{"id":33683,"date":"2018-05-03T05:45:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T09:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=33683"},"modified":"2018-05-02T13:35:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T17:35:45","slug":"all-the-lonely-people-where-do-they-all-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2018\/05\/all-the-lonely-people-where-do-they-all-come-from\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Lonely People, Where Do They All Come From?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Most Americans are lonely, according to a new study.\u00a0 And, contrary to what we might expect, the older you are, the less lonely you feel.\u00a0 In fact, loneliness is greatest among young people.<\/p>\n

The study, sponsored by Cigna Insurance, surveyed 20,000 Americans, aged 18 and over.\u00a0 It made use of the USC Loneliness Scale<\/a>, which measures various factors defining loneliness on a scale of 20-80.\u00a0 Someone with a score of 43 can be described as \u201clonely.\u201d\u00a0 Higher scores show just how lonely the person is.\u00a0 For the full report, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here is a summary of the findings<\/a>:<\/p>\n