United States: 1 in 5 adults report daily loneliness – Gallup Survey

A recent survey has revealed, 1 in 5 adults in the United States (US) reports feeling lonely daily.

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Lonely

It is a heightened rate of loneliness in the past two years reported.

According to abcnews.go.com:

One in five U.S. adults reports feeling lonely on a daily basis, according to a new Gallup survey. It’s the highest rate of reported loneliness in the past two years.

The figure is up slightly from earlier this year, when 17% to 18% of survey respondents reported feeling a lack of social connection, but it’s lower than the peak of 25% of respondents who reported feeling lonely during the three-year stretch of the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2021.

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