# Campaign to End Loneliness - Facts and Statistics  ## Metadata - Author: [[Source - Campaign to End Loneliness- Facts and Statistics]] - Full Title: Campaign to End Loneliness - Category: #Source/articles - URL: https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/facts-and-statistics/ ## Highlights - • Approximately ==7.1% of people in Great Britain (3.83 million) experience chronic loneliness==, meaning they feel lonely ‘often or always’ [2]. • This has risen from 6% (3.24 million) in 2020 ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h669ybfmm34qahvje1sa76e9)) - Types of loneliness There are different types of loneliness. The following three are the most commonly identified in evidence and literature on loneliness [5]: • **Emotional** loneliness – ‘the absence of meaningful relationships’ • **Social** loneliness – a ‘perceived deficit in the quality of social connections’ • **Existential** loneliness – a ‘feeling of fundamental separateness from others and the wider world’ Other types of loneliness can include:  • **Transient** loneliness – a feeling that comes and goes • **Situational** loneliness – only occurring at certain times like Sundays, bank holidays or Christmas • **Chronic** loneliness – feeling lonely all or most of the time ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h669zs8b35mby65j84vk2zpd)) - According to the UK government’s Tackling Loneliness strategy review, reported loneliness is higher for people who [13]: • ==are 16-24 years old • are female • are single or widowed • live with a limiting mental health condition • are renting • have lower neighbourhood belonging  • have lower local social trust== ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a2kmf326y1xcp1h68xzfg)) - There appears to be an association between **mental wellbeing and loneliness**: research estimates that ==60% of people experiencing chronic loneliness experience mental distress, compared to 15% of people who are not chronically lonely== [17]. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a3zax2c810f12h1bp62mn)) - 62% of lonely young people say that ‘feeling lonely makes them **lose confidence in themselves**’ [18]. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a3jm59mz8x2x42jmjn7yw)) - ==Loneliness in early adolescence is associated with **lower educational attainment**== [22]. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a49dvwqb29gr47f91kds6)) - Campaign to End Loneliness, *The State of Loneliness 2023: ONS Data on loneliness in Britain* (2023). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a6m1bfjs4c8yjp09k60ww)) - L Mansfield et al. [*A conceptual review of loneliness across the adult life course (16+ years): Synthesis of qualitative studies*](https://whatworkswellbeing.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/V3-FINAL-Loneliness-conceptual-review.pdf), What Works Wellbeing (2019), (p. 2; 18; 36). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a6xkgq1sskx5p03crf8zm)) - [13] Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, [*Tackling loneliness evidence review: executive summary*](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-loneliness-evidence-review/tackling-loneliness-evidence-review-summary-report) (2023). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a72tdwxg89d2z3pry542e)) - [17] Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, [*Investigating factors associated with loneliness in adults in England*](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/factors-associated-with-loneliness-in-adults-in-england/investigating-factors-associated-with-loneliness-in-adults-in-england) (2022). [18] Co-Op Foundation, [*A Friend in Need*](https://www.coopfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/A-Friend-in-Need-FINAL.pdf) (2022). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a5s6bhbmmpcvxmmssr6w5)) - [22] R. Jefferson, M. Barreto, L. Verity and P. Qualter, ‘[Loneliness During the School Years: How It Affects Learning and How Schools Can Help](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/josh.13306)’, *Journal of School Health* 93.5 (2023), pp.428-435. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a5m2sxx97skvs3zeqhyma))