Screen hours and sleep loss, read together carefully

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

The cohort is clearly concentrated on this question. A single option carries 58.1% of responses, so the headline figure is stable enough to plan against. The smallest recorded answer, less than 3 hours, still represents 55 people — a group large enough to matter in programme design even at 13.8%.

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

Placed beside the primary figure, this measure spreads more evenly, with the leading answer at 40.9%. Read together, the two questions describe cross-cutting analysis 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.