Living alone doesn’t have to mean being lonely

Walking alone. Around 20 per cent of adult Germans are living alone. Image: Jens
Walking alone. Around 20 per cent of adult Germans are living alone. Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
Walking alone. Around 20 per cent of adult Germans are living alone. Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena) - Around 20 per cent of all Germans live alone - and the number is increasing. This trend can also be observed in most other Western countries. However, contrary to prevailing prejudices, living alone does not necessarily mean isolation and loneliness. This is what psychologists at Friedrich Schiller University Jena have discovered in a study on. Over a period of three years, they surveyed around 400 people aged between 35 and 60 who live alone in the Thuringian urban centres of Erfurt, Weimar, Jena, and Gera.
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