Depression in adults who lived alone by age U.S. 2021| ��ƽ��

Share of adults who lived alone and had experienced feelings of depression in the United States 2021, by age

Characteristic	Percentage of adults
18-29 years	5.8%
30-44 years	6.2%
45-64 years	9%
65 years and older	4.7%

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February 2024

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United States

Survey time period

2021

Age group

18 years and older

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Adults who lived alone

Supplementary notes

Note: For the analysis original questions asked: “How often do you feel depressed? Would you say daily, weekly, monthly, a few times a year, or never?” and “Thinking about the last time you felt depressed, how depressed did you feel? Would you say a little, a lot, or somewhere in between a little and a lot?”

For the results an adult was considered having feelings of depression if they report “daily” feelings of depression “a lot” of the time, “daily” feelings of depression “somewhere in between a little and a lot of the time,” or “weekly” feelings of depression “a lot” of the time.

The number of adults and children under 18 living in the home determined the living arrangements. If an adult lived alone and there were no children under the age of 18, that person was considered to be living alone.

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In 2021, nine percent of adults aged between 45 years and 64 years who lived alone in the U.S. reported feelings of depression, the highest share across all age groups. In general, adults in the U.S. who lived alone were more likely to report feelings of depression than those who lived with others.