Table 4.
Prevalence of Loneliness by Marital Status and Living Arrangement.
| Married (n = 2,220) | Divorced (n = 73) | Separated (n = 55) | Widowed (n = 765) | |||||
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| 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) | |||||
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| 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.