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Are young people more single than ever before?
How to define and measure being single – and are dating apps to blame?
What’s the definition of being single – and how easy is it to measure? There’s a perception that young people today are more single – in a relationship sense - than ever, and dating apps are to blame. But how true is that? Ellie House investigates, with the help of Marina Adshade of the Vancouver School of Economics.
Presenter: Ellie House
Producers: Ellie House, Jon Bithrey
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound Engineer: Rod Farquhar
Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
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Sun 28 May 202323:50GMT
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- Sat 27 May 202304:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa
- Sat 27 May 202310:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East only
- Sun 28 May 202308:50GMTBBC World Service West and Central Africa
- Sun 28 May 202310:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa
- Sun 28 May 202322:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sun 28 May 202323:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa & BBC Afghan Radio
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