CNN —If you feel lonely, you’re actually in good company: Nearly 1 in 4 adults across the world have reported feeling very or fairly lonely, a new Meta-Gallup survey has found.
The lowest rates were found in older adults.
Only 17% of people age 65 and older reported feeling lonely.
Over half of adults age 45 and older reported not feeling lonely at all, while the majority of those younger than 45 answered that they felt at least a little lonely, if not very or fairly lonely.
But Rokach, who has studied the experience of loneliness, believes there may be even higher global rates of people who feel lonely than reported — particularly young adults.
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN, Gallup, World Health Organization, Center for Academic Studies, York University, University of Cambridge
Locations:
Yehuda, Israel, Toronto, United Kingdom