79% of Americans with a Partner Want a Sleep Divorce

January 23, 2025

**New Sleep Divorce Survey Data Ahead of Sleep Awareness Month in March**

79% of Americans with a Partner Want a Sleep Divorce

New Harris Poll Data from Camino is Out Prior to Sleep Awareness Month in March Shows What People Prefer- and What They Would Give Up for Better Quality Sleep

Takeaways

• 91% of Americans say they would give up something if it meant they could consistently get great sleep; 47% say alcohol, 29% say pizza and 22% say they would give up sex.
• 79% of Americans with a partner want a sleep divorce but 64% say something is preventing them from taking that step.
• 81% of Americans with a partner say they have an issue with sleep quality sharing a bed, but only 24% of them have tried cannabis edibles for sleep to improve their sleep quality with a partner.
• More than double the number of Americans with a partner said they would prefer to use cannabis products that support sleep quality (22%) versus a sleep divorce (11%).

Everyone knows that getting a good night's sleep is vital to health. Stress, aches and pains, and insomnia all play a part in sleep health- which only becomes more challenging when sharing a bed or a room with a partner. A recent Harris Poll of over 2,000 U.S. adults commissioned by Camino found that 81% of Americans with a partner say they have an issue with sleep quality with their partner and 90% of those with issues have tried something to improve it. Pretty fascinating!

Dive in deeper to each of the questions we asked and the survey responses:

1. Which of the following would you give up for a year if it meant you could consistently get great sleep?

91% of Americans say they would give up something if it meant they could consistently get great sleep.

Alcohol - 47%

Coffee - 34%

Pizza - 29%

Dessert - 25%

Sex - 22%

Vacations - 19%

Television - 19%

Something else - 10%

Nothing - 9%

2. Which of the following solutions have you tried to improve your sleep quality with your partner (i.e., so you can both get a good night's sleep)? Please select all that apply.

Of the 86% of Americans with a partner, 81% have an issue with sleep quality with their partner (which means only 19% don’t have an issue with sleep quality with their partner).

Of those 81% with an issue, 90% have tried something to improve their sleep quality with their partner.

Melatonin - 50%

Smoking cannabis - 25%

Cannabis edibles - 24%

Sleeping in separate rooms (i.e. Sleep Divorce) - 24%

Prescription sleep medication - 24%

Magnesium - 21%

A wearable/accessory (i.e. tape, ear plugs, etc.) - 16%

Something else - 13%

Nothing, but I need something - 10%

3. Which of the following, if any, would stop you from a ''sleep divorce'' with your partner (i.e., sleeping in separate rooms so you and your partner could sleep better at night)? Please select all that apply

79% of Americans with a partner want a sleep divorce.

However, 64% of them say something is preventing them from sleep divorce.

34% would miss having their partner next to them

23% don’t think sleep divorce would be good for their relationship

17% said neither partner wants to give up the bed

12% said they don’t have comfortable places to sleep separately

12% said there’s not enough room in their home to sleep separately

11% said there’s a stigma associated with sleeping separately

8% don’t want others in the household to see them sleeping separately

2% said something else

15% said nothing

4. Which of the following would you prefer to use to get a better night's sleep with your partner?

Of the 79% with a partner who said they would use something:

Supplements like melatonin or magnesium - 28%

Cannabis products that support sleep quality - 22%

Pharmaceutical sleep medication - 11%

Sleep divorce (sleeping in separate rooms to get a good night sleep) - 11%

Something else - 8%

Nothing - 21%

With National Sleep Awareness month coming up in March, we encourage every adult considering a Sleep Divorce to first try a Camino gummy. You may be surprised at the results.

Survey Method:

This survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of Camino from September 19 - 23, 2024 among 2,077 adults. The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the sample data is accurate to within +/- 2.5 percentage points using a 95% confidence level.

For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact kiva@candyandflowers.com.