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Please see the following links which contain published data relating to loneliness:
Loneliness - What characteristics and circumstances are associated with feeling lonely? This is analysis of characteristics and circumstances associated with loneliness in England using the Community Life Survey, 2016 to 2017.(https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/articles/lonelinesswhatcharacteristicsandcircumstancesareassociatedwithfeelinglonely/2018-04-10?WT.mc_id=31467e922c749a1befdd5b48d84d20f5&WT.sn_type=TWITTER&hoot.message=Read%20our%20latest%20article%3A%20Loneliness%20-%20what%20characteristics%20and%20circumstances%20are%20associated%20with%20feeling%20lonely%3F%20%5BLINK%5D&hoot.send_date=2018-04-10%2008%3A30%3A32&hoot.username=ONS&hoot.send_dayofweek=Tuesday&hoot.send_hour=08)
Technical report: logistic regression and latent class analysis of loneliness using the Community Life Survey August 2016 to March 2017. This contains a description of the statistical methods and techniques which underpin the article 'Loneliness - What characteristics and circumstances are associated with feeling lonely? (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/methodologies/technicalreportlogisticregressionandlatentclassanalysisoflonelinessusingthecommunitylifesurveyaugust2016tomarch2017)
Insights into Loneliness, Older People and Well-being, 2015. This article focuses on older people's well-being, loneliness and some of the risk factors associated with loneliness such as living alone, housing tenure, marital status, ill health and support networks. The ONS Measuring National Well-being programme aims to produce accepted and trusted measures of the well-being of the nation - how the UK as a whole is doing. (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105171432/http:/www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/wellbeing/measuring-national-well-being/older-people-s-well-being/art-older-people-s-well-being--2015.html#tab-abstract)
There is loneliness data also published as part of wider indicator sets:
- Measures of National Well-being Dashboard. This monitors and reports how the UK is doing by producing accepted and trusted measures for the different areas of life that matter most to the UK public. (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/articles/measuresofnationalwellbeingdashboard/2018-04-25)
- Measuring National Well-being: Quality of Life in the UK, 2018. This article, forming part of the Measuring National Well-being programme which publishes the latest assessments of change, focuses on the main differences between age groups. (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/articles/measuringnationalwellbeing/qualityoflifeintheuk2018)
- Social capital in the UK: May 2017. This shows how the UK is faring in four domains of social capital: personal relationships, social support networks, civic engagement, and trust and cooperative norms.(https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/socialcapitalintheuk/may2017)