Social determinants of sleep have been previously explored; the very same social characteristics associated with good health such as a high level of education, being married, and being employed are also associated with higher sleep quality and healthy sleep duration (6, 7). Income plays a role in perceived sleep quality – as income decreases, sleep complaints increase (6, 8). Individuals with less education are more likely to experience insomnia (9) and report sleep disturbance (6). Living in an inner city environment has a negative effect on sleep duration – persons who live in unhealthy neighborhoods have an increased risk of unhealthy sleep (10–12). Blacks are at an increased risk for short sleep and/or poor sleep as compared to whites (13–15), and insufficient sleep among blacks is associated with greater cardiometabolic risk (7, 16). Employment also has an effect on sleep. The unemployed report poorer sleep than those who are employed (6). It is clear that socioeconomic variables are related to sleep complaints in general, such that increased socioeconomic status is associated with fewer sleep complaints.