Problem
Living alone
Other Names:
Solitary habitationIncreasing number of single person households
Incidence:
In the USA, approximately 22.6 million people live alone and increase of 100% in the ten years since 1970. People living alone reflect an expanding elderly population, with many more widows living alone, later marriage, more divorce, greater financial independence for women and the availability of more housing units. In 1993 it was estimate that half the flats in Paris were inhabited by people living alone. In 1994 in the UK a survey indicated that a quarter of all men were single, with 11% living entirely alone, namely almost double the figure ten years previously, and three times that in 1963.
Broader Problems:
UnrelatednessSocially ineffective family unitsPsychological stress of urban environment Narrower Problems:
Inappropriate accommodations for single people Related Problems:
Lifestyle diseaseSingle women households Aggravates:
StalkingHousing shortageMarginal living spaceDecreasing household sizeLoneliness in single peopleMental disorders of the agedTensionless image of free choiceConflict of interest in the terminally illVulnerability of marriage as an institution Reduces:
Discontented marriages Strategies:
Increasing number of single person householdsDecreasing number of single person households Values:
Increase Subject(s):
Society → IndividualsAmenities → Living conditions
Amenities → Housing, tenants
Amenities → Households
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
16.01.2018 – 17:31 CET