Report: U.S. young men feel lonelier than other age groups
Gallup analyzed aggregated data from 2023 and 2024 to determine 25% of men between ages 15 and 34 reported feeling lonely the prior day when surveyed, the polling firm reported on Tuesday.
The percentage is seven points higher than the 18% average for young women in the same age group and the national average, which also is 18%.
Young men in the United States also are more likely to feel lonely than their counterparts in 38 of the higher-income democratic nations that are among the about 100 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Only 15% of young men in the 28 higher-income OECD states said they felt lonely the prior day, which is a 10-point loneliness gap from young men in the United States.
Turkey is the only nation cited that had a higher loneliness score, 29%, among young men, than those in the United States.
Only U.S. women between ages 35 and 54 also cited a significantly higher loneliness score, 20%, than their OECD counterparts, 14%, for a six-point gap.
Among such OECD states, only women age 55 and over, 19%, expressed loneliness at a higher rate than their U.S. counterparts, 17%.
Two age groups reported no difference in loneliness scores, while two others reported 2% higher rates in the United States than in higher-income OECD nations.
Young men in the United States also are more likely to experience stress and worry than the respective national averages for each, according to Gallup.
A separate poll casts some doubt on the Gallup report.
More than a third of U.S. citizens surveyed between ages 50 and 80 reported feeling lonely, according to the National Poll on Healthy Aging.
Another poll showed middle-aged adults in the United States reported feeling lonelier than seniors.
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