Resolution Foundation research - quoted facts & statistics

health · New Dispatch

In 2023, young men aged 18‑29 spent more than two‑fifths of their waking time alone, amounting to six‑and‑a‑half hours a day, which is two hours more than in 2014‑15.

“young men (aged 18-29) spent more than two-fifths of their waking time alone (six-and-a-half hours a day) in 2023, two hours more than in 2014-15”

more than 0.4 % 6.5 hours per day 2 hours

health · New Dispatch

“Young women are now spending an additional one-and-a-half hours a day alone (roughly five hours a day in total)”

1.5 hours per day 5 hours per day

health · New Dispatch

“women over 60 and men over 70 spending around one to one-and-a-half fewer hours a day alone than a decade earlier”

about 1 hours per day about 1.5 hours per day