ArticleEuropean journal of ageing2022
Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic-are unpartnered and childless older adults at higher risk?
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- Socioeconomic Status, Religiosity and Loneliness in the United States: Resource Substitution or Resource Multiplication?Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
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- The associations between childhood vaccine history and COVID-19 vaccine uptake among older adults in 28 high-income countries.Research square · 2025Article
- Unravelling the association between internet use and loneliness among Chinese older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of potentially moderating and mediating factors.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Trajectories of loneliness in later life - Evidence from a 10-year English panel study.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- "Kinlessness," Social Connectedness, and Subjective Well-Being in Europe.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Kinlessness at Older Ages: Prevalence and Heterogeneity in 27 Countries.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- How loneliness increased among different age groups during COVID-19: a longitudinal analysis.European journal of ageing · 2024Article
- Senior volunteers: addressing loneliness in times of COVID-19.European journal of ageing · 2023Article
- Risk factors for loneliness: A literature review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Review
- Marital-history differences in increased loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: A European study among older adults living alone.Archives of gerontology and geriatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
COVID-19 mitigation efforts had the potential to exacerbate loneliness among older adults, particularly for the unpartnered or childless, yet specific studies on loneliness among these groups during the COVID-19 pandemic are lacking. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) collected before (October 2019-March 2020) and during the pandemic (June-August 2020), we examine two loneliness outcomes: (1) "have you felt lonely recently?" (both datasets) and (2) "have you felt lonelier than before the pandemic?" (2020), and examine differences by partnership and parenthood status. Before COVID-19, those who lacked one tie but had the other (unpartnered parents or partnered childless) were at highest loneliness risk. During COVID-19, unpartnered and childless-especially unpartnered-remain at higher risk for loneliness, entering loneliness, and not "exiting" loneliness. We discuss these findings in light of family norms and needs in pandemic and non-pandemic times and provide recommendations for future research. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10433-022-00718-x.
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