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.

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Notice

7 August 2025

The Three-Item Loneliness Scale (Hughes et al., 2004)" used across various ONS webpages, has been incorrectly referred to as “UCLA 3-item Loneliness Scale”. While the scale was derived from the longer UCLA Loneliness Scale, it is not officially named as such, as reported in the original journal: A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys - Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Linda J. Waite, Louise C. Hawkley, John T. Cacioppo, 2004.

Cyswllt:
Quality of Life team

Dyddiad y datganiad:
5 December 2018

Cyhoeddiad nesaf:
To be announced

Penodau yn y casgliad hwn:

  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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