How has Covid-19 and associated lockdown measures affected loneliness in the UK?

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Report

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Publication date

August 15, 2020

Summary:

Headlines: People who felt most lonely prior to Covid in the UK now have even higher levels of loneliness. This increase began as physical distancing and lockdown measures were introduced in the UK, in March 2020 ; Adults most at risk of being lonely, and increasingly so over this period, have one or more of the following characteristics: they are young, living alone, on low incomes, out of work and, or with a mental health condition ; The impact on wellbeing from people at risk of loneliness is likely to be compounded by other economic and social impacts experienced by the same people, such as those experiencing job losses and health anxieties.

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Link

https://whatworkswellbeing.org/resources/loneliness-lockdown-and-covid/

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Uses Understanding Society data (not Understanding Society - COVID-19 Study, 2020)

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