Table 3.

Loneliness measure by year, meal, and location of home.

Meal	Year	Urban	Suburb	Rural
Home-delivered meals	2019	5.07(37.0%)	4.76(33.8%)	5.12(40.2%)
	2021	4.99 (36.6%)	5.17 (41.4%)	4.87 (30.7%)
Congregate meals	2019	4.05 (16.0%)	4.03 (15.1%)	3.98 (17.2%)
	2021	4.02 (13.4%)	4.99 (32.8%)	4.53 (26.9%)
Total		4.53 (25.8%)	4.74 (30.8%)	4.63 (28.8%)

UCLA scores range from 3 to 9 with higher numbers indicating higher levels of loneliness. Percent identifying as lonely are in parentheses.