Table 3 Association between disability and the onset, offset of loneliness and the persistence of loneliness and non-loneliness in consecutive waves

Onset of loneliness (no/low loneliness at Wave n, but lonely at Wave n + 1)

 Waves 9–10

0.29 (0.26–0.32)

0.21 (0.20–0.22)

 Waves 10–11

0.26 (0.23–0.29)

0.18 (0.17–0.19)

Offset of loneliness (lonely at Wave n, but no/low loneliness at Wave n + 1)

 Waves 9–10

0.18 (0.16–0.20)

0.26 (0.24–0.27)

 Waves 10–11

0.20 (0.18–0.22)

0.30 (0.29–0.32)

Persistence of loneliness (lonely at Wave n and at Wave n + 1)

 Waves 9–10

0.82 (0.80–0.84)

0.74 (0.73–0.76)

 Waves 10–11

0.80 (0.78–0.82)

0.70 (0.68–0.72)

Persistence of no/low loneliness (no/low loneliness at Wave n and at Wave n + 1)

 Waves 9–10

0.71 (0.68–0.74)

0.79 (0.78–0.80)

 Waves 10–11

0.74 (0.71–0.77)

0.82 (0.81–0.83)