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    "link": "<p>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547349/</p> <p>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167494305000361</p> <p>https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2018-05/us-loneliness-index-report-pr-2018-05-01.pdf</p> <p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-life-survey-focus-on-loneliness</p>",
    "retrievedDate": "2019",
    "additionalInfo": "Share of survey respondents who report feeling lonely at least some of the time. For all countries except US, England and Finland, the estimates correspond to the year 2005, and include population 65+. \n\nFor the US and UK estimates correspond to the year 2018, and populations 72+ and 65-74 respectively. For Finland estimates correspond to 2002 and ages 75+. \n\nEstimates aggregate people who report feeling lonely some of the time, most of the time, or almost all the time. You find the exact wording of the questions for each survey in our supporting documentation <a href=\"https://owid.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Our-World-in-Data-based-on-Sundstro\u0308m-et-al.-2009-Savikko-et-al-2005-ONS-2019-and-CIGNA-2018.xlsx\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.",
    "dataPublishedBy": "<p>- Sundstr\u00f6m, G., Fransson, E., Malmberg, B., & Davey, A. (2009). Loneliness among older Europeans. European Journal of Ageing, 6(4), 267.</p> <p>- Savikko, N., Routasalo, P., Tilvis, R. S., Strandberg, T. E., & Pitk\u00e4l\u00e4, K. H. (2005). Predictors and subjective causes of loneliness in an aged population. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 41(3), 223-233.</p><p>- Office for National Statistics (2019), Community Life Survey: Focus on Loneliness. <p>- CIGNA (2018), Survey of 20,000 Americans Examining Behaviors Driving Loneliness in the U.S.</p>",
    "dataPublisherSource": "Survey data"
}