The dataset includes scores for perceived loneliness (3-item UCLA scale) and predictors of loneliness, including summary scores of sociodemographic, lifestyles, self-rated health status questionnaires and cognitive constructs about meaning in life in their several dimensions. Data comprises more than 2000 responses to questionnaires from the BBHI study (https://bbhi.cat/en/), a longitudinal cohort to study potential determinants of healthy ageing.
The dataset includes all data entries and statistical code in R necessary to totally reproduce the results and figures in the study: "Meaning in life: a major predictive factor for loneliness comparable to health status and social connectedness
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