A brief guide to measuring loneliness (What Works Centre for Wellbeing)
15 March 2019
This guide on measuring loneliness is aimed at charities and social enterprises in the UK. The guidance sets out: what we mean by loneliness and what the evidence says so far; the national measures for adults and children, and how to use them; other related measures that can help build a picture of people’s social relationships; how to have conversations about loneliness and capture qualitative data; how to make sense of your results, and how to compare your findings to a national picture