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This study aims to characterise the sleep habits of Portuguese primary school children considering socioeconomic factors, daily lifestyle, presence of electronic devices in the bedrooms, and the practice of physical and sports activity (PSA) and to identify clinical factors that may be related to a child\u2019s insufficient sleeping time. This study involved 1438 primary students. Sleep habits and problems were assessed using the short version of the Children\u2019s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ). The mean sleep duration was 9 h 37 min\/ per night (SD = 44 min). The prevalence of global sleep disturbances was 25.8%. The main factors we identified to be positively associated with a child\u2019s sleep deficit (i.e., &lt;10 h) were: being older than 7 years, living further away from school, having electronic devices in the bedroom, going to bed and eating dinner later, less daily time of PSA, and having higher scores on the sleep duration subscales. Sleeping and eating habits, electronic devices in the bedroom, and a low level of engagement with PSA are associated with children\u2019s sleep disturbance and shorter sleep duration.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children9070965","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,28]],"date-time":"2022-06-28T23:59:22Z","timestamp":1656460762000},"page":"965","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Primary School Children\u2019s Sleep Habits: Association with Socioeconomic Factors and Physical Activity Habits"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5517-4855","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anabela","family":"Afonso","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CIMA, IIFA, University of \u00c9vora, 7000-671 \u00c9vora, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Mathematics, ECT, University of \u00c9vora, 7000-671 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3292-2208","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gon\u00e7alo","family":"Jacinto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIMA, IIFA, University of \u00c9vora, 7000-671 \u00c9vora, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Mathematics, ECT, University of \u00c9vora, 7000-671 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1644-9502","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulo","family":"Infante","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIMA, IIFA, University of \u00c9vora, 7000-671 \u00c9vora, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Mathematics, ECT, University of \u00c9vora, 7000-671 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3779-3553","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Teresa","family":"Engana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Youth and Sport Division, \u00c9vora City Council, 7004-506 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"136","DOI":"10.1016\/j.smrv.2019.04.011","article-title":"Children\u2019s sleep and health: A meta-review","volume":"46","author":"Matricciani","year":"2019","journal-title":"Sleep Med. 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