Compendium:National Measurement of Loneliness: 2018

This compendium provides comprehensive information on the loneliness measurement landscape, the recommended national indicators of loneliness and the question testing underpinning our recommendations.

Contact:
Dawn Snape or Silvia Manclossi

Release date:
5 December 2018

Next release:
To be announced

Chapters in this compendium:

  1. Introduction: Developing national indicators of loneliness
  2. Mapping the loneliness measurement landscape
  3. Cognitive testing of loneliness questions and response options
  4. Testing of loneliness questions in surveys
  5. Recommended national indicators of loneliness
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Annexes: Cognitive testing of loneliness questions with children and young people and young adults

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Contact details for this Compendium

Dawn Snape or Silvia Manclossi
qualityoflife@ons.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1633 582486