Emerging socioeconomic correlates of loneliness. Evidence from the Barcelona Health Survey 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Recent evidence shows that loneliness is associated with socioeconomic factors. However, studies often focus on traditional socioeconomic indicators (income, occupation, educational level) only, disregarding other important socioeconomic determinants, such as job insecurity, housing conditions or material deprivation. Therefore, we analyse the association of a broad range of socioeconomic indicators with loneliness. Moreover, we investigate potential age and gender differences in this relationship.

Methods

We used cross-sectional data from the Barcelona Health Survey 2021, representative of the population of Barcelona (Spain). Individuals over the age of 14 were selected (n = 3,337). The outcome was a loneliness score based on 4 items of the UCLA scale. Loneliness wa

SUBMITTER: Mangot-Sala L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12031919 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature