2. Children, youth, and adults are emotionally/behaviorally well and socially connected
H-Ind. 2.8: % of Story County householders 18+ who live alone
Current Value
32%
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Story Behind the Curve
This is an imperfect indicator of social isolation but one of only a few available data points. For helpful discussions on the "costs" of social isolation/loneliness, please see https://academic.oup.com/ppar/article/27/4/127/4782506 andhttps://www.hrsa.gov/enews/past-issues/2019/january-17/loneliness-epidemic. For a helpful discussion of loneliness indicators, see thisHealthAffairs post. This article states that "Even by the most conservative estimates, loneliness affects one in five adults."