From fortnightly napping to sleeping naked, and bedtime rituals to smelly sheets it would appear the cultural differences between countries extend into the bedroom.
The National Sleep Foundation has released its first international 'Bedroom Poll' that compared the amount of sleep, attitudes, habits and bedtime routines of people living across the United States, Canada, Mexico, UK, Germany and Japan.
It discovered that while a third of Britons prefer to sleep naked, Germans have to air their bedrooms weekly to achieve a good night's sleep and half of both Japanese and Americans take naps every two weeks to catch up on their shut eye.
The survey polled 1,500 people between the ages of 25 and 55 years old across the six countries.
Japan and the U.S reported getting the least amount of sleep, with an average of 6 hours and 22 minutes and 6 hours and 31 minutes of sleep, respectively.
Two-thirds of Japanese (66 per cent) said they sleep less than 7 hours on work nights, compared to 53 per cent of Americans, 39 per cent in the UK, 36 per cent of Germans, a third of Canadians and 29 per cent of Mexicans.
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