YOUNG AMERICANS FEELING LONELIER, MORE ANXIOUS ABOUT FUTURE THAN ELDERS

Mon 05 May 2025:

Young Americans are feeling lonelier and more anxious about the future compared to their older compatriots, a new survey found.

When asked about the frequency of feeling “lonely or isolated from those around,” 29 percent of the NBC News Stay Tuned poll respondents aged 18 to 29 said they experience either of those emotions “all of the time” or “most of the time”.

Twenty-six percent of respondents aged 30 to 44 in the survey said they experience loneliness or isolation from those around all of the time or most of the time, while 15 percent aged 45 to 54 and 8 percent aged 65 and up said the same.

Thirty-four percent of the survey respondents aged 18 to 29 said they “sometimes” experience loneliness or isolation from those around, while 30 percent said they “hardly ever” experience either of those emotions and 17 percent said they “never” have either feelings.

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House has stirred uncertainty and controversy, as the president has taken drastic action on issues like education and the economy.

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Two-thirds of respondents in the poll aged 18 to 29 said they “strongly” or “somewhat” are not in favor of Trump’s job performance.

Younger Americans were also the most worried about their future, with 56 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 saying they are generally “anxious or worried about the future” either “almost all of the time” or “most of the time”.

In comparison, 50 percent of respondents aged 30 to 44 said they are generally anxious or worried about the future either almost all of the time or most of the time, along with 37 percent of respondents aged 45 to 64 and 32 percent of respondents aged 65 and up.

Overall, 19 percent of Americans in the NBC News Stay Tuned poll said they experience loneliness or isolation from those around all of the time or most of the time. And 42 percent said they are generally anxious or worried about the future either almost all of the time or most of the time.

The NBC News Stay Tuned poll took place April 11-20, featuring 19,682 people and a plus or minus 2.2 percentage point estimated margin of error. There were 2,230 people in the 18 to 29 age group that also had a plus or minus 2.7 percentage point estimated margin of error.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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