More than 22 million older Americans live alone, are unmarried and don’t have kids but they’re struggling with rising costs

The Society of Actuaries (SOA) generally defines solo-agers as older adults who are single, living alone, and lack ...

Over 22M older Americans live alone, unmarried, without kids, and struggle to keep up with rising costs

The Society of Actuaries (SOA) generally defines solo-agers as older adults who are single, living alone, and lack ...
The Columbian

Not living the ownership dream

Closing on my mortgage almost three years ago felt surreal. I was 31 and holding a key to my own condominium in the heart of ...

An app’s blunt life check adds another layer to the loneliness crisis in China

BEIJING (AP) — In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A new, wildly popular app ...

The smug reason why singles can’t hold down a lover, according to science

Love is not only blind — it could also be dumb, according to science. People with higher levels of intelligence are more ...
The Economist

Falling wine sales reflect a lonelier and more atomised world

And older people tend to say they are lonelier in the winter months. Adding to this general misery are the exhortations of do ...

The REAL reason you're still single: Study reveals the biggest contributing factors - including being intelligent

Whether you're happily single or desperate for love, you might wonder why you haven't yet met your perfect match. Now, a ...
The Business Standard

The hurdles of living alone as a single young woman in Dhaka

In Dhaka, the idea of an unmarried woman — even one who can afford her own space and pay rent on time — is often deemed ‘indecent’ by many landlords and they are treated as nothing but trouble ...

Hidden homelessness: Single mothers living out of sight highlight gap in upcoming federal count

The Point In Time homeless count is on Jan. 22 in Tarrant County, but advocates warn it misses many families not living on the streets.