The condition can be literally dangerous to ones health.
Yet there is a disconnect when respondents considered the potential impact on their own lives.
Only 19% of adults 40+ say they are concerned about becoming socially isolated as they age.
Younger adults are more worried than older ones.
Further, medical practitioners are missing an opportunity for action.
Methodology
This online survey of 1,300 adults age 40 and over was fielded from June 14-24, 2018.
The sample was drawn from AARPs proprietary online panel (age 35+) and respondents were screened by age.
Quotas were set on age by decade, region and Hispanic/Latino ethnicity.
An oversample of 300 Hispanic/Latino respondents was included.
Raked weights are estimated using Random Iterative Method (RIM) weighting.
For more information contact G. Oscar Anderson atganderson@aarp.org.
