Characteristics of older U.S. adults who felt lonely during COVID-19, Mar-Jun 2020
Between March and June 2020, four in ten U.S. adults aged 50-80 years felt a lack of companionship. However, this rate was much higher among women (47 percent) than men (35 percent) and among those who reported more depression symptoms (84 percent) than those with fewer symptoms (36 percent).
This statistic illustrates the percentage of older adults in the U.S. who felt a lack of companionship some of the time or often during the COVID-19 pandemic from March to June 2020, by select demographics and characteristics.