U.S. adults who felt more lonely since the COVID-19 pandemic began 2021, by gender
A survey conducted in March 2021 among U.S. adults found that around 36 percent reported feeling more lonely than usual since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Women were more likely than men to report feeling more lonely since the pandemic began. This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the United States who felt more or less lonely than usual since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as of March 2021, by gender.