The last two years have been tough for everyone – but perhaps the group that struggled most were singles. A new study suggests that even now singles are having a hard time getting back into the swing of things. Via Deseret:

Americans who are “single and looking” often complain that it’s hard to find compatible companions. The COVID-19 pandemic has made a tough task even harder, according to a new study from Pew Research Center.

In a poll conducted in February, 7 in 10 single adults said their dating lives were not going well, wrote Anna Brown, a Pew research associate who focuses on demographic trends, in the research brief released Wednesday.

That’s a slightly higher share than the two-thirds who just before the pandemic said things weren’t going well. At that time, three-fourths said it was hard to find people to date.

Now, most single men and women say the pandemic has made dating even harder, while about a third say it’s roughly the same. Just 3% believe dating is now easier than it was before COVID-19 hit.

According to the survey, 71% of daters younger than 30 say it’s harder, compared to 58% of those who are older.

Meanwhile, most single Americans (56%) say they are not even looking for a partner right now. Not even for casual dates. About 3 in 10 say the pandemic is part of the reason they’re not looking.

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