Table 4.

Loneliness measure by year, meal, and living alone.

Meal	Year	Live alone	Live with another
Home-delivered meals	2019	5.26 (41.9%)	4.69 (31.9%)
	2021	5.15 (41.8%)	4.90 (31.9%)
Congregate meals	2019	4.22 (20.3%)	3.90 (13.8%)
	2021	4.96 (35.3%)	4.09 (13.1%)
Total		4.90 (35.6%)	4.40 (23.4%)

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