Table 3.

Average marginal effects (AMEs) of being childless and of being unpartnered on the probability of feeling currently lonely or lonelier than before the pandemic

AME of:	Before the pandemic (regular wave 8)				During the pandemic (SHARE Corona Survey 1)
	Do you feel lonely?				Do you feel lonely?				Have felt lonelier than before the pandemic?
	(M1)	(M2)	(M3)	(M4)	(M1)	(M2)	(M3)	(M4)	(M1)	(M2)	(M3)	(M4)
Childless	0.1126***		0.0504***	0.1005***		0.0377***	0.0177***		0.0004
	(0.0078)		(0.0073)		(0.0071)		(0.0067)		(0.0050)		(0.0046)
Unpartnered		0.1874***	0.1794***		0.1857***	0.1795***		0.0545***	0.0544***
		(0.0050)	(0.0051)			(0.0046)	(0.0047)			(0.0034)	(0.0034)
Childless
Partnered				0.0758***				0.0367***				-0.0077
				(0.0112)				(0.0099)				(0.0065)
Unpartnered				0.0367***				0.0444***				0.0074
				(0.0111)				(0.0102)				(0.0074)
Unpartnered
Parents				0.1843***				0.1789***				0.0526***
				(0.0054)				(0.0050)				(0.0037)
Childless				0.1451***				0.1866***				0.0677***
				(0.0148)				(0.0133)				(0.0092)
n	44,329	44,329	44,329	44,329	53,820	53,820	53,820	53,820	53,820	53,820	53,820	53,820

Unweighted estimates. The AMEs reported in this table have been calculated based on estimates from logistic regression models reported in Table 2. Control variables have been averaged out. The four considered models are all fully adjusted for control variables and incrementally add explanatory variables: childlessness (Model 1, M1), unpartnered (Model 2, M2), both (Model 3, M3), both variables and their interaction (Model 4, M4). Standard errors in parentheses. *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01