Table 2.
Summary of Unweighted Correlations Between Different Loneliness Measures, by Country
| Measures being compared | Min | Max | Median | Mean | Countries with measures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CES-D Item vs. Single Item | 0.386 (India) | 0.555 (England) | 0.450 | 0.472 | Brazil, England, India, Ireland, the United States |
| CES-D Item vs. Three-Item Scale | 0.399 (the United States) | 0.509 (England) | 0.401 | 0.436 | England, India, Ireland, the United States |
| Single Item vs. Three-Item Scale | 0.589 (Germany) | 0.777 (Italy) | 0.699 | 0.689 | Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States |
| CES-D Item vs. de Jong Gierveld Scale | 0.478 | 0.478 | 0.478 | 0.478 | New Zealand |
| CES-D Item vs. Social Provisions Scale | 0.384 | 0.384 | 0.384 | 0.384 | New Zealand |
| de Jong Gierveld Scale vs. Social Provisions Scale | 0.603 | 0.603 | 0.603 | 0.603 | New Zealand |
Notes: CES-D = Center for Epidemiological Sciences—Depression. See Supplementary Appendix Table C1 for detailed results; see Supplementary Appendix Table C2 for a summary of weighted results.