, describing the information below.
Give possible reasons for the differences.
You should write at least 150 words.
Allow yourself 20 minutes for this task.
Differences in sleep patterns appear to reflect differences in individuals' occupations.
A Canadian study has pointed out, for example, that students typically sleep for a consecutive 8-hour period each night, from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. This may be because the central activity in their lives, study, takes place in normal daylight hours. Similarly, business executives sleep consecutive hours, but perhaps because their jobs are especially busy and stressful they sleep for 6 hours on average, getting up around 5 a.m..
By contrast, truck drivers, probably because of their need to keep their truc...
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