°Living alone
	People living alone by sex, age and country 1980–2000, in %
		Women 65 and over	Men 65 and over	Total population
SE	1980	46.0	25.2	14.9
	1990	45.6	25.6	17.5
	2000	42.8	22.8	17.9
DE	1980	39.0	12.5	9.6
	1990	41.8	13.6	12.4
	2000	50.2	17.6	16.7
FR	1980
	1990	43.1	16.3	9.9
	2000	43.5	18.3	12.4
CH	1980	39.5	14.2	11.2
	1990	42.0	15.7	13.7
	2000	42.4	17.0	15.6
US	1980	36.6	14.0	8.0
	1990	37.1	15.1	9.1
	2000			9.6
ES*	1980	15.7	5.0	2.1
	1990			2.9
	2001	20.3	9.1	4.3
UK*	1980			7.9
	1990			10.6
	2001			11.8
ES*/UK*: 2001 instead of 2000
	Social isolation by household type and country 2006, in %
	Few contacts				No-one to confide in
	One person household	Household with several members			One person household	Household with several members
ES	15.1	9.0		ES	21.1	4.8
DE	19.2	19.2		DE	11.1	3.4
UK	12.8	18.3		UK	16.0	5.5
SE	7.6	9.8		SE	13.6	5.4
FR	11.4	11.9		FR	12.8	12.3
CH	8.1	8.2		CH	5.1	2.7
	Social isolation for 60 year-olds and over by sex and country 2006, in %
	Few contacts				No-one to confide in
	Women	Men			Women	Men
ES	19.1	9.2		ES	13.9	11.6
DE	27.0	31.3		DE	8.4	6.5
UK	16.5	16.8		UK	9.4	15.6
SE	9.5	15.3		SE	11.6	19.4
FR	15.3	12.4		FR	14.4	20.5
CH	11.6	11.9		CH	6.6	5.8