statistic_id,statistic,value,units,subsection,source_id,original_organization,report_title,source_url,publication_date,data_collection_period,geographic_coverage,population,full_sample_size,item_sample_size,subgroup_sample_size,sample_notes,methodology,source_passage_or_table,definition,caveats,date_checked,verification_status,finding_type,recency,legacy_statistic_id,included_in_main_60
F001,Adults reporting no close friends,17,percent,Friend counts and preferences,FS01,YouGov,"Friendship and Loneliness: June 5–9, 2026 poll results",https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Friendship_and_Loneliness_poll_results.pdf,2026; exact publication date not stated in PDF,"June 5–9, 2026",United States,U.S. adult citizens ages 18+,1066,1063,,"Q6 actual and Q7 preferred count each n=1,063, with slightly different gender/age responding bases. Q1 n=1,066; Q3 n=1,064. All percentages weighted; N unweighted.",Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel; selected/weighted to represent U.S. adult citizens. PDF pp.3/14 lists demographic and political weighting; reported full-sample adjusted margin ±4.3 percentage points is not a subgroup or calculated-gap interval.,"PDF p.2 Q6 total; p.10 detailed Q6, row None",Reported close-friend count; preferred count in an ideal world; very difficult to make new friends; preference for very close friendships are separate questions.,No respondent-level matched count data supplied. Actual distribution sums to 101%; preferred to 98% from whole-percent rounding. Sums/differences of rounded cells are approximate. Counts are self-defined; do not estimate a mean from the open-ended 11+ category.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,2026 fieldwork,F001,True
F002,Adults preferring no close friends in an ideal world,5,percent,Friend counts and preferences,FS01,YouGov,"Friendship and Loneliness: June 5–9, 2026 poll results",https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Friendship_and_Loneliness_poll_results.pdf,2026; exact publication date not stated in PDF,"June 5–9, 2026",United States,U.S. adult citizens ages 18+,1066,1063,,"Q6 actual and Q7 preferred count each n=1,063, with slightly different gender/age responding bases. Q1 n=1,066; Q3 n=1,064. All percentages weighted; N unweighted.",Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel; selected/weighted to represent U.S. adult citizens. PDF pp.3/14 lists demographic and political weighting; reported full-sample adjusted margin ±4.3 percentage points is not a subgroup or calculated-gap interval.,"PDF p.2 Q7 total; p.12 detailed Q7, row None",Reported close-friend count; preferred count in an ideal world; very difficult to make new friends; preference for very close friendships are separate questions.,No respondent-level matched count data supplied. Actual distribution sums to 101%; preferred to 98% from whole-percent rounding. Sums/differences of rounded cells are approximate. Counts are self-defined; do not estimate a mean from the open-ended 11+ category.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,2026 fieldwork,F013,True
F003,Making new friends: very easy,15,percent,Making new friends,FS01,YouGov,"Friendship and Loneliness: June 5–9, 2026 poll results",https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Friendship_and_Loneliness_poll_results.pdf,2026; exact publication date not stated in PDF,"June 5–9, 2026",United States,U.S. adult citizens ages 18+,1066,1066,,"Q6 actual and Q7 preferred count each n=1,063, with slightly different gender/age responding bases. Q1 n=1,066; Q3 n=1,064. All percentages weighted; N unweighted.",Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel; selected/weighted to represent U.S. adult citizens. PDF pp.3/14 lists demographic and political weighting; reported full-sample adjusted margin ±4.3 percentage points is not a subgroup or calculated-gap interval.,"PDF p.1 Q1; p.4, Total column, Very easy",Reported close-friend count; preferred count in an ideal world; very difficult to make new friends; preference for very close friendships are separate questions.,No respondent-level matched count data supplied. Actual distribution sums to 101%; preferred to 98% from whole-percent rounding. Sums/differences of rounded cells are approximate. Counts are self-defined; do not estimate a mean from the open-ended 11+ category.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,2026 fieldwork,F025,True
F004,Making new friends: somewhat easy,23,percent,Making new friends,FS01,YouGov,"Friendship and Loneliness: June 5–9, 2026 poll results",https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Friendship_and_Loneliness_poll_results.pdf,2026; exact publication date not stated in PDF,"June 5–9, 2026",United States,U.S. adult citizens ages 18+,1066,1066,,"Q6 actual and Q7 preferred count each n=1,063, with slightly different gender/age responding bases. Q1 n=1,066; Q3 n=1,064. All percentages weighted; N unweighted.",Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel; selected/weighted to represent U.S. adult citizens. PDF pp.3/14 lists demographic and political weighting; reported full-sample adjusted margin ±4.3 percentage points is not a subgroup or calculated-gap interval.,"PDF p.1 Q1; p.4, Total column, Somewhat easy",Reported close-friend count; preferred count in an ideal world; very difficult to make new friends; preference for very close friendships are separate questions.,No respondent-level matched count data supplied. Actual distribution sums to 101%; preferred to 98% from whole-percent rounding. Sums/differences of rounded cells are approximate. Counts are self-defined; do not estimate a mean from the open-ended 11+ category.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,2026 fieldwork,F026,True
F005,Making new friends: somewhat difficult,20,percent,Making new friends,FS01,YouGov,"Friendship and Loneliness: June 5–9, 2026 poll results",https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Friendship_and_Loneliness_poll_results.pdf,2026; exact publication date not stated in PDF,"June 5–9, 2026",United States,U.S. adult citizens ages 18+,1066,1066,,"Q6 actual and Q7 preferred count each n=1,063, with slightly different gender/age responding bases. Q1 n=1,066; Q3 n=1,064. All percentages weighted; N unweighted.",Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel; selected/weighted to represent U.S. adult citizens. PDF pp.3/14 lists demographic and political weighting; reported full-sample adjusted margin ±4.3 percentage points is not a subgroup or calculated-gap interval.,"PDF p.1 Q1; p.4, Total column, Somewhat difficult",Reported close-friend count; preferred count in an ideal world; very difficult to make new friends; preference for very close friendships are separate questions.,No respondent-level matched count data supplied. Actual distribution sums to 101%; preferred to 98% from whole-percent rounding. Sums/differences of rounded cells are approximate. Counts are self-defined; do not estimate a mean from the open-ended 11+ category.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,2026 fieldwork,F027,True
F006,Making new friends: very difficult,14,percent,Making new friends,FS01,YouGov,"Friendship and Loneliness: June 5–9, 2026 poll results",https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Friendship_and_Loneliness_poll_results.pdf,2026; exact publication date not stated in PDF,"June 5–9, 2026",United States,U.S. adult citizens ages 18+,1066,1066,,"Q6 actual and Q7 preferred count each n=1,063, with slightly different gender/age responding bases. Q1 n=1,066; Q3 n=1,064. All percentages weighted; N unweighted.",Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel; selected/weighted to represent U.S. adult citizens. PDF pp.3/14 lists demographic and political weighting; reported full-sample adjusted margin ±4.3 percentage points is not a subgroup or calculated-gap interval.,"PDF p.1 Q1; p.4, Total column, Very difficult",Reported close-friend count; preferred count in an ideal world; very difficult to make new friends; preference for very close friendships are separate questions.,No respondent-level matched count data supplied. Actual distribution sums to 101%; preferred to 98% from whole-percent rounding. Sums/differences of rounded cells are approximate. Counts are self-defined; do not estimate a mean from the open-ended 11+ category.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,2026 fieldwork,F028,True
F007,Ages 30–44: making new friends is very difficult,21,percent,Making new friends,FS01,YouGov,"Friendship and Loneliness: June 5–9, 2026 poll results",https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Friendship_and_Loneliness_poll_results.pdf,2026; exact publication date not stated in PDF,"June 5–9, 2026",United States,U.S. adult citizens ages 30–44,1066,1066,245,"Q6 actual and Q7 preferred count each n=1,063, with slightly different gender/age responding bases. Q1 n=1,066; Q3 n=1,064. All percentages weighted; N unweighted.",Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel; selected/weighted to represent U.S. adult citizens. PDF pp.3/14 lists demographic and political weighting; reported full-sample adjusted margin ±4.3 percentage points is not a subgroup or calculated-gap interval.,"PDF p.4 Q1, Very difficult row, age 30–44",Reported close-friend count; preferred count in an ideal world; very difficult to make new friends; preference for very close friendships are separate questions.,No respondent-level matched count data supplied. Actual distribution sums to 101%; preferred to 98% from whole-percent rounding. Sums/differences of rounded cells are approximate. Counts are self-defined; do not estimate a mean from the open-ended 11+ category.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,2026 fieldwork,F030,True
F008,Ages 65+: making new friends is very difficult,6,percent,Making new friends,FS01,YouGov,"Friendship and Loneliness: June 5–9, 2026 poll results",https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Friendship_and_Loneliness_poll_results.pdf,2026; exact publication date not stated in PDF,"June 5–9, 2026",United States,U.S. adult citizens ages 65+,1066,1066,231,"Q6 actual and Q7 preferred count each n=1,063, with slightly different gender/age responding bases. Q1 n=1,066; Q3 n=1,064. All percentages weighted; N unweighted.",Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel; selected/weighted to represent U.S. adult citizens. PDF pp.3/14 lists demographic and political weighting; reported full-sample adjusted margin ±4.3 percentage points is not a subgroup or calculated-gap interval.,"PDF p.4 Q1, Very difficult row, age 65+",Reported close-friend count; preferred count in an ideal world; very difficult to make new friends; preference for very close friendships are separate questions.,No respondent-level matched count data supplied. Actual distribution sums to 101%; preferred to 98% from whole-percent rounding. Sums/differences of rounded cells are approximate. Counts are self-defined; do not estimate a mean from the open-ended 11+ category.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,2026 fieldwork,F032,True
F009,Ages 18–29: prefer very close friendships,41,percent,Closeness preferences,FS01,YouGov,"Friendship and Loneliness: June 5–9, 2026 poll results",https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Friendship_and_Loneliness_poll_results.pdf,2026; exact publication date not stated in PDF,"June 5–9, 2026",United States,U.S. adult citizens ages 18–29,1066,1064,250,"Q6 actual and Q7 preferred count each n=1,063, with slightly different gender/age responding bases. Q1 n=1,066; Q3 n=1,064. All percentages weighted; N unweighted.",Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel; selected/weighted to represent U.S. adult citizens. PDF pp.3/14 lists demographic and political weighting; reported full-sample adjusted margin ±4.3 percentage points is not a subgroup or calculated-gap interval.,"PDF p.6 Q3, Very close row, age 18–29",Reported close-friend count; preferred count in an ideal world; very difficult to make new friends; preference for very close friendships are separate questions.,No respondent-level matched count data supplied. Actual distribution sums to 101%; preferred to 98% from whole-percent rounding. Sums/differences of rounded cells are approximate. Counts are self-defined; do not estimate a mean from the open-ended 11+ category.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,2026 fieldwork,F033,True
F010,Ages 65+: prefer very close friendships,16,percent,Closeness preferences,FS01,YouGov,"Friendship and Loneliness: June 5–9, 2026 poll results",https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Friendship_and_Loneliness_poll_results.pdf,2026; exact publication date not stated in PDF,"June 5–9, 2026",United States,U.S. adult citizens ages 65+,1066,1064,231,"Q6 actual and Q7 preferred count each n=1,063, with slightly different gender/age responding bases. Q1 n=1,066; Q3 n=1,064. All percentages weighted; N unweighted.",Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel; selected/weighted to represent U.S. adult citizens. PDF pp.3/14 lists demographic and political weighting; reported full-sample adjusted margin ±4.3 percentage points is not a subgroup or calculated-gap interval.,"PDF p.6 Q3, Very close row, age 65+",Reported close-friend count; preferred count in an ideal world; very difficult to make new friends; preference for very close friendships are separate questions.,No respondent-level matched count data supplied. Actual distribution sums to 101%; preferred to 98% from whole-percent rounding. Sums/differences of rounded cells are approximate. Counts are self-defined; do not estimate a mean from the open-ended 11+ category.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,2026 fieldwork,F036,True
F011,Adults saying friends are essential to a happy and healthy life,95,percent,Importance and intergenerational friendship,FS06,AARP Research,The Friendship Study,https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/social-leisure/relationships/friendship-study-2025/,2026-03-06; original publisher summary updated 2026-06-19,"October 23–November 10, 2025",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,1488,,,"Full survey n=1,488. Question-specific responding bases, subgroup Ns and exact response scales unavailable in retrieved summary.","AARP describes a nationally representative online survey, weighted by generation. Also included 45-minute qualitative interviews with pairs of friends. Full report, questionnaire and recruitment protocol could not be retrieved in this review.",Original publisher summary: first Key Findings subsection,"Intergenerational friend means at least 15 years older or younger; not necessarily a closest friend. Essential-to-life item is a perception, not a clinical health outcome.",Original AARP publisher summary retrieved through indexed web search. Direct landing page and DOI requests returned HTTP403; full PDF not accessed. Only the two explicit summary percentages included. Do not label this 2026 fieldwork.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publisher summary; full report not retrieved,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F012,Adults reporting a friend at least 15 years older or younger,54,percent,Importance and intergenerational friendship,FS06,AARP Research,The Friendship Study,https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/social-leisure/relationships/friendship-study-2025/,2026-03-06; original publisher summary updated 2026-06-19,"October 23–November 10, 2025",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,1488,,,"Full survey n=1,488. Question-specific responding bases, subgroup Ns and exact response scales unavailable in retrieved summary.","AARP describes a nationally representative online survey, weighted by generation. Also included 45-minute qualitative interviews with pairs of friends. Full report, questionnaire and recruitment protocol could not be retrieved in this review.",Original publisher summary: A Closer Look: Intergenerational Friendships,"Intergenerational friend means at least 15 years older or younger; not necessarily a closest friend. Essential-to-life item is a perception, not a clinical health outcome.",Original AARP publisher summary retrieved through indexed web search. Direct landing page and DOI requests returned HTTP403; full PDF not accessed. Only the two explicit summary percentages included. Do not label this 2026 fieldwork.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publisher summary; full report not retrieved,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F013,Participants wanting greater closeness with their friends,47.3,percent,Closeness and friendship quality,FS07,"American Friendship Project (Pennington, Hall and Holmstrom)",The American Friendship Project: A report on the status and health of friendship in America,https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305834,2024-07-30,"June 9–24, 2023; selected estimates from 2023 SCRI sample only",United States,2023 adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend for Table 3,2243,2210,,"2023 public sample n=2,243; Table 3 friendship-experience base n=2,210. No nationally representative inference. Do not use student sample for U.S. population estimates.","Siena College Research Institute commissioned Lucid quota-panel recruitment. Authors explicitly state this sample cannot be said to represent all Americans. Table 3 uses n=2,210 participants with at least one friend, after data cleaning.","Table 3, 2023 SCRI % Agree column; row about not as close",Authors’ published percent agreement on a 1–7 agreement scale; adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend. Exact combined agreement cutoff not stated in consulted table.,Nonprobability quota sample; self-reports; reciprocity unknown. Survey order and name-generation changes prevent an unqualified 2022-to-2023 friend-count trend. Cross-item marginal differences do not identify an individual shortfall.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F014,Participants reporting they and their friends are not getting along,6.7,percent,Closeness and friendship quality,FS07,"American Friendship Project (Pennington, Hall and Holmstrom)",The American Friendship Project: A report on the status and health of friendship in America,https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305834,2024-07-30,"June 9–24, 2023; selected estimates from 2023 SCRI sample only",United States,2023 adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend for Table 3,2243,2210,,"2023 public sample n=2,243; Table 3 friendship-experience base n=2,210. No nationally representative inference. Do not use student sample for U.S. population estimates.","Siena College Research Institute commissioned Lucid quota-panel recruitment. Authors explicitly state this sample cannot be said to represent all Americans. Table 3 uses n=2,210 participants with at least one friend, after data cleaning.","Table 3, 2023 SCRI % Agree column; row about aren’t getting along",Authors’ published percent agreement on a 1–7 agreement scale; adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend. Exact combined agreement cutoff not stated in consulted table.,Nonprobability quota sample; self-reports; reciprocity unknown. Survey order and name-generation changes prevent an unqualified 2022-to-2023 friend-count trend. Cross-item marginal differences do not identify an individual shortfall.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F015,Participants agreeing that friends celebrate their good news,86.7,percent,Closeness and friendship quality,FS07,"American Friendship Project (Pennington, Hall and Holmstrom)",The American Friendship Project: A report on the status and health of friendship in America,https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305834,2024-07-30,"June 9–24, 2023; selected estimates from 2023 SCRI sample only",United States,2023 adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend for Table 3,2243,2210,,"2023 public sample n=2,243; Table 3 friendship-experience base n=2,210. No nationally representative inference. Do not use student sample for U.S. population estimates.","Siena College Research Institute commissioned Lucid quota-panel recruitment. Authors explicitly state this sample cannot be said to represent all Americans. Table 3 uses n=2,210 participants with at least one friend, after data cleaning.","Table 3, 2023 SCRI % Agree column; row about celebrate my good news",Authors’ published percent agreement on a 1–7 agreement scale; adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend. Exact combined agreement cutoff not stated in consulted table.,Nonprobability quota sample; self-reports; reciprocity unknown. Survey order and name-generation changes prevent an unqualified 2022-to-2023 friend-count trend. Cross-item marginal differences do not identify an individual shortfall.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F016,Participants finding it difficult to maintain friendships at this point in life,36.0,percent,Making and maintaining friendships,FS07,"American Friendship Project (Pennington, Hall and Holmstrom)",The American Friendship Project: A report on the status and health of friendship in America,https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305834,2024-07-30,"June 9–24, 2023; selected estimates from 2023 SCRI sample only",United States,2023 adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend for Table 3,2243,2210,,"2023 public sample n=2,243; Table 3 friendship-experience base n=2,210. No nationally representative inference. Do not use student sample for U.S. population estimates.","Siena College Research Institute commissioned Lucid quota-panel recruitment. Authors explicitly state this sample cannot be said to represent all Americans. Table 3 uses n=2,210 participants with at least one friend, after data cleaning.","Table 3, 2023 SCRI % Agree column; row about difficult to maintain",Authors’ published percent agreement on a 1–7 agreement scale; adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend. Exact combined agreement cutoff not stated in consulted table.,Nonprobability quota sample; self-reports; reciprocity unknown. Survey order and name-generation changes prevent an unqualified 2022-to-2023 friend-count trend. Cross-item marginal differences do not identify an individual shortfall.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F017,Participants satisfied with their number of friends,76.2,percent,Closeness and friendship quality,FS07,"American Friendship Project (Pennington, Hall and Holmstrom)",The American Friendship Project: A report on the status and health of friendship in America,https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305834,2024-07-30,"June 9–24, 2023; selected estimates from 2023 SCRI sample only",United States,2023 adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend for Table 3,2243,2210,,"2023 public sample n=2,243; Table 3 friendship-experience base n=2,210. No nationally representative inference. Do not use student sample for U.S. population estimates.","Siena College Research Institute commissioned Lucid quota-panel recruitment. Authors explicitly state this sample cannot be said to represent all Americans. Table 3 uses n=2,210 participants with at least one friend, after data cleaning.","Table 3, 2023 SCRI % Agree column; row about number of friends",Authors’ published percent agreement on a 1–7 agreement scale; adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend. Exact combined agreement cutoff not stated in consulted table.,Nonprobability quota sample; self-reports; reciprocity unknown. Survey order and name-generation changes prevent an unqualified 2022-to-2023 friend-count trend. Cross-item marginal differences do not identify an individual shortfall.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F018,Participants satisfied with the time they can spend with friends,56.6,percent,Closeness and friendship quality,FS07,"American Friendship Project (Pennington, Hall and Holmstrom)",The American Friendship Project: A report on the status and health of friendship in America,https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305834,2024-07-30,"June 9–24, 2023; selected estimates from 2023 SCRI sample only",United States,2023 adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend for Table 3,2243,2210,,"2023 public sample n=2,243; Table 3 friendship-experience base n=2,210. No nationally representative inference. Do not use student sample for U.S. population estimates.","Siena College Research Institute commissioned Lucid quota-panel recruitment. Authors explicitly state this sample cannot be said to represent all Americans. Table 3 uses n=2,210 participants with at least one friend, after data cleaning.","Table 3, 2023 SCRI % Agree column; row about amount of time",Authors’ published percent agreement on a 1–7 agreement scale; adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend. Exact combined agreement cutoff not stated in consulted table.,Nonprobability quota sample; self-reports; reciprocity unknown. Survey order and name-generation changes prevent an unqualified 2022-to-2023 friend-count trend. Cross-item marginal differences do not identify an individual shortfall.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F019,Participants finding it difficult to make new friends,48.9,percent,Making and maintaining friendships,FS07,"American Friendship Project (Pennington, Hall and Holmstrom)",The American Friendship Project: A report on the status and health of friendship in America,https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305834,2024-07-30,"June 9–24, 2023; selected estimates from 2023 SCRI sample only",United States,2023 adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend for Table 3,2243,2210,,"2023 public sample n=2,243; Table 3 friendship-experience base n=2,210. No nationally representative inference. Do not use student sample for U.S. population estimates.","Siena College Research Institute commissioned Lucid quota-panel recruitment. Authors explicitly state this sample cannot be said to represent all Americans. Table 3 uses n=2,210 participants with at least one friend, after data cleaning.","Table 3, 2023 SCRI % Agree column; row about difficult to make new friends",Authors’ published percent agreement on a 1–7 agreement scale; adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend. Exact combined agreement cutoff not stated in consulted table.,Nonprobability quota sample; self-reports; reciprocity unknown. Survey order and name-generation changes prevent an unqualified 2022-to-2023 friend-count trend. Cross-item marginal differences do not identify an individual shortfall.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F020,Participants saying it was easier to make friends at another point in life,65.6,percent,Making and maintaining friendships,FS07,"American Friendship Project (Pennington, Hall and Holmstrom)",The American Friendship Project: A report on the status and health of friendship in America,https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305834,2024-07-30,"June 9–24, 2023; selected estimates from 2023 SCRI sample only",United States,2023 adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend for Table 3,2243,2210,,"2023 public sample n=2,243; Table 3 friendship-experience base n=2,210. No nationally representative inference. Do not use student sample for U.S. population estimates.","Siena College Research Institute commissioned Lucid quota-panel recruitment. Authors explicitly state this sample cannot be said to represent all Americans. Table 3 uses n=2,210 participants with at least one friend, after data cleaning.","Table 3, 2023 SCRI % Agree column; row about easier to make friends",Authors’ published percent agreement on a 1–7 agreement scale; adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend. Exact combined agreement cutoff not stated in consulted table.,Nonprobability quota sample; self-reports; reciprocity unknown. Survey order and name-generation changes prevent an unqualified 2022-to-2023 friend-count trend. Cross-item marginal differences do not identify an individual shortfall.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F021,Participants finding close-relationship maintenance difficult or frustrating in the past year,37.1,percent,Making and maintaining friendships,FS07,"American Friendship Project (Pennington, Hall and Holmstrom)",The American Friendship Project: A report on the status and health of friendship in America,https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305834,2024-07-30,"June 9–24, 2023; selected estimates from 2023 SCRI sample only",United States,2023 adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend for Table 3,2243,2210,,"2023 public sample n=2,243; Table 3 friendship-experience base n=2,210. No nationally representative inference. Do not use student sample for U.S. population estimates.","Siena College Research Institute commissioned Lucid quota-panel recruitment. Authors explicitly state this sample cannot be said to represent all Americans. Table 3 uses n=2,210 participants with at least one friend, after data cleaning.","Table 3, 2023 SCRI % Agree column; row about past year; difficult or frustrating",Authors’ published percent agreement on a 1–7 agreement scale; adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend. Exact combined agreement cutoff not stated in consulted table.,Nonprobability quota sample; self-reports; reciprocity unknown. Survey order and name-generation changes prevent an unqualified 2022-to-2023 friend-count trend. Cross-item marginal differences do not identify an individual shortfall.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F022,Participants satisfied with how they maintained friendships in the past year,62.9,percent,Making and maintaining friendships,FS07,"American Friendship Project (Pennington, Hall and Holmstrom)",The American Friendship Project: A report on the status and health of friendship in America,https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305834,2024-07-30,"June 9–24, 2023; selected estimates from 2023 SCRI sample only",United States,2023 adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend for Table 3,2243,2210,,"2023 public sample n=2,243; Table 3 friendship-experience base n=2,210. No nationally representative inference. Do not use student sample for U.S. population estimates.","Siena College Research Institute commissioned Lucid quota-panel recruitment. Authors explicitly state this sample cannot be said to represent all Americans. Table 3 uses n=2,210 participants with at least one friend, after data cleaning.","Table 3, 2023 SCRI % Agree column; row about past year; maintained friendships",Authors’ published percent agreement on a 1–7 agreement scale; adult quota-panel participants with at least one friend. Exact combined agreement cutoff not stated in consulted table.,Nonprobability quota sample; self-reports; reciprocity unknown. Survey order and name-generation changes prevent an unqualified 2022-to-2023 friend-count trend. Cross-item marginal differences do not identify an individual shortfall.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F023,Adults reporting no close friends outside family,8,percent,Friend counts and definitions,FS08,Pew Research Center,What does friendship look like in America?,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/,2023-10-12,"July 17–23, 2023",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,5057,5057,,"Full n=5,057; satisfaction/conversation eligible base n=4,618. Gender full-sample Ns men=2,807 and women=2,191 are not the restricted conversation subgroup Ns; subgroup Ns not supplied here.","Probability-based American Trends Panel, recruited using random residential addresses and weighted to U.S. adults. Online survey. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.7 percentage points.","Number of close friends; topline MANYFRI, PDF p.1",Close friends exclude family. Quality satisfaction means completely or very satisfied. Conversation frequency means extremely often or often.,2023 observations retained with fieldwork labels. Published grouped counts retained rather than re-adding rounded detailed cells. Association between friend count and satisfaction is not a causal effect.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F024,Adults reporting one to four close friends outside family,53,percent,Friend counts and definitions,FS08,Pew Research Center,What does friendship look like in America?,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/,2023-10-12,"July 17–23, 2023",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,5057,5057,,"Full n=5,057; satisfaction/conversation eligible base n=4,618. Gender full-sample Ns men=2,807 and women=2,191 are not the restricted conversation subgroup Ns; subgroup Ns not supplied here.","Probability-based American Trends Panel, recruited using random residential addresses and weighted to U.S. adults. Online survey. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.7 percentage points.",Number of close friends; published grouped estimate,Close friends exclude family. Quality satisfaction means completely or very satisfied. Conversation frequency means extremely often or often.,2023 observations retained with fieldwork labels. Published grouped counts retained rather than re-adding rounded detailed cells. Association between friend count and satisfaction is not a causal effect.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F025,Adults reporting five or more close friends outside family,38,percent,Friend counts and definitions,FS08,Pew Research Center,What does friendship look like in America?,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/,2023-10-12,"July 17–23, 2023",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,5057,5057,,"Full n=5,057; satisfaction/conversation eligible base n=4,618. Gender full-sample Ns men=2,807 and women=2,191 are not the restricted conversation subgroup Ns; subgroup Ns not supplied here.","Probability-based American Trends Panel, recruited using random residential addresses and weighted to U.S. adults. Online survey. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.7 percentage points.",Number of close friends; published grouped estimate,Close friends exclude family. Quality satisfaction means completely or very satisfied. Conversation frequency means extremely often or often.,2023 observations retained with fieldwork labels. Published grouped counts retained rather than re-adding rounded detailed cells. Association between friend count and satisfaction is not a causal effect.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F026,Adults with a close friend completely or very satisfied with friendship quality,72,percent,Closeness and friendship quality,FS08,Pew Research Center,What does friendship look like in America?,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/,2023-10-12,"July 17–23, 2023",United States,U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,5057,4618,,"Full n=5,057; satisfaction/conversation eligible base n=4,618. Gender full-sample Ns men=2,807 and women=2,191 are not the restricted conversation subgroup Ns; subgroup Ns not supplied here.","Probability-based American Trends Panel, recruited using random residential addresses and weighted to U.S. adults. Online survey. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.7 percentage points.","Satisfaction with friendships; topline SATISQUAL, PDF p.2",Close friends exclude family. Quality satisfaction means completely or very satisfied. Conversation frequency means extremely often or often.,2023 observations retained with fieldwork labels. Published grouped counts retained rather than re-adding rounded detailed cells. Association between friend count and satisfaction is not a causal effect.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F027,Friendship holders ages 50+ completely or very satisfied with quality,77,percent,Closeness and friendship quality,FS08,Pew Research Center,What does friendship look like in America?,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/,2023-10-12,"July 17–23, 2023",United States,Specified subgroup of U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,5057,4618,,"Full n=5,057; satisfaction/conversation eligible base n=4,618. Gender full-sample Ns men=2,807 and women=2,191 are not the restricted conversation subgroup Ns; subgroup Ns not supplied here.","Probability-based American Trends Panel, recruited using random residential addresses and weighted to U.S. adults. Online survey. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.7 percentage points.",Satisfaction with friendships; age comparison,Close friends exclude family. Quality satisfaction means completely or very satisfied. Conversation frequency means extremely often or often.,2023 observations retained with fieldwork labels. Published grouped counts retained rather than re-adding rounded detailed cells. Association between friend count and satisfaction is not a causal effect.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F028,Friendship holders under 50 completely or very satisfied with quality,67,percent,Closeness and friendship quality,FS08,Pew Research Center,What does friendship look like in America?,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/,2023-10-12,"July 17–23, 2023",United States,Specified subgroup of U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,5057,4618,,"Full n=5,057; satisfaction/conversation eligible base n=4,618. Gender full-sample Ns men=2,807 and women=2,191 are not the restricted conversation subgroup Ns; subgroup Ns not supplied here.","Probability-based American Trends Panel, recruited using random residential addresses and weighted to U.S. adults. Online survey. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.7 percentage points.",Satisfaction with friendships; age comparison,Close friends exclude family. Quality satisfaction means completely or very satisfied. Conversation frequency means extremely often or often.,2023 observations retained with fieldwork labels. Published grouped counts retained rather than re-adding rounded detailed cells. Association between friend count and satisfaction is not a causal effect.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F029,Adults with five or more close friends highly satisfied with friendship quality,81,percent,Closeness and friendship quality,FS08,Pew Research Center,What does friendship look like in America?,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/,2023-10-12,"July 17–23, 2023",United States,Specified subgroup of U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,5057,4618,,"Full n=5,057; satisfaction/conversation eligible base n=4,618. Gender full-sample Ns men=2,807 and women=2,191 are not the restricted conversation subgroup Ns; subgroup Ns not supplied here.","Probability-based American Trends Panel, recruited using random residential addresses and weighted to U.S. adults. Online survey. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.7 percentage points.",Satisfaction with friendships; friend-count comparison,Close friends exclude family. Quality satisfaction means completely or very satisfied. Conversation frequency means extremely often or often.,2023 observations retained with fieldwork labels. Published grouped counts retained rather than re-adding rounded detailed cells. Association between friend count and satisfaction is not a causal effect.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F030,Adults with one to four close friends highly satisfied with friendship quality,65,percent,Closeness and friendship quality,FS08,Pew Research Center,What does friendship look like in America?,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/,2023-10-12,"July 17–23, 2023",United States,Specified subgroup of U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,5057,4618,,"Full n=5,057; satisfaction/conversation eligible base n=4,618. Gender full-sample Ns men=2,807 and women=2,191 are not the restricted conversation subgroup Ns; subgroup Ns not supplied here.","Probability-based American Trends Panel, recruited using random residential addresses and weighted to U.S. adults. Online survey. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.7 percentage points.",Satisfaction with friendships; friend-count comparison,Close friends exclude family. Quality satisfaction means completely or very satisfied. Conversation frequency means extremely often or often.,2023 observations retained with fieldwork labels. Published grouped counts retained rather than re-adding rounded detailed cells. Association between friend count and satisfaction is not a causal effect.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F031,Women with a close friend discussing mental health extremely often or often,31,percent,Friendship conversations and support,FS08,Pew Research Center,What does friendship look like in America?,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/,2023-10-12,"July 17–23, 2023",United States,Specified subgroup of U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,5057,4618,,"Full n=5,057; satisfaction/conversation eligible base n=4,618. Gender full-sample Ns men=2,807 and women=2,191 are not the restricted conversation subgroup Ns; subgroup Ns not supplied here.","Probability-based American Trends Panel, recruited using random residential addresses and weighted to U.S. adults. Online survey. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.7 percentage points.",What do friends talk about? Differences by gender; TOPICTALK mental health,Close friends exclude family. Quality satisfaction means completely or very satisfied. Conversation frequency means extremely often or often.,2023 observations retained with fieldwork labels. Published grouped counts retained rather than re-adding rounded detailed cells. Association between friend count and satisfaction is not a causal effect.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F032,Men with a close friend discussing mental health extremely often or often,15,percent,Friendship conversations and support,FS08,Pew Research Center,What does friendship look like in America?,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/,2023-10-12,"July 17–23, 2023",United States,Specified subgroup of U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,5057,4618,,"Full n=5,057; satisfaction/conversation eligible base n=4,618. Gender full-sample Ns men=2,807 and women=2,191 are not the restricted conversation subgroup Ns; subgroup Ns not supplied here.","Probability-based American Trends Panel, recruited using random residential addresses and weighted to U.S. adults. Online survey. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.7 percentage points.",What do friends talk about? Differences by gender; TOPICTALK mental health,Close friends exclude family. Quality satisfaction means completely or very satisfied. Conversation frequency means extremely often or often.,2023 observations retained with fieldwork labels. Published grouped counts retained rather than re-adding rounded detailed cells. Association between friend count and satisfaction is not a causal effect.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F033,Men: extremely/very likely to turn to a friend for emotional support,38,percent,Friendship conversations and support,FS02,Pew Research Center,"Men, Women and Social Connections: emotional support and communication",https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/where-men-and-women-turn-for-emotional-support-and-social-connection/,2025-01-16,"September 3–15, 2024",United States,U.S. men ages 18+,6204,6204,2710,"All adults n=6,204; men n=2,710, women n=3,446. COMMFRI base n=5,107; contact gender subgroup achieved bases not separately provided in consulted tables.","Probability-based American Trends Panel plus Black/Hispanic oversample from SSRS Opinion Panel. Online and live telephone interviews, weighted to U.S. adults. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.5 percentage points.","Report PDF p.11, friend support chart; chapter opening","Extremely or very likely; all gender-group adults, not restricted to those with a close friend.",Support and contact have different eligible populations. No causal claims. Reported combined text percentage 61% differs from sum of rounded daily/weekly components (25+35=60); retain published 61%.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F037,True
F034,Women: extremely/very likely to turn to a friend for emotional support,54,percent,Friendship conversations and support,FS02,Pew Research Center,"Men, Women and Social Connections: emotional support and communication",https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/where-men-and-women-turn-for-emotional-support-and-social-connection/,2025-01-16,"September 3–15, 2024",United States,U.S. women ages 18+,6204,6204,3446,"All adults n=6,204; men n=2,710, women n=3,446. COMMFRI base n=5,107; contact gender subgroup achieved bases not separately provided in consulted tables.","Probability-based American Trends Panel plus Black/Hispanic oversample from SSRS Opinion Panel. Online and live telephone interviews, weighted to U.S. adults. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.5 percentage points.","Report PDF p.11, friend support chart; chapter opening","Extremely or very likely; all gender-group adults, not restricted to those with a close friend.",Support and contact have different eligible populations. No causal claims. Reported combined text percentage 61% differs from sum of rounded daily/weekly components (25+35=60); retain published 61%.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F038,True
F035,Men with close friends: frequent phone/video contact,32,percent,Friend contact frequency,FS02,Pew Research Center,"Men, Women and Social Connections: emotional support and communication",https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/where-men-and-women-turn-for-emotional-support-and-social-connection/,2025-01-16,"September 3–15, 2024",United States,U.S. men with at least one close friend outside family,6204,5107,,"All adults n=6,204; men n=2,710, women n=3,446. COMMFRI base n=5,107; contact gender subgroup achieved bases not separately provided in consulted tables.","Probability-based American Trends Panel plus Black/Hispanic oversample from SSRS Opinion Panel. Online and live telephone interviews, weighted to U.S. adults. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.5 percentage points.","Report PDF p.13 chart, Phone/video row; Topline PDF p.3 COMMFRI","At least once a day or a few times a week. Full contact base n=5,107; gender-specific answering N unavailable.",Support and contact have different eligible populations. No causal claims. Reported combined text percentage 61% differs from sum of rounded daily/weekly components (25+35=60); retain published 61%.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F039,True
F036,Women with close friends: frequent phone/video contact,38,percent,Friend contact frequency,FS02,Pew Research Center,"Men, Women and Social Connections: emotional support and communication",https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/where-men-and-women-turn-for-emotional-support-and-social-connection/,2025-01-16,"September 3–15, 2024",United States,U.S. women with at least one close friend outside family,6204,5107,,"All adults n=6,204; men n=2,710, women n=3,446. COMMFRI base n=5,107; contact gender subgroup achieved bases not separately provided in consulted tables.","Probability-based American Trends Panel plus Black/Hispanic oversample from SSRS Opinion Panel. Online and live telephone interviews, weighted to U.S. adults. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.5 percentage points.","Report PDF p.13 chart, Phone/video row; Topline PDF p.3 COMMFRI","At least once a day or a few times a week. Full contact base n=5,107; gender-specific answering N unavailable.",Support and contact have different eligible populations. No causal claims. Reported combined text percentage 61% differs from sum of rounded daily/weekly components (25+35=60); retain published 61%.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F040,True
F037,Men with close friends: frequent in-person contact,31,percent,Friend contact frequency,FS02,Pew Research Center,"Men, Women and Social Connections: emotional support and communication",https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/where-men-and-women-turn-for-emotional-support-and-social-connection/,2025-01-16,"September 3–15, 2024",United States,U.S. men with at least one close friend outside family,6204,5107,,"All adults n=6,204; men n=2,710, women n=3,446. COMMFRI base n=5,107; contact gender subgroup achieved bases not separately provided in consulted tables.","Probability-based American Trends Panel plus Black/Hispanic oversample from SSRS Opinion Panel. Online and live telephone interviews, weighted to U.S. adults. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.5 percentage points.","Report PDF p.13 chart, In person row; Topline PDF p.3 COMMFRI","At least once a day or a few times a week. Full contact base n=5,107; gender-specific answering N unavailable.",Support and contact have different eligible populations. No causal claims. Reported combined text percentage 61% differs from sum of rounded daily/weekly components (25+35=60); retain published 61%.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F041,True
F038,Women with close friends: frequent in-person contact,28,percent,Friend contact frequency,FS02,Pew Research Center,"Men, Women and Social Connections: emotional support and communication",https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/where-men-and-women-turn-for-emotional-support-and-social-connection/,2025-01-16,"September 3–15, 2024",United States,U.S. women with at least one close friend outside family,6204,5107,,"All adults n=6,204; men n=2,710, women n=3,446. COMMFRI base n=5,107; contact gender subgroup achieved bases not separately provided in consulted tables.","Probability-based American Trends Panel plus Black/Hispanic oversample from SSRS Opinion Panel. Online and live telephone interviews, weighted to U.S. adults. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.5 percentage points.","Report PDF p.13 chart, In person row; Topline PDF p.3 COMMFRI","At least once a day or a few times a week. Full contact base n=5,107; gender-specific answering N unavailable.",Support and contact have different eligible populations. No causal claims. Reported combined text percentage 61% differs from sum of rounded daily/weekly components (25+35=60); retain published 61%.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F042,True
F039,Adults with close friends: frequent contact through at least one of four contact modes,74,percent,Friend contact frequency,FS02,Pew Research Center,"Men, Women and Social Connections: emotional support and communication",https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/where-men-and-women-turn-for-emotional-support-and-social-connection/,2025-01-16,"September 3–15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,6204,5107,,"All adults n=6,204; men n=2,710, women n=3,446. COMMFRI base n=5,107; contact gender subgroup achieved bases not separately provided in consulted tables.","Probability-based American Trends Panel plus Black/Hispanic oversample from SSRS Opinion Panel. Online and live telephone interviews, weighted to U.S. adults. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.5 percentage points.","Report PDF p.13, communication chart: At least one of four contact modes","At least once a day or a few times a week. Any-mode measure includes phone/video, texting,in-person and social media; modes overlap.",Support and contact have different eligible populations. No causal claims. Reported combined text percentage 61% differs from sum of rounded daily/weekly components (25+35=60); retain published 61%.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F043,True
F040,Adults with close friends: frequent contact through text messages,61,percent,Friend contact frequency,FS02,Pew Research Center,"Men, Women and Social Connections: emotional support and communication",https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/where-men-and-women-turn-for-emotional-support-and-social-connection/,2025-01-16,"September 3–15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,6204,5107,,"All adults n=6,204; men n=2,710, women n=3,446. COMMFRI base n=5,107; contact gender subgroup achieved bases not separately provided in consulted tables.","Probability-based American Trends Panel plus Black/Hispanic oversample from SSRS Opinion Panel. Online and live telephone interviews, weighted to U.S. adults. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.5 percentage points.","Report PDF p.13, communication chart: Text messages","At least once a day or a few times a week. Any-mode measure includes phone/video, texting,in-person and social media; modes overlap.",Support and contact have different eligible populations. No causal claims. Reported combined text percentage 61% differs from sum of rounded daily/weekly components (25+35=60); retain published 61%.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F044,True
F041,Adults with close friends: frequent in-person contact,29,percent,Friend contact frequency,FS02,Pew Research Center,"Men, Women and Social Connections: emotional support and communication",https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/where-men-and-women-turn-for-emotional-support-and-social-connection/,2025-01-16,"September 3–15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,6204,5107,,"All adults n=6,204; men n=2,710, women n=3,446. COMMFRI base n=5,107; contact gender subgroup achieved bases not separately provided in consulted tables.","Probability-based American Trends Panel plus Black/Hispanic oversample from SSRS Opinion Panel. Online and live telephone interviews, weighted to U.S. adults. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.5 percentage points.","Report PDF p.13, communication chart: In person","At least once a day or a few times a week. Any-mode measure includes phone/video, texting,in-person and social media; modes overlap.",Support and contact have different eligible populations. No causal claims. Reported combined text percentage 61% differs from sum of rounded daily/weekly components (25+35=60); retain published 61%.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F045,True
F042,Adults with a close friend communicating by phone or video at least a few times a week,35,percent,Friend contact frequency,FS02,Pew Research Center,"Men, Women and Social Connections: emotional support and communication",https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/where-men-and-women-turn-for-emotional-support-and-social-connection/,2025-01-16,"September 3–15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults with at least one close friend outside family,6204,5107,,"All adults n=6,204; men n=2,710, women n=3,446. COMMFRI base n=5,107; contact gender subgroup achieved bases not separately provided in consulted tables.","Probability-based American Trends Panel plus Black/Hispanic oversample from SSRS Opinion Panel. Online and live telephone interviews, weighted to U.S. adults. Full-sample reported 95% margin ±1.5 percentage points.","Report PDF p.13 (printed p.12), Communicating with friends",Support: extremely/very likely to turn to a friend. Frequent contact: at least once a day or a few times a week. Any-mode contact combines four overlapping modes; close friends exclude family.,Support and contact have different eligible populations. No causal claims. Reported combined text percentage 61% differs from sum of rounded daily/weekly components (25+35=60); retain published 61%.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F043,Adults reporting no close friends outside relatives,17,percent,Friend counts and definitions,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,6597,6597,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Q22; topline PDF p.9,"Q22 asks close friends excluding relatives. Q23 includes respondents reporting no close friends, not just friendship holders. Q27 asks first person for personal help; Q28 asks all people in one’s life, not friends alone. High school or less versus college graduates are selected education groups, not exhaustive binary groups.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F044,Adults reporting six or more close friends outside relatives,25,percent,Friend counts and definitions,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,6597,6597,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Friendships After the Pandemic; published grouped estimate,"Q22 asks close friends excluding relatives. Q23 includes respondents reporting no close friends, not just friendship holders. Q27 asks first person for personal help; Q28 asks all people in one’s life, not friends alone. High school or less versus college graduates are selected education groups, not exhaustive binary groups.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F045,Adults with high school education or less reporting no close friends,24,percent,Education and friendship networks,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults with high school education or less,6597,,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Friendships After the Pandemic; education comparison,"Q22 asks close friends excluding relatives. Q23 includes respondents reporting no close friends, not just friendship holders. Q27 asks first person for personal help; Q28 asks all people in one’s life, not friends alone. High school or less versus college graduates are selected education groups, not exhaustive binary groups.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F046,College graduates reporting no close friends,10,percent,Education and friendship networks,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults with a college degree,6597,,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Friendships After the Pandemic; education comparison,"Q22 asks close friends excluding relatives. Q23 includes respondents reporting no close friends, not just friendship holders. Q27 asks first person for personal help; Q28 asks all people in one’s life, not friends alone. High school or less versus college graduates are selected education groups, not exhaustive binary groups.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F047,Adults with high school education or less reporting at least six close friends,17,percent,Education and friendship networks,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults with high school education or less,6597,,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Friendships After the Pandemic; education comparison,"Q22 asks close friends excluding relatives. Q23 includes respondents reporting no close friends, not just friendship holders. Q27 asks first person for personal help; Q28 asks all people in one’s life, not friends alone. High school or less versus college graduates are selected education groups, not exhaustive binary groups.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F048,College graduates reporting at least six close friends,33,percent,Education and friendship networks,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults with a college degree,6597,,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Friendships After the Pandemic; education comparison,"Q22 asks close friends excluding relatives. Q23 includes respondents reporting no close friends, not just friendship holders. Q27 asks first person for personal help; Q28 asks all people in one’s life, not friends alone. High school or less versus college graduates are selected education groups, not exhaustive binary groups.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F049,Adults reporting most or all close friends live nearby,25,percent,Friendship proximity,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,6597,6597,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Q23; topline PDF p.9; categories All + Most,"Q22 asks close friends excluding relatives. Q23 includes respondents reporting no close friends, not just friendship holders. Q27 asks first person for personal help; Q28 asks all people in one’s life, not friends alone. High school or less versus college graduates are selected education groups, not exhaustive binary groups.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F050,Adults reporting few or none of their close friends live nearby,44,percent,Friendship proximity,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,6597,6597,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Q23; topline PDF p.9; categories A few + No close friends live near me,"Q22 asks close friends excluding relatives. Q23 includes respondents reporting no close friends, not just friendship holders. Q27 asks first person for personal help; Q28 asks all people in one’s life, not friends alone. High school or less versus college graduates are selected education groups, not exhaustive binary groups.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F051,Adults with at least a couple people available for emotional support,66,percent,Support networks beyond friendship,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,6597,6597,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Q28H; topline PDF p.12,"People in the respondent’s life, including possible family/partners; at least a couple people, not necessarily friends.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F052,Adults with at least a couple people who could care for them if sick,50,percent,Support networks beyond friendship,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,6597,6597,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Q28A; topline PDF p.12,"People in the respondent’s life, including possible family/partners; at least a couple people, not necessarily friends.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F053,Adults who would first turn to a close friend with a personal problem,11,percent,Friendship conversations and support,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,6597,6597,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Q27; topline PDF p.11,"Q22 asks close friends excluding relatives. Q23 includes respondents reporting no close friends, not just friendship holders. Q27 asks first person for personal help; Q28 asks all people in one’s life, not friends alone. High school or less versus college graduates are selected education groups, not exhaustive binary groups.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F054,Adults with at least a couple people who could lend them $200,57,percent,Support networks beyond friendship,FS09,Survey Center on American Life (AEI),Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life,https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/disconnected-places-and-spaces/,2024-08-22,"March 29–April 15, 2024",United States,U.S. adults ages 18+,6597,6597,,"Full n=6,597; questions asked of all respondents. Education-specific Ns not supplied in consulted report/topline. Avoid applying full-sample margin to education gaps.","Ipsos KnowledgePanel probability sample recruited by residential addresses; online interviews in English and Spanish. Internet/tablets provided where needed. Weighted by demographics, language and 2020 presidential vote. Reported full-sample 95% margin ±1.3 points; design effect 1.12.",Q28E; topline PDF p.12,"People in the respondent’s life, including possible family/partners; at least a couple people, not necessarily friends.",Current estimates from 2024 only; do not present 1990/2021 comparisons as a controlled trend. Published subgroup estimates used; support network figures may include family and partners.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,,True
F055,Mixed-contact group: satisfied/very satisfied with friendships,87,percent,Canadian friendship quality and support,FS03,Statistics Canada,"Disconnect to reconnect? How technology is reshaping how Canadians connect with friends, 2025",https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/251024/dq251024a-eng.htm,2025-10-24,"April 11–June 22, 2025",Canada: ten provinces; territories excluded,"Canadian target population, conditional on mixed or virtual-only friend contact in prior month",,,,"Full and outcome-group achieved sample sizes unavailable in consulted release. Immigration percentages taken from Table 1, one decimal, not rounded headline.",Survey on Social Connections – Well-being in Canada; release describes oversampling by racialized group/immigration status. Questionnaire inspected. Full achieved and subgroup N not supplied in this release; do not invent them.,Release: Poorer relationship satisfaction section; consecutive outcome paragraphs,"Virtual contact includes telephone, cellular phone and Internet communication; not only apps. Mixed contact means at least one virtual and in-person contact during prior month. Support means people to count on, not necessarily friends only.",Descriptive cross-sectional associations. Group sizes differ. In-person-only outcome estimates suppressed due to small numbers. Recent immigrants arrived in previous 10 years; do not generalize to every immigrant.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F046,True
F056,Virtual-only group: satisfied/very satisfied with friendships,63,percent,Canadian friendship quality and support,FS03,Statistics Canada,"Disconnect to reconnect? How technology is reshaping how Canadians connect with friends, 2025",https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/251024/dq251024a-eng.htm,2025-10-24,"April 11–June 22, 2025",Canada: ten provinces; territories excluded,"Canadian target population, conditional on mixed or virtual-only friend contact in prior month",,,,"Full and outcome-group achieved sample sizes unavailable in consulted release. Immigration percentages taken from Table 1, one decimal, not rounded headline.",Survey on Social Connections – Well-being in Canada; release describes oversampling by racialized group/immigration status. Questionnaire inspected. Full achieved and subgroup N not supplied in this release; do not invent them.,Release: Poorer relationship satisfaction section; consecutive outcome paragraphs,"Virtual contact includes telephone, cellular phone and Internet communication; not only apps. Mixed contact means at least one virtual and in-person contact during prior month. Support means people to count on, not necessarily friends only.",Descriptive cross-sectional associations. Group sizes differ. In-person-only outcome estimates suppressed due to small numbers. Recent immigrants arrived in previous 10 years; do not generalize to every immigrant.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F047,True
F057,Mixed-contact group: always/often has people to depend on,79,percent,Canadian friendship quality and support,FS03,Statistics Canada,"Disconnect to reconnect? How technology is reshaping how Canadians connect with friends, 2025",https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/251024/dq251024a-eng.htm,2025-10-24,"April 11–June 22, 2025",Canada: ten provinces; territories excluded,"Canadian target population, conditional on mixed or virtual-only friend contact in prior month",,,,"Full and outcome-group achieved sample sizes unavailable in consulted release. Immigration percentages taken from Table 1, one decimal, not rounded headline.",Survey on Social Connections – Well-being in Canada; release describes oversampling by racialized group/immigration status. Questionnaire inspected. Full achieved and subgroup N not supplied in this release; do not invent them.,Release: Poorer relationship satisfaction section; consecutive outcome paragraphs,"Virtual contact includes telephone, cellular phone and Internet communication; not only apps. Mixed contact means at least one virtual and in-person contact during prior month. Support means people to count on, not necessarily friends only.",Descriptive cross-sectional associations. Group sizes differ. In-person-only outcome estimates suppressed due to small numbers. Recent immigrants arrived in previous 10 years; do not generalize to every immigrant.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F048,True
F058,Virtual-only group: always/often has people to depend on,61,percent,Canadian friendship quality and support,FS03,Statistics Canada,"Disconnect to reconnect? How technology is reshaping how Canadians connect with friends, 2025",https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/251024/dq251024a-eng.htm,2025-10-24,"April 11–June 22, 2025",Canada: ten provinces; territories excluded,"Canadian target population, conditional on mixed or virtual-only friend contact in prior month",,,,"Full and outcome-group achieved sample sizes unavailable in consulted release. Immigration percentages taken from Table 1, one decimal, not rounded headline.",Survey on Social Connections – Well-being in Canada; release describes oversampling by racialized group/immigration status. Questionnaire inspected. Full achieved and subgroup N not supplied in this release; do not invent them.,Release: Poorer relationship satisfaction section; consecutive outcome paragraphs,"Virtual contact includes telephone, cellular phone and Internet communication; not only apps. Mixed contact means at least one virtual and in-person contact during prior month. Support means people to count on, not necessarily friends only.",Descriptive cross-sectional associations. Group sizes differ. In-person-only outcome estimates suppressed due to small numbers. Recent immigrants arrived in previous 10 years; do not generalize to every immigrant.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F049,True
F059,UK adults ages 18–34: no close friends,5,percent,UK friendship counts by age,FS04,Belonging Forum; survey conducted by Opinium,2026 Belonging Barometer: midlife friendship press release and methodology,https://belongingforum.org/middle-aged-uk-adults-are-three-times-more-likely-to-have-no-close-friends-than-gen-z-new-study-finds/,2026-03-13,"December 1–17, 2025",United Kingdom: all four nations,UK adults ages 18–34,10001,,,"Full n=10,001; exact age-question subgroup N unavailable.","Opinium survey, weighted to be nationally and politically representative. Full report p.5 and release technical note agree n=10,001 and December 2025 fieldwork. Consulted documents do not specify recruitment mode or exact age subgroup N.",Original March 13 press release: opening bullet and main findings paragraph,Self-reported no close friends; exact questionnaire and age subgroup N not supplied.,2026 publication uses December 2025 data. Do not label ages 18–34 as exclusively Gen Z. Original no-friend findings explicitly reported; satisfaction conflict elsewhere excluded.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F055,True
F060,UK adults ages 45–64: no close friends,15,percent,UK friendship counts by age,FS04,Belonging Forum; survey conducted by Opinium,2026 Belonging Barometer: midlife friendship press release and methodology,https://belongingforum.org/middle-aged-uk-adults-are-three-times-more-likely-to-have-no-close-friends-than-gen-z-new-study-finds/,2026-03-13,"December 1–17, 2025",United Kingdom: all four nations,UK adults ages 45–64,10001,,,"Full n=10,001; exact age-question subgroup N unavailable.","Opinium survey, weighted to be nationally and politically representative. Full report p.5 and release technical note agree n=10,001 and December 2025 fieldwork. Consulted documents do not specify recruitment mode or exact age subgroup N.",Original March 13 press release: opening bullet and main findings paragraph,Self-reported no close friends; exact questionnaire and age subgroup N not supplied.,2026 publication uses December 2025 data. Do not label ages 18–34 as exclusively Gen Z. Original no-friend findings explicitly reported; satisfaction conflict elsewhere excluded.,2026-10-14,Verified in original publication,Published estimate,Earlier fieldwork; explicitly dated,F056,True