One Hundred Yen of Solitude
(2022) NEKH02 20221Department of Economics
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This thesis investigates the increasing condition and problem of loneliness from an economic point of view, adding to the limited research made on the topic. This is done by reviewing the literature on costs connected to loneliness both for the individual and for society. After that, a Mann Whitney U-test and a Logistic regression model is used on the ALLBUS 2018 dataset to examine the relationship between loneliness and different socioeconomic factors. The results show that there are substantial costs connected to loneliness. To varying extents, loneliness was in turn found to be negatively associated with income and subjective financial situation and positively associated with unemployment. Adding to the small but growing body of... (More)
- This thesis investigates the increasing condition and problem of loneliness from an economic point of view, adding to the limited research made on the topic. This is done by reviewing the literature on costs connected to loneliness both for the individual and for society. After that, a Mann Whitney U-test and a Logistic regression model is used on the ALLBUS 2018 dataset to examine the relationship between loneliness and different socioeconomic factors. The results show that there are substantial costs connected to loneliness. To varying extents, loneliness was in turn found to be negatively associated with income and subjective financial situation and positively associated with unemployment. Adding to the small but growing body of research, these findings have possible future applications for reducing the costs associated with loneliness by addressing socioeconomic factors, as well as contributing with theoretical value which could help inspire more in depth research on the topic. (Less)
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- author
- Bjäresten, Douglas LU
- supervisor
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- Jerker Holm LU
- organization
- alternative title
- A study of the associations between loneliness and socioeconomic factors from an economic point of view
- course
- NEKH02 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Loneliness, Socioeconomics, Costs of Loneliness, Logistic Regression, ALLBUS
- language
- English
- id
- 9083622
- date added to LUP
- 2022-10-10 09:05:31
- date last changed
- 2022-10-10 09:05:31
@misc{9083622, abstract = {{This thesis investigates the increasing condition and problem of loneliness from an economic point of view, adding to the limited research made on the topic. This is done by reviewing the literature on costs connected to loneliness both for the individual and for society. After that, a Mann Whitney U-test and a Logistic regression model is used on the ALLBUS 2018 dataset to examine the relationship between loneliness and different socioeconomic factors. The results show that there are substantial costs connected to loneliness. To varying extents, loneliness was in turn found to be negatively associated with income and subjective financial situation and positively associated with unemployment. Adding to the small but growing body of research, these findings have possible future applications for reducing the costs associated with loneliness by addressing socioeconomic factors, as well as contributing with theoretical value which could help inspire more in depth research on the topic.}}, author = {{Bjäresten, Douglas}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{One Hundred Yen of Solitude}}, year = {{2022}}, }