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Single heads of households cover the age spectrum: younger singles (including single parents of dependent children) on one end, senior citizens on the other. Klinenberg interviewed many adults living solo who are happy, even delighted, with their lifestyle choice. However, his book provides a balanced picture of the cons as well as the pros, the ambivalence and the tradeoffs. For singletons of any age, living alone can be stressful. For example, many young singles contend with the competing demands of jobs, children, home maintenance and myriad other responsibilities with little or no extended family or community support. At the other end of the spectrum, 79% of Americans age 65 and older still own their own homes, maintaining them with various degrees of success and satisfaction, and facing the possibility of increasing isolation over their senior years. Loneliness can and does affect people of any age.