There are plenty of things Americans disagree on but one shared concern is loneliness. According to a 2024 American Psychiatric Association survey, around 30 per cent of those aged 18-34 feel lonely several times a week. This builds on an earlier Harvard University study, done in the midst of the pandemic, which found that 36 per cent of Americans reported being lonely “almost all the time”. While Democrats were more likely to say so than Republicans, the study showed that the epidemic cut across political, economic, social, cultural, race and gender lines.
美國人在很多事情上有分歧，但他們有一個共同的擔憂，那就是孤獨。根據美國精神病學協會(American Psychiatric Association) 2024年的一項調查，在18歲至34歲的人群中，約有30%的人一周會有好幾次感到孤獨。該調查基于哈佛大學(Harvard University)早前在疫情期間進行的一項研究。哈佛大學的那項研究發(fā)現，36%的美國人表示他們“幾乎一直”感到孤獨。雖然民主黨人比共和黨人更有可能這么說，但該研究表明，這種流行病是不分政治立場、經濟和社會狀況、文化、種族和性別的。