MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Sixty-seven percent U.S. newlywed couples have at least one partner who snores, according to a new survey.
Forty-three percent of snorers and 42 percent of the bed partners of snorers said snoring adds stress to their relationship, while 54 percent of the newlyweds with a snoring partner surveyed attribute their sleepless nights to snoring.
In fact, when asked to identify what keeps them up at night, the only thing more likely than snoring to cause sleep loss is stress -- 57 percent. However, more lose sleep to snoring more than work and family issues combined, the survey finds.
Snoring not only takes the bliss out of the bedroom -- a poor night's sleep "significantly" affects how 59 percent of the respondents function the next day, according to the survey.
Many newlyweds -- 40 percent -- consider snoring a fact of life and have not taken any measures to manage the problem; those who try to do something about the problem find nudging, prodding or yelling -- 29 percent -- are the most common tactics.
Only one in 10 wakes up the snorer, and 7 percent of newlyweds leave their beds and sleep in another room, according to the survey by Impulse Research.
