One-person households, old people’s and nursing homes 1970-2009 
Size of households 2008 
Social isolation by country and education 2008 
Definitions/comments
“Few” contacts outside the household: meeting socially with friends, relatives or with work colleagues only once a month or less.
Educational levels: low: ISCED 0-2 (compulsory schooling, pre-vocational education), intermediate: ISCED 3-4 (apprenticeship, matura), high: ISCED 5-6 (higher vocational training, university, other tertiary).
Sample size: ESS 2008: 1819-2751; weighted data.
Source: ESS 2008.
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