46.1% face sleep difficulty at least a few times a week

The full distribution for “How frequently do you face sleep challenges (insomnia, late sleep, waking up tired)?” (n = 399) is: Rarely — 40.9% (163); A few times a week — 30.8% (123); Almost every night — 15.3% (61); Never — 13% (52).

The cohort is moderately concentrated on this question. One option leads without dominating, so the second and third answers carry real policy weight. The smallest recorded answer, never, still represents 52 people — a group large enough to matter in programme design even at 13%.

“What is your average daily smartphone screen time?” (n = 399) returns: 3 to 6 hours — 58.1% (232); More than 6 hours — 28.1% (112); Less than 3 hours — 13.8% (55).

Placed beside the primary figure, this measure shows a majority position — 58.1% on 3 to 6 hours — which is the more reliable of the two anchors here. Read together, the two questions describe digital wellbeing as a pattern reported across the cohort rather than an issue confined to a minority of respondents.

The sample is a community-recruited cohort of 399 respondents surveyed between 21 May and 28 June 2026. Figures describe this cohort; they are not state-level prevalence estimates and should not be reported as such.

The composition of the sample also shapes the totals: 74.4% of respondents fall in the older student and early-career band, and 72.7% identify as male. Any reading by gender, district or occupation needs disaggregated fieldwork this instrument was not designed to deliver.

The instrument records one moment in time, so nothing here identifies a cause or a trend. Statements about mechanism in this brief are interpretive and flagged as such.