Old people who live alone are often targets of concern and even pity. But maybe they shouldn't be. belladepaulo explains why.
For each of their confidants, the participants indicated their relationship with the person, whether they were in daily contact with the person, and whether they lived nearby . They also indicated how satisfied they were with their relationship with each of their confidants.
Friend-based networks were most likely to be found in Western and Northern European countries, with rates of about 30 percent in nations such as Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. Older people living alone in Eastern and Southern European countries were more likely to have restricted social networks than those in Northern and Western European countries. For example, Slovenia and Italy have the highest rates of restricted networks among older people living alone, at more than half for Slovenia and more than 40 percent for Italy, compared to the average of 34 percent across all 16 nations.
Older people living alone who had diverse social networks were more satisfied with their social networks, and more satisfied with their lives, than older people who were living with others. They were no more or less depressed than older people living with others.
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