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Prevalence & Measurement

How much loneliness there is, and how we know.

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18 February 2021

Serious Loneliness and the Limits of a Single Survey

A new Harvard survey puts serious loneliness at 36% of Americans and 61% of young adults. The figures are striking, and the reasons to read them carefully are worth stating plainly.