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Millennials suffer more than the elderly from lockdown loneliness
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mirror.co.ukTeenagers and young adults are most vulnerable to lockdown loneliness, data reveals. More than half of those aged 16 to 24 experienced loneliness during the month after the pandemic hit, compared to less than a quarter of those aged between 55 and 69.
And out of the 2,440 polled by the Office for National Statistics, the majority of single (53.0%), widowed (51.2%), and divorced or separated (53.2%) people also felt lonely.
But elderly people aged 70 and over did not report greater feelings of loneliness in the study. The ONS said this echoes previous research exploring chronic loneliness, showing that people in younger age groups were most likely to report loneliness, while those in older age groups were less likely.
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