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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2014 Oct;26(7):1172–1188. doi: 10.1177/0898264314533722

Table 4.

Prevalence of Loneliness by Marital Status and Living Arrangement.

Married (n = 2,220) Divorced (n = 73) Separated (n = 55) Widowed (n = 765)




n % n % n % n %
Any loneliness 447 20.2 30 41.1 22 40.0 314 41.1
 Lack of companionship 308 13.9 25 34.3 18 32.7 285 37.3
 Left out of life 343 15.5 22 30.1 16 2.8 201 26.3
 Isolated from others 92 4.2 6 8.2 5 9.1 87 11.4
Living alone (n = 672) With one person (n = 1,306) With two to three persons (n = 477) With four or more persons (n = 679)




n % n % n % n %
Any loneliness 270 40.2 274 33.4 129 15.7 147 17.9
 Lack of companionship 245 36.5 193 21.4 102 14.5 103 15.2
 Left out of life 167 24.9 209 20.1 96 16.0 113 16.6
 Isolated from others 80 11.9 61 4.7 27 5.7 25 3.7

Note. Percentage represents the prevalence of loneliness within each of the subgroup.