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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #36660 Dense UK Cities
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People  who  live  in  dense  urban  areas,  particularly  those  with  closely  packed  apartments,  are  more  likely  to  experience  loneliness  and  ,  a  large-  scale  study  of  UK  cities  has  found.  Chris  Webster  at  the  University  of  Hong  Kong  and  his  colleagues  analyzed  health  data  from  nearly  406,000  people  in  22  UK  cities  held  by  the  UK  Biobank  and  compared  it  with  detailed  data  of  their  environment,  such  as  their    to  busy  roads  and  green  spaces.  The  team  found  that  people  s  self-  reported  loneliness  increased  by  2.8  per  cent  for  every  additional  1000  housing  units  within  1  kilometer  of  their  home,  while  their  self-reported  social  isolation  increased  by  11.4  per  cent.  The  researchers  controlled  for  factors  including  age,  health  and  socioeconomic  status,  finding  that  the  effects  were  more    in  men  and  retirees.  Compared  with  their    living  in  the  lowest  residential  densities,  men  in  the  highest  densities  were  23.5  per  cent  more  likely  to  report  loneliness,  while  retirees  in  areas  with  the  densest  housing  were  17.4  per  cent  more  likely  to  do  so.

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