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Single households: facts and figures
Prof. dr. Liesbeth De Donder
1. Some numbers
Living solo (%)
3431
35
46
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Belgium Flanders Walloon Region Brussels CapitalRegion
2. Motives
90% 40%
3. Reasons: societal transitions
Crude marriage and divorce rates, EU-28, (per 1 000 inhabitants)
4. SingleOlder Adults
Divorced Widowed
26,3% 42,2%
18,8% 22,3%
12,8% 20,9%
17,8% 19,8%
16,9% 12,8%
7,1% 8,1%
Almost daily social contacts
Total
Children 39,8%
Grandchildren 27,7%
Children-in-law 23,4%
Neighbours 17,5%
Friends 9,9%
Brothers and sisters 7,3%
Divorced Widowed
40,5% 57,5%
38,2% 49,4%
18% 37,7%
39,2% 42,6%
48,7% 38,4%
29,6% 25,0%
Potential help and support?
Total
Daughter 52,1%
Son 46,1%
Grandchildren 29,6%
Neighbours 41,3%
Friends 40,5%
Brothers and sisters 30,5%
Loneliness
Social loneliness
= Missing a broader circle of social contacts
Emotional loneliness
= Missing an intimate connection
Social loneliness
Emotional loneliness
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