SURVEY CENTER ON AMERICAN LIFE – "The primary way that people make friends is through institutions." Recent research from the Survey Center on American Life, shows that college graduates tend to have more friends than those without degrees. The decline of community hubs, such as churches and civic groups, has disproportionately affected non-college-educated individuals, reducing their opportunities to form meaningful social bonds outside work and home. To combat isolation, people need to participate in real-life activities and interactions instead of relying on tech. Study after study shows that, across a range of very different countries, people have fewer friends than previous generations, and they see those friends far less often. It used to be commonly thought that people with a college degree were more likely to be lonely: The more educated you were, the fewer friends you tended to have.
by Daniel A. Cox & Sam Pressler
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Mark Brooks: There's a four-letter word that really inhibits singles from developing their social networks. That four-letter word is 'Home." Part of our role is, I think, to help singles get out of their comfy homes and out of their comfort zones. Especially, according to this research, lower income, non-college grad singles.